D.C.-area forecast: A few more snow showers possible this morning.

Another weekend winter storm?

Today’s daily digit
A somewhat subjective rating of the day’s weather, on a scale of 0 to 10.

5/10: After another chance of an early-morning snow shower, increasing sun by afternoon is a nice change with a shot at 40 degrees. But the wind, oh the wind, it remains rather gusty.

Express forecast
Today: Early snow shower? Turning partly to mostly sunny, windy. Highs: Near 40.
Tonight: Mostly clear and cold. Lows: Upper teens to mid-20s.
Tomorrow: Mostly to partly sunny, light winds. Highs: Mid-40s.
Forecast in detail
We remain in an overall active and relatively cold pattern with at least a couple of storm threats. But we do get a bit of a break for the time being, after the chance of a few more snow showers early this morning. We’re slightly warmer today but rather windy, with the warming trend continuing tomorrow and Friday. Our next system brings mostly rain, with perhaps a wintry mix far north of D.C., tomorrow night into early Friday. Just like last week at this time, we’ve got a chance of a weekend winter storm, but it’s not at all a sure thing.

Today (Wednesday): Early-morning clouds and perhaps a few more snow showers, which could give some spots another quick coating, should give way to partly to mostly sunny skies by afternoon. Morning temperatures rise into and through the 30s, with slightly warmer afternoon highs topping out in the upper 30s to low 40s. The wind continues to be a major factor, coming from the northwest around 15 mph with gusts near 30-35 mph, and keeping wind chills stuck in the 20s to near 30. Confidence: High

Tonight: Skies turn mostly clear as we head into the evening and should stay that way through the overnight. Winds gradually diminish but are still breezy at times with gusts near 25 mph, as lows dip to the upper teens to mid-20s. Confidence: High

Tomorrow (Thursday): High pressure brings mostly sunny skies through much of the day, which means major melting as afternoon highs reach the mid-40s. And it should actually feel like the mid-40s thanks to light winds. Clouds could be on the increase by late afternoon. Confidence: Medium-High

Tomorrow night: Skies turn mostly cloudy during the evening, which helps trap some of that daytime warmth. That means warmer lows only dropping to the low to mid-30s. Rain is likely to develop overnight as our next system moves in from the west. Precipitation could be more of a wintry mix in our far northern suburbs. Confidence: Medium

A look ahead
The rain may still be around early Friday. (Any mixed precipitation in our far northern suburbs should change to all rain by morning.) The rain looks to be on its way out by afternoon, though, with a mild breeze from the south and southwest pushing highs to the mid-40s to near 50. Saturday is shaping up as a decent start to the weekend, with partly to mostly sunny skies, highs in the 40s and not too windy. Confidence: Medium-High

And that brings us to our next winter storm threat, with a chance of snow or wintry mix, possibly changing to rain, late Saturday night and Sunday. But right now it’s just a chance, as models are mixed as to whether the storm impacts us or steers around us to the south and east. Confidence: Low

Snow potential index

A daily assessment of the potential for at least 1 inch of snow in the next week, on a 0-10 scale.

3/10 (↓ : Two more storm chances on the horizon, one late Saturday night and Sunday, and another midweek next week. Both iffy, but both worth watching.

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