Snow squalls near the Washington Monument, Feb. 9. (chasingmailboxes via Flickr) TODAY’S DAILY DIGIT
A somewhat subjective rating of the day’s weather, on a scale of zero to 10. 5/10: Cold but we should have calmer conditions & some (mainly morning?) sunshine. Winter how we missed you. :) EXPRESS FORECAST Today: More clouds than sun. Slight precip chance. Highs: mid-30s to around 40.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy. Slight breeze. Lows: upper 20s to mid-30s.
Tomorrow: Filtered sunshine, clouds may dominate. Highs: upper 50s to mid-60s.
Sunday: Cloudy with a few showers possible. Highs: low-to-mid 60s. FORECAST IN DETAIL Spring is waiting behind today’s wintry shadows. More weather whiplash is upon us, and there may be additional dips and rises in the times ahead. The main drawback is fairly dominant clouds for the next few days. Today (Friday): It’s still chilly, but calmer. A sunny morning commute is possible, yet clouds should battle sunshine fairly effectively by afternoon. Don’t be surprised by a quick sprinkle, shower, flurry, sleet spurt, or snow shower. Especially afternoon hours. We have a tumultuous atmosphere overhead, even if quieter at the surface. Breezes may try to stay around or below 10 mph out of the west and west-southwest. High temperatures struggle but eventually range from the mid-30s to around 40 by late afternoon. Confidence: Medium-high Tonight: Fairly cloudy. Sorry if this hampers viewing the eclipse of the full “snow” moon and comet. Later is better … skies could be a bit clearer around midnight. Temperatures are almost steady with low temperatures in the upper 20s outside the Beltway to mid-30s downtown. Southwest winds near 10 mph are doing their warming thing overnight! Confidence: Medium-high For related traffic news, check out Dr. Gridlock. Keep reading for the forecast into next week. | 