Snow In NoVa Forecast: See Latest Timing, Accumulation Estimates

Colder temperatures are starting to linger and bring chances of snow and other wintry precipitation in Northern Virginia, according to the latest forecasts. Chances of a wintry mix with snow will appear several times this week.

On Tuesday, much of the Northeast could see its first accumulating snow of the season, AccuWeather predicts. However, a warmer side to the storm system could mean a soaking rain for the Interstate 95 corridor into the South.

Northern Virginia sits on the border of where AccuWeather expects either a mix of rain, ice and snow or just rain. The Washington Post's Capital Weather Gang says a wintry mix could materialize in the D.C. region before dawn into Tuesday, bringing a mix of snow, sleet and freezing rain north and west of the Beltway. Forecasters say the wintry mix could create slippery locations in western Loudoun County, northern Fauquier and several parts of Maryland to the north. To the east and south of the Beltway, a wintry mix could be short-lived and change to rain with minimal or no accumulation.

Western Loudoun County and additional counties west of the DC metro region are under a winter weather advisory issued by the National Weather Service's Baltimore-Washington Office. The areas under the winter weather advisory could expect weather impacts to the Tuesday morning commute.

Forecasters say the precipitation is likely to begin as snow before mixing with and turning to sleet and freezing rain. Areas south of US-50 and Interstate 66 are more likely to see rain as temperatures increase in the morning.

The other chance of winter weather will arrive near the end of the week. The Capital Weather Gang says there's another chance of a wintry mix Friday night into Saturday. However, the chance of that mix turning to rain depends on how much mild air will move north.

Here's the National Weather Service forecast at Dulles International Airport this week:

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 43. Northwest wind 8 to 13 mph becoming light north in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. At night, a chance of snow between 3 a.m. and 5 a.m., then sleet likely. Increasing clouds, with a low around 28. Chance of precipitation is 60 percent. New snow and sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Tuesday: Rain and snow before 7 a.m., then rain, possibly mixed with snow and sleet between 7 a.m. and 10 a.m., then rain after 10 a.m. High near 40. Chance of precipitation is 100 percent. New snow and sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible. At night, partly cloudy, with a low around 25. Northwest wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 41. Northwest wind around 6 mph becoming light and variable in the afternoon. At night, partly cloudy, with a low around 24.

Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high near 43. At night, partly cloudy, with a low around 19.

Friday: A chance of snow after 1 p.m. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 34. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent. At night, a chance of snow and freezing rain before 1 a.m., then freezing rain likely. Cloudy, with a low around 28. Chance of precipitation is 60 percent.

Saturday: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 43. At night, a chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent.