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Northern Virginia Weather: After Grey Weekend, Big Changes
Northern Virginia's weekend weather includes a lot of cloudiness and, later, more rain ahead of big changes for next week, say forecasters.
STERLING, VA—Northern Virginia's weekend weather forecast, not including Friday night's overall ickiness, calls for a mostly overcast weekend with relatively mild temperatures ahead of next week's cold blast. That's the word from the National Weather Service and other area forecasting outlets.
The rain will stick around until early Saturday, after which temperatures will struggle to reach 50 degrees in most places. Even so, conditions likely will be dry with lows above freezing.
As for Sunday, there's this from the Washington Post's Capital Weather Gang: "We may see light mixed precipitation break out in the afternoon. With time, it should change to all rain in the evening before heavier stuff moves in. Shifts here could bring more wintry weather, so keep an eye out just in case."
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Meanwhile, next week's highs will be in the low 40s with lows in the 20s. So there you go. Here's the detailed forecast from the National Weather Service's local bureau in Sterling:
Friday Night: Rain, mainly before 5am. Low around 34. Northeast wind around 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
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Saturday: A chance of rain before 8am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 46. North wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 34. Northwest wind 3 to 6 mph.
Sunday: Rain, mainly after 2pm. High near 41. Calm wind becoming east around 6 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
Sunday Night: Rain before 2am, then rain and snow likely. Low around 33. Chance of precipitation is 90%.
Monday: Rain and snow likely before 8am. Partly sunny, with a high near 40. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 21.
Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 36.
Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 19.
Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 33.
Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 21.
Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 39.
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