St. Patrick’s Day revelers needed to bundle up across the D.C. area with frigid temperatures and a chance for some conversational flurries Tuesday.
Temperatures ran 15 to 20 degrees below normal.
7News First Alert Meteorologist Steve Rudin said a few scattered snow showers or flurries could develop Tuesday evening, mainly along the Maryland–Pennsylvania border and from the Shenandoah Valley into southern Maryland.
Those flurries are not expected to lead to any measurable snowfall.
For most of the day, skies have been partly cloudy — a stark change from Monday’s weather.
Severe storms drenched DC region
Thunderstorms brought downpours, floods and damaging wind gusts in the 50 to 60 mph range Monday.
They also ushered in a cold front that rapidly dropped evening temperatures from the 60s to the 40s, and overnight temperatures into the upper 20s and low 30s.
Area utilities reported thousands of customers lost power.
Monday’s storms included a 2 p.m. squall that dumped 3 to 5 inches of rain on the D.C. region and flooded some creeks and roads.
The high winds closed the Bay Bridge to traffic for a time. 7News First Alert Meteorologist Matt Ritter said one wind gust on the bridge was unofficially measured at 87 mph.
A tree fell on Rock Creek Parkway in D.C., closed the roadway just north of the zoo tunnel around 10 p.m.
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FORECAST
TUESDAY NIGHT:
Scattered clouds
Lows: 25-32
Winds: Northwest 5-10 mph
WEDNESDAY:
Partly cloudy
Highs: 40-45
Winds: South 5-10 mph
THURSDAY:
Partly sunny
Highs: around 55
Winds: Southeast 5-10 mph
FRIDAY:
Partly sunny
Highs: near 60
Winds: Southwest 5-10 mph
CURRENT CONDITIONS
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