Storm Team 4 meteorologist Matt Ritter says it will take some time before it gets as cold as last week. Weather really shouldn鈥檛 interfere with anyone who鈥檚 been putting off finishing his holiday shopping this week.
Here’s how temperatures changed across the listening area on Sunday as the Arctic front plowed through.
(Courtesy Storm Team4)
Courtesy Storm Team4
Here’s how temperatures changed across the listening area on Sunday as the Arctic front plowed through.
(Courtesy Storm Team4)
Courtesy Storm Team4
Here’s how temperatures changed across the listening area on Sunday as the Arctic front plowed through.
(Courtesy Storm Team4)
Courtesy Storm Team4
Here’s how temperatures changed across the listening area on Sunday as the Arctic front plowed through.
(Courtesy Storm Team4)
Courtesy Storm Team4
Here’s how temperatures changed across the listening area on Sunday as the Arctic front plowed through.
(Courtesy Storm Team4)
Courtesy Storm Team4
Here’s how temperatures changed across the listening area on Sunday as the Arctic front plowed through.
(Courtesy Storm Team4)
Courtesy Storm Team4
As for the beginning of the new week, high pressure builds in from the middle of the country, keeping us dry and cold at the start. The model generating the future clouds and future radar is the North American Mesoscale model .
(Courtesy Environmental Modeling Center/NOAA. Graphics: Storm Team4)
As for the beginning of the new week, high pressure builds in from the middle of the country, keeping us dry and cold at the start.The model generating the future clouds and future radar is the North American Mesoscale model (NAM).
(Data:聽Environmental Modeling Center/NOAA. Courtesy聽Storm Team4)
Westerly flow will moderate temperatures by Wednesday. The clouds from the next system that will affect us already building from the north. The model generating the future clouds and future radar is the North American Mesoscale model (NAM).
(Data:聽Environmental Modeling Center/NOAA. Courtesy聽Storm Team4)
No big temperature swings are expected this week. The GFS model images show temperatures starting off cold, then creeping back up to the averages for this time of the year. The blustery winds on Monday especially will make it feel colder. Temperatures will peak in the 30s early, then fall into the 20s.
(Data:聽Environmental Modeling Center, NOAA. Courtesy 聽Storm Team4)
Data:聽Environmental Modeling Center, NOAA. Courtesy 聽Storm Team4
No big temperature swings are expected this week. The GFS model images show temperatures starting off cold, then creeping back up to the averages for this time of the year.
(Data: Environmental Modeling Center, NOAA. Courtesy 聽Storm Team4)
Data: Environmental Modeling Center, NOAA. Courtesy 聽Storm Team4
No big temperature swings are expected this week. The GFS model images show temperatures starting off cold, then creeping back up to the averages for this time of the year. 聽
(Data: Environmental Modeling Center, NOAA. Graphics: Storm Team4)
Data: Environmental Modeling Center, NOAA. Graphics: Storm Team4
No big temperature swings are expected this week. The GFS model images show temperatures starting off cold, then creeping back up to the averages for this time of the year.
(Data: Environmental Modeling Center, NOAA. Graphics: Storm Team4)
Data: Environmental Modeling Center, NOAA. Graphics: Storm Team4
No big temperature swings are expected this week. The GFS model images show temperatures starting off cold, then creeping back up to the averages for this time of the year.
(Data: Environmental Modeling Center, NOAA. Graphics: Storm Team4)
Data: Environmental Modeling Center, NOAA. Graphics: Storm Team4
WASHINGTON 鈥� The new workweek starts with the latest Arctic air mass spilling over the mountains courtesy of the front, which blasted its way through the area Sunday afternoon.
This blast of Arctic air was, of course, right on the heels of the one from the end of last week. But this time, it looks like it will take some time before we get this cold again.
A blustery northwest wind will continue all day on Monday, with temperatures struggling to get much higher than the morning lows. Winds will be gusty until about mid-afternoon, and then the winds will start to subside.
Most of the day will have a lot of threatening-looking skies, with low level clouds and peeks of sunshine. A lot of that cloud cover will break up during the evening hours. Prepare to bundle up for the Panthers/Redskins game Monday evening. Temperatures will be falling into the 20s again by game time; it won鈥檛 be as windy, but just enough of a breeze will make it feel like it鈥檚 in the teens.
The center of the Arctic high pressure system that pushed the cold front through will be moving closer to us on Tuesday, moving in almost directly overhead. This will mean much more sunshine, but considering it will be the last full day of fall, the sun angle won鈥檛 be able to do much. After a very cold start, highs will only make it to levels 5鈥�10 degrees below average. There will be another very cold night and start to Wednesday.
Speaking of the start of Wednesday, the winter solstice will officially occur at 5:44 a.m. Eastern Standard Time. The sun will be at its lowest point in the sky for the Northern Hemisphere, and directly over the Tropic of Capricorn in the Southern Hemisphere. But here, as high pressure begins to move away, the trend will be toward milder weather, all the way through this upcoming holiday weekend.
There鈥檚 a chance for some wet weather on Thursday with a weak cold front and some moisture being drawn north from the Gulf of Mexico. Right now it looks like there鈥檚 a chance for some light rain and drizzle developing during the day. Some computer model solutions are much drier and barely give the region any rain, and some model solutions not only give the area more rain, they keep it wetter through Friday morning. So there鈥檚 a lot of uncertainty about Thursday with the subtle pattern shift.
Regardless, the Arctic air supply is not as plentiful for now after the three Arctic blasts earlier this month. The supply is basically exhausted until it can 鈥渞echarge,鈥� so to speak. The very cold temperatures will likely return in January at some point.
Weather really shouldn鈥檛 interfere with anyone who鈥檚 been putting off finishing his holiday shopping this week.
Daily weather highlights
MONDAY
鈥indy, blustery, and cold
鈥eeks of sun through mostly cloudy skies
鈥ess wind for Redskins game, but temperatures in the 20s
TUESDAY 鈥uch more sunshine than cloud cover
鈥ot as windy
鈥emperatures still below average and quite chilly
WEDNESDAY 鈥inter arrives at 5:44 a.m. and it will be wintry cold
鈥unshine with high level clouds moving overhead
鈥ore seasonable temperatures in the upper 40s
THURSDAY 鈥ostly cloudy skies keep it chillier
鈥 chance for light rain and drizzle by the end of the day
FRIDAY 鈥hance for light rain and drizzle lingering into the morning
鈥therwise, skies likely clearing by evening
鈥easonable temperatures in the upper 40s
NOTE: The 海角精品黑料 Workweek Weather Blog is intended as an in-depth yet plain-language summary of the business week鈥檚 weather potential in the D.C. area, along with an explanation of the contingencies and uncertainties that exist at the time of publication. For the latest actual Storm Team 4 Forecast, check out the Main .
