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Northern Virginia Weekend Weather: Records Could Fall
Northern Virginia's weekend weather forecast isn't one that's likely to warm the heart, even with a smattering of snow here and there.
STERLING, VA — Northern Virginia's weekend weather forecast can be aptly described in two words: cold and colder. That's the word from various weather-watching agencies, including the National Weather Service branch in Sterling. And just for giggles and grins, a lot of folks woke up this morning to a light coating of snow.
However, as the Washington Post's Capital Weather Gang points out, ". . .there’s a decent chance this pre-dawn zone of snow is the biggest part of this event locally. While there’s still some activity on radar, most of it is in northern Maryland or north at this time, and there isn’t a whole lot to the west still to come through."
Saturday is expected to be the "warmest" day of the New Year's Even weekend, with highs in the mid 30s. Sunday and Monday offer highs in the low to mid 20s, with lows dipping into the teens along with wind gusts of at least 20 mph. Here's the detailed forecast from the National Weather Service:
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Today: A chance of light snow with scattered flurries before 11am, then scattered flurries after 11am. Cloudy, with a high near 35. Light and variable wind becoming west 8 to 13 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Tonight: Scattered flurries before 8pm. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 19. Northwest wind 13 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph.
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Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 24. Northwest wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.
Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 12. Wind chill values as low as zero. Northwest wind 9 to 11 mph.
New Year's Day: Sunny, with a high near 22. Northwest wind 8 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 13.
Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 25.
Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 15.
Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 33.
Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 20.
Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 27.
Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 14.
Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 24.
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