The surface chart and radar!
The surface chart and radar Is showing the cold front is now sitting over Virginia; with the associated rain showers south of the Mason Dixon line. There are a few waves of weak low pressure moving along the frontal boundary That will keep The northern middle Atlantic unsettled for the afternoon.
The cold air behind the front is dropping south and east across the region. Temperatures are going to continue to fall today, With the breezy conditions adding quite a bit of wind chill. High pressure builds in tomorrow and it is looking to stay very cool, with winds lessening. Then on Sunday we will start to see temperatures moderate, Winds also start to become breezy once again, moves off shore and we get a southwest flow. We will be dealing with a weak disturbance Saturday and the Sunday That will keep it a bit unsettled with a chance for a few rain showers snow showers The snow showers shouldn't amount to much in the way of accumulation but there could be Very limited accumulation Over northern parts of the region Especially in those higher elevations. But not everyone is going to see any snow accumulate.
Monday a weak trough will move through. Most of it most of us shouldn't see anything out of it But those northern areas could see a few rain snow showers. Tuesday the warm front lifts through allowing temperatures to become much warmer along with a chance for Rain showers with a snow mix showers on a northern edge of the front. Tuesday night and Wednesday the cold front will be approaching. With the cold front we will see rain showers drop in across the region along with thunderstorms. Some of these thunderstorms could be strong too severe during the afternoon into the evening. The front will have cleared most of the region by Thursday morning, with lingering rain showers over the northern mid Atlantic. Then on Friday another warm front will approach and move through along with Warm temperatures start to move back into region Along with widespread rain showers. There will be the risk for snow mix showers on the leading edge of that frontal boundary. Rain will be locally heavy at times with a chance for embedded thunderstorms. Then the cold front will come through bringing back colder temperatures for the first part of the weekend.
This seesaw in temperatures is going to continue for the foreseeable future. This is typical for spring. We're gonna have several frontal systems move through. We're going to have several frontal systems move through the region. Allowing cold air to move in And then quickly be replaced by warmer air. Then the cycle will repeat.
To answer the question about the unsettled conditions. They look to last for a foreseeable future. As they say April showers lead to May flowers!
