Northern Virginia Weather: Warmer Wednesday, But Snow in Extended Forecast

STERLING, VA — Now that the nice little winter postcard system descended upon us late Sunday morning with the snow all but having disappeared by Monday afternoon, it's back to an ongoing trend that has winter feeling more like March.

Tuesday welcomed temperatures in the mid-50s, and Wednesday isn't expected to lag that much behind, according to the area arm of the National Weather Service, albeit with mostly cloudy skies.

Thursday should get just a tad chillier but with mostly sunny skies to go along with brisk winds.

That night, though, temperatures will drop big-time, and there's a chance for snow showers by the end of the weekend.

Here's the latest NWS forecast:

Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 35. West wind 7 to 11 mph.

Wednesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 49. West wind 6 to 10 mph.

Wednesday Night: A slight chance of rain before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 32. Northwest wind 6 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 45. Northwest wind 9 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 25. Northwest wind 5 to 9 mph becoming light.

Friday: Partly sunny, with a high near 39.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 23.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 37.

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

Sunday: A chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 38. Chance of precipitation is 40%

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