Mid Atlantic Weather outlook for the DC, Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina Areas

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Mid Atlantic Weather outlook for the DC, Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina Areas

Quick update today. A front will be approaching from the west today and cause an increase in showers and storms. That front will get hung up in North Carolina and a wave of low pressure will ride along it. Very mild/warm today but areas north of teh front wthe come very cool tomorrow. Rain chances persist through Thursday. MUCH colder air for Friday and Saturday with the first widespread feezes expected! 

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Mid Atlantic Weather outlook for the DC, Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina Areas

Northern areas:

Very warm today with Temperatures near 80 east of the mountains. A front approaches from the north and pushes south. A cooler day Saturday north. When the front comes back northward, rain will spread back north for Saturday night. Sunday looks warmer all areas but cloudy. Rain is forecast for Monday and showers on and off through at least Wednesday. Cooler air come in Tuesday and knocks temperatures down from the 70s Monday to 50ss and even low 50s through Wednesday.

Central VA down to Northern NC

Warm 80s and Sunny today. Some clouds will approach and Saturday will have some clouds around. Areas out towards the mountains may see a light rain chance and much cooler temperatures with some cold air spilling southward and maybe some showers. This will be caused by cold air damming or what is known as a wedge. Some show a really cool day with 50s tomorrow and some showers in the western piedmont and mountain areas. Temps recover Sunday and partly cloudy skies.  Showers will overspread the are Tuesday Night and cooler air to the 60s and around 60 by Thursday.

Southern NC – east of the mountains

Very warm with highs into the lower 80s today! 70s look to continue through Tuesday, except some cooler air (60s) far western areas Saturday. Wednesday will see some showers and temperatures will get knocked back to the 60s Wednesday and Thursday.

Longer Range

As you can see, there are signs the long range will be colder than normal. There is a chance that there could be a real cold shot in the midst of this as well! We will have to watch and see! Temps cool from the 70s Monday to 50s north and 60s south Tuesday through Thursday with 70s in the far south.

Highs today and Lows expected tonight.

Fronts and Weather Map Next Three Days

Rain Expected over the next 7 days

Long Range Outlooks

Mid Atlantic Weather outlook for the DC, Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina Areas

We will see temperature is warming today well into the 60s and 70s. Temperatures will remain warm tomorrow but there will be some increasing clouds especially in the north as a front and easterly flow sets up to cause a cloudy weekend with rain showers in southern Virginia and North Carolina. Temperatures in the north will be knocked down into the upper 50s to lower 60s on Saturday, but all areas will warm nicely on Sunday back up into the 60s and 70s and maybe even low 80s in the far south as the front is pushed back north and spreads more showers north. The storm system approaches rain chances increase on Monday and the system becomes “hung up” in the region providing a chance of showers daily through at least Wednesday of next week. Temperatures will remain in the 60s and even 70s in the south. Long range forecast still appears to show about normal temperatures.

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Long range Temperature Forecast