Forecast: Cool Weather to Continue
It's almost April 1 and here we are, enduring another chilly day. Temperatures today will be about 15 degrees below normal and more typical of late February. There won't be much sunshine to speak of either. Fortunately, most of the day will be dry.
Cloudy and quite cool. 45-49. A wind from the northeast will keep feeding us chilly air. Temperatures in the 30s to start the day will only end up rising about 10 degrees due to thickening cloud cover. While a bit light rain is possible in central Virginia, much of the metro region should remain dry into this evening.
Overnight, it will remain cloudy and cool, with just a 20% chance of some light showers. Temperatures won't fall much given cloud cover. Lows will likely be in the low 40s.
Keep reading for the forecast through early next week. See NatCast for the forecast for tonight's regular-season opener at Nationals Park.
TOMORROW
Mostly cloudy. 55-60. While the the gradual passage of a warm front will allow for modestly warmer conditions Monday, clouds and a continued easterly component to the wind should hold high temperatures in the 50s. Areas that get a little sun -- especially to the south -- could sneak into the 60s. Any showers will be few and far between. I'm not impressed by the rain potential Monday.
Monday night should be partly cloudy and mild, with lows near 50.
A LOOK AHEAD
We finally break out of this cool pattern Tuesday but just for a day. The sun will emerge with temperatures soaring into the low to mid 70s. But as quickly as the warm air arrives, it will depart. Tuesday evening a cold front will plow through the region with showers followed by gusty winds. By Wednesday and Thursday, it's cool and breezy once again, with highs only in the 50s.
By Jason Samenow |
March 30, 2008; 5:01 AM ET
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Posted by: Augusta Jim | March 30, 2008 08:28 AM
Occasional sleet showers still falling, temp. up to 37F.
Posted by: Augusta | March 30, 2008 10:51 AM
I drove through a small pocket of sleet and snow early this afternoon between Culpeper and Warrenton, VA. The snow flakes were huge and were mixed with sleet. There was no rain, just frozen precipitation. The sleet made a lot of clatter on my car as I raced along at 60 mph -- the roads were barely wet since it was just a brief shower.
Posted by: Kevin, Capital Weather Gang | March 30, 2008 03:07 PM
Another forecast of severe weather for my big dance Friday evening. Once again dance forecasts are defying the law of averages with 90% of all dance dates getting rain rather than the expected 50%! There's no dance at the Clarendon Ballroom tomorrow evening.
In addition we need some REAL SPRING weather, not this continual crud!!! We get one day near 70 with a stiff south wind, then it's back to the same ol' same ol' CRUD! Actually the CRWS jet stream data has the jet WELL NORTH of us, so why are we getting the CRUD??? Shouldn't we be getting a mild spell???
Canadian lightning data this morning has isolated to frequent strikes across the center of the nation centered mainly in MO and surrounding states. Otherwise there is only isolated activity well SE of FL (Bahamas?).
Posted by: El Bombo | March 31, 2008 10:21 AM
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SLEET has been falling in my area for about 30 minutes with a temp. of 34 degrees. It's melting on paved areas, but accumulating on vehicles and other unpaved surfaces.
The higher elevations 20 miles to my south are under a Winter Weather Advisory. Wintergreen and Hot Springs are standing at 25 degrees.