7:00 AM | **Icing problems this afternoon/evening**

6-Day DC Forecast

Today

Mostly cloudy, cold, a mix of freezing rain and sleet likely to develop during the early-to-mid afternoon hours, highs in the low-to-mid 30’s

Tonight

Mainly cloudy, cold, more early evening freezing rain and sleet likely, lows in the upper 20's

Tuesday

Partly sunny, milder, low-to-mid 40's for afternoon highs

Tuesday Night

Partly cloudy, colder, lows near 25 degrees by morning

Wednesday

Mainly cloudy, breezy, colder, low 40’s

Thursday

Mainly cloudy, milder, chance of showers, near 55 degrees

Friday

Mainly cloudy, milder, chance of showers, near 60 degrees

Saturday

Mainly cloudy, breezy, a bit cooler, chance of showers, low 50's

Discussion

After a bitter cold weekend, temperatures will modify today, but that modification will likely come with a wintry mix of precipitation including freezing rain and sleet. Road conditions could quickly deteriorate for the late day commute with any precipitation as ground-level temperatures have been so cold for so long. It’ll turn a bit milder on Tuesday, but then a colder air mass will return briefly for the mid-week time period. It should turn milder again for a few days late in the week (Thursday-Saturday) before another cold air mass makes it into the Mid-Atlantic region by the latter part of the weekend. The late week warm up is going to be accompanied with occasional rain. In terms of records on Sunday, BWI set a new record with a low temperature of +1 degrees and IAD dropped to -1 degrees - a new record. Yesterday was the 12th straight day with high temperatures of 35 degrees or lower in Washington, DC (DCA) and that hasn't happened since 1961 and only six times in the record-keeping era.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Vencore, Inc.
vencoreweather.com