Northern Virginia Weekend Weather: Snow Could Happen

STERLING, VA — Northern Virginia's weekend weather forecast calls for an outside chance of a few snowflakes on Christmas Eve night Sunday or even Christmas Day, according various reports. For the most part, though, the weekend is expected to start rainy and mild before turning cold and windy by Sunday night. That's the word from the National Weather Service outlet in Sterling.

And the snowflakes? There's this, from the Washington Post's Capital Weather Gang: "We aren’t expecting major (if any) accumulation around the Beltway. Mainly just 'mood flakes' for seasonal enjoyment!" Meanwhile, Saturday's highs should be in the mid 60s, and there's an 80 percent chance of rain.

Sunday is expected to offer plenty of sunshine with highs in the mid 40s before giving way to lows in the 30s overnight. And Christmas Day? There's a 20 percent of precipitation, possibly snow, before 10 a.m. Here's the detailed forecast from the National Weather Service:

Friday Night: Rain likely, mainly after 1am. Cloudy, with a low around 46. South wind 5 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Saturday: Rain likely before 11am, then rain after 2pm. High near 63. South wind 7 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Saturday Night: Rain, mainly before 11pm. Low around 38. West wind 8 to 13 mph becoming north after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 45. North wind 5 to 8 mph.

Sunday Night: A chance of rain and snow showers before 1am, then a slight chance of snow showers after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 33. Light and variable wind becoming west 5 to 10 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Christmas Day: A slight chance of snow showers before 10am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 39. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 28.

And here's an early look at next week:

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 41.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 28.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 36.

Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 24.

Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high near 34.

Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26.

Friday: A chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 33. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

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