- Light Snow Coming Tonight
- Most Areas 2" Or Less
- Plenty Of Melting Sunday, Monday
- Cold Again By Tuesday
After watching and waiting all week, our next chance for snow comes overnight.
Temperatures will start near 20° Friday morning and may get just a degree or two above freezing this afternoon before thickening clouds turn our sky gray once again. Temperatures will quickly fall below freezing after sunset.
The snow is expected to begin overnight, but snow totals won't come close to what the D.C. area saw at the beginning of the week.
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Snow expected overnight into Saturday
A round of light snow is likely between midnight and 9 a.m. This will be another all-snow event with the southern half of the D.C. area favored to get a little more snow than the northern half.
The snow will end on Saturday morning. Sunshine will appear by Saturday afternoon, and then temperatures will get back above freezing.
How much snow should we expect in the DC area?
- Most of the D.C. metro area is likely to get between 1 and 2 inches.
- Areas north and west of Dulles Airport to the Maryland-Pennsylvania border will likely get an inch or less.
- The areas most likely to get 2 to 3 inches will be Southern Maryland, Virginia's Northern Neck and the southern half of the Delmarva Peninsula.
- There will likely be a 4 to 6-inch snowfall south of Richmond towards Williamsburg, Norfolk and Virginia Beach.
The National Weather Service issued a winter weather advisory for 10 p.m. Friday to 7 p.m. Saturday for Stafford County, Virginia, and Calvert and Charles counties in Maryland, where more than 2 inches of snow could call.
Snow could melt before temps tumble again
Sunny skies with temperatures back near 40° on Sunday and 45° on Monday will allow for quite a bit of our snowpack to melt away - especially on paved and treated surfaces.
Another push of Arctic air will arrive on Tuesday and keep the area very cold for the rest of next week. Cold but dry. No snow chances with this next cold snap.
Weather radar
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10-day forecast
Quickcast
TODAY:
Increasing Clouds
Diminishing Wind
Late Evening Flurries
Wind: Northwest/West 5-15 mph
Chance Of Snow: 30%
HIGHS: 30° - 35°
TONIGHT:
Cloudy, Light Snow
North of DC Metro Around 1"
DC Metro And South 1"-2"
Chance Of Rain/Snow: 90%
Wind: South 4-8 mph
LOWS: 22° - 28°
SATURDAY:
AM: Cloudy, Flurries
No Additional Accumulations
PM: Clearing, Breezy
Wind: Northwest 10-20 mph
Chance Of Snow: 80%
HIGHS: 32° - 38°
SUNDAY:
Mostly Sunny
Cold
Lots Of Melting
Wind: Northwest 4-8 mph
Chance Of Rain: 0%
HIGHS: 34° - 40°
MONDAY:
Mostly Sunny
Not As Cold
Daytime Chills Around 35°
Wind: West 4-8 mph
Chance Of Rain: 0%
HIGHS: 38° - 44°
Sunrise 7:26 Sunset 5:06
Average High: 45° Average Low: 30°
