7:00 AM | ***Potential for some icing here this weekend...two more storms to deal with next week and icing will be on the table for both***

6-Day forecast for the Washington, D.C. metro region

Today

Mostly cloudy, cold, chance of a lingering snow shower early to the south and east of the District, chance of a snow shower to the west of the District in the afternoon, highs near 30 degrees; NE winds at 5-10 mph

Tonight

Mainly cloudy, cold, lows near 25 degrees

Saturday

Mainly cloudy, cold, chance for some snow, sleet and/or freezing rain; primarily, in the afternoon hours, near 30 degrees for afternoon highs

Saturday Night

Mainly cloudy, cold, chance for some snow, sleet and/or freezing rain, upper 20’s for late night lows

Sunday

Mainly cloudy, cold, chance of spotty sleet and/or freezing rain, mid-to-upper 30’s

Monday

Mainly cloudy, cold, chance of some snow, sleet and/or freezing rain later in the day and more significant amounts likely at night, low-to-mid 30’s

Tuesday

Mainly cloudy, cold, chance of snow, sleet and/or freezing rain, mid 30’s

Wednesday

Partly sunny, cold, mid-to-upper 30’s

Discussion

A very active weather pattern continues for much of the nation and it will continue here right through next week. One fast-moving system is now exiting the Mid-Atlantic region and another system will bring us a wintry mess this weekend likely to include some icing. In fact, icing could very well be a problem here not only this weekend, but also twice next week as we will have to deal with two separate storm systems. The weekend system does not look all that strong, but it doesn’t take much in the way of ice to cause some problems and temperatures should remain below freezing for much of the time. Looking ahead, there is likely to a significant storm to deal with later Monday into Tuesday and then another one later next week with ice on the table in both events.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Perspecta, Inc.
perspectaweather.com