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WEATHER BLOG: No Rest For The Weary

As the latest storm heads out into the Atlantic early this morning, it has managed to leave behind a sloppy mess of snow, sleet and rain -- especially in the Northeast.

While much of Maryland, Delaware and Virginia had no significant snow accumulation, surface temperatures remained low enough all day to bring widespread sleet and freezing rain. Temperatures should continue rising, and most will be at or above the freezing mark by the time the morning rush begins.

The upcoming week should be an "active one". Although some sunshine will be returning today, and some of the snow and ice should melt with temperatures peaking in the upper 30s and lower 40s this afternoon, we're still looking at two more potential rounds of precipitation over the next 72 hours -- one later tomorrow and tomorrow night, then the other will arrive on Wednesday night, continuing into Thursday.

Precipitation types should vary quite a bit from north to south, especially in the FIRST of these two cases. Models suggesting there would be a significant uptick in temperatures on Wednesday. Wednesday's maximum temperatures in both Baltimore and Washington, D.C. should only be "within a few degrees of 50.

As the first area of low pressure moves out of the Plains and into the Great Lakes region tomorrow afternoon, a warm from associated with it will cause clouds and precipitation to spread all the way to the East Coast by 8 p.m. tomorrow evening. Precipitation in most places may start as snow.

If the snow comes down hard enough, there may be an inch or two before midnight, especially north and west of Interstate 95. However, we are expecting the temperature to rise through the 30s late tomorrow night, possibly hitting the low 40s by daybreak on Wednesday. Therefore, in most cases, the snow will make a transition to rain fairly quickly, and it should also wash away most of the snow that falls early tomorrow night.

After a period of rain comes to an abrupt end on Wednesday morning, we'll have this 'token MILD DAY' thrown into this week's fast-paced mix, but it is expected to turn colder once again Wednesday night and Thursday.

In fact, the next wave of low pressure will posses the ability to distribute a bit of AM snow, ice and rain across the central Appalachians on Thursday. Its a little too early to tell just how much snow the coastal cities will be getting, but there probably will be 6 inches of snow or more in the central Appalachian Mountains.  "No rest for the weary" is the catch-phrase for this week. What will be a potentially messy Thursday with afternoon temperatures no higher than the low or mid 30s will be dry and cold on Friday. We will probably revert back to the 40s over the weekend.

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