Weather

The recipe for winter weather and snow is really not all that difficult. You simply need air cold enough overhead as moisture is moving in and boom...you have either freezing rain, sleet, or snow! In the Mid-Atlantic though, it is not always that easy to hold that cold air in place long enough to give a purely snow event. You need certain features to align atmospherically which is actually a rarer occurrence than I think many people realize. Yes, we do get some big blizzards here in the D.C. region, but they are far from an every year occurrence. The setup has to be just right.

The sun is back today and so is that blustery wind!

A storm is expected to come on the heels of a very cold weekend in the Washington, D.C. region.

After a brisk and blustery Inauguration Wednesday with gusts over 40 mph, we settle the winds down to an occasional gust of 15 or 20 mph today.

Wednesday - as we inaugurate our 46th President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris - you will also want to be prepared to bundle up against a gusty wind that will produce wind chill temperatures in the 20s and 30s!

It's another settled January day starting with the typically chilly morning temperatures ranging from 29 to 32 degrees. FOX 5's Sue Palka says most of the day will feature a mix of sunshine and some clouds as temperatures climb into the mid and upper 40s.