WASHINGTON — It was not a white Christmas and it’s not going to be a very cold workweek after Christmas, either.
High pressure will be departing New England, allowing moisture to return in the low levels to our area, making Monday a fairly cloudy day with even some areas of drizzle here and there. Temperatures will be close to our averages for this time of year. Then the storm system that brought a lot of winter weather to the middle of the country on Christmas Day will send a warm front through our area Monday night.
Tuesday will start out with sunshine and with strong southerly breezes, temperatures will soar into the 60s. It will just be temporary, though, as a cold front brings a few showers and temperatures start falling late in the day.
High pressure will build in overhead for Wednesday, but will quickly depart and allow the next system to move in on Thursday with a chance for showers and temporarily milder temperatures. And then the process repeats again with high pressure building in for Friday with cooler temperatures.
The Arctic is still in the process of cooling back down to temperatures befitting the name. It looks like some of that colder air will be on the move again and could affect us for the start of next week.
DAILY WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS
MONDAY
- Low-level clouds with only peeks of sun
- Some fog
- Some scattered areas of drizzle
- Temperatures close to or slightly above average
TUESDAY
- Springlike temperatures, especially the first half of the day
- A few hours of clouds and scattered showers through the afternoon
- Winds turn northwesterly with falling temperatures later in the day
WEDNESDAY
- Mostly sunny
- Much more seasonably cool
THURSDAY
- Clouds with a slight chance of showers
- Above-average temperatures, falling late in the day and evening
FRIDAY
- Mostly sunny
- Much more seasonably cool
Editor’s Note: The WTOP Workweek Weather Blog is intended as an in-depth yet plain language summary of the business week’s weather potential in the D.C. area along with an explanation of the contingencies and uncertainties that exist at the time of publication. For the latest actual Storm Team 4 forecast, check out the main WTOP Weather Page.