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Snow Storm Unlikely But Not Ruled Out In Vienna Next Week
Forecasters believe the storm will track south of the region, but changes are still possible.
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VIENNA, VA—The threat of a major winter storm looms over the East Coast early next week, but there's a good chance it could miss the DC region entirely.
Both the American and European models show the brunt of the storm stays in southern Virginia and North Carolina. While the American model shows light snow barely reaching north to the DC region, the European model suggests light snow could stay south of Richmond.
The Baltimore-Washington National Weather Service office expects just a slight threat of a snow storm in Northern Virginia Sunday overnight into Monday. The current forecast for Vienna projects up to a 40 percent chance of snow on Sunday night.
Find out what's happening in Viennawith free, real-time updates from Patch.
The Washington Post's Capital Weather Gang has a similar projection. "The best chance for snow capable of accumulation is likely to be overnight, but it may stay to our south."
But while weather models show the storm tracking south of the DC region, it's close enough that snow can't be ruled out entirely.
Find out what's happening in Viennawith free, real-time updates from Patch.
No major shifts in the overnight models with the weekend storm, meaning it doesn't look like upper energy is playing along to get measurable snow into DC Sunday (Euro totally dry here). Close enough that we don't want to take our eye off it though...but for now looks like a miss. pic.twitter.com/Fs7wIxqMXS
— Mike Thomas (@MikeTFox5) December 6, 2018
Here's the full NWS forecast for the days ahead in Vienna.
Thursday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 41. Clouds will give way to clear skies in the night with a low around 31.
Friday: Sunny, with a high near 39. Clear at night with a low around 25.
Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 37 and cloudy at night with a low around 27.
Sunday: A chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 33. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent. At night, the chance of snow is 40 percent with a low around 28.
Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 38 and cloudy at night with a low of 28.
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