Freeze Warning in Effect Tonight in DC Area

A freeze warning is in impact from midnight this night to 9 a.m. Monday for Washington, D.C., and surrounding suburbs in Maryland and Virginia after a number of days of unseasonably heat temperatures.

The warning is for elements of D.C., Prince George’s County and Charles County in Maryland, and Arlington, Falls Church and Alexandria in Virginia, in line with the Nationwide Climate Service (NWS).

Temperatures are anticipated to be sub-freezing, within the 20s -30s. The chilly could trigger injury to crops, different vegetation and out of doors plumbing, the NWS mentioned.

A full listing of climate alerts from the Nationwide Climate Service could be discovered right here.

“Temperatures might be dropping rapidly beneath the freezing mark, because of the gentle winds and people cooler than common temperatures,” Storm Team4 Meteorologist Clay Anderson mentioned.

To arrange for the chilly, Anderson recommends out of doors vegetation be introduced inside.

“This space right here, might see temperatures 31, 32 levels, and that’s why you need to deliver these vegetation, or no matter you are attempting to develop, exterior, inside,” Anderson mentioned.

D.C. doesn’t all the time get loads of snow whereas some areas in Virginia and Maryland usually have snowfall. On this Science 4 Everybody, Storm Team4’s Ryan Miller explains why this occurs within the D.C. space.

Final week, temperatures made some days really feel extra just like the month of September. On Saturday, temperatures reached 70 levels. On Sunday, temperatures cooled right down to the 40s-50s.

A December really feel is anticipated within the week forward as daytime highs are anticipated to remain beneath 50 all week. Monday will likely be breezy and sunny with temps within the 40s-50s. A freeze might occur Monday night into Tuesday morning as properly.