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PM Update: Winds diminish as clouds exit tonight. Sunny with breezes Sunday.

We turn milder tomorrow, tempered with a slight wind chill at times

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February 17, 2024 at 3:20 p.m. EST
Cloudy morning on the National Mall (Brian Paeth/CWG Flickr)
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Gusts of wind take a breather tonight, briefly nearing calm conditions in the pre-dawn hours. We’re milder tomorrow, under sunny skies, with breezes flaring up a bit from midmorning through midafternoon.

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Through tonight: Winds, broadly from a westerly direction, taper with time. After a few early evening gusts still near 20 mph, we should briefly near calm conditions before sunrise. A few clouds are around, but generally the trend with time is slowly clearer. Low temperatures dip to near 20 degrees to mid-20s.

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Tomorrow (Sunday): Other than a few passing clouds, sunshine dominates. High temperatures should reach the mid-40s to around 50 degrees, although wind chills could feel several degrees below thermometer readings. That’s thanks to southwesterly breezes fairly noticeable much of the day, perhaps gusting to around 20 mph. Overnight, calming breezes and mainly clear skies. Low temperatures dip to the mid-20s to low 30s.

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Snow is in the rearview mirror, for now

Snow chances are nil until perhaps Friday, at the earliest. Got burning questions regarding this morning’s paltry snow? See our forecast evaluation here. Kids were found to be quite industrious with the little they had. Here are impressive snow people made from an inch of snow!

Snow lovers may have been disappointed, but at least a good part of our region got a little bit of white stuff. A dusting to a coating could be found well south of town — a tiny bit of solace? Here’s Ian Livingston’s map analyzing snow accumulation reports through 2:30 p.m. today:

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