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Forecast Discussion:
We are still cold. (I'm not going to tell you the current temperature in D.C., but it rhymes with 64F - the high out here tomorrow rhymes with 78F). Figure 1 shows the stationary front to our west. Figure 2 is the upper air pattern with a deep trough over the west and jet stream energy to the south of the state. Any little disturbance traveling through will kick off snow in the mountains and snow flurries on the low lands.
The longer range forecast:
With the pattern changing little until Saturday- we stay below the normal high temperature for this time of year (48F - the thick green line in Figure 3). The almost constant, but slight, chance of snow is plotted here as well. A slightly better chance of snow for everyone returns on Friday- as the front returns as a warm front and passes across the state with the departing trough.
