I didn’t see any snowflakes this morning, yet it still felt a lot like winter today. Highs in the low 40s are a good bit below normal. The clouds helped ensure there was no chance to warm up in an errant sunray. We have more clouds in the forecast tomorrow, after a clearer and chilly night.
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Through Tonight: Skies clear this evening and into the night. We should end up mostly clear late as lows settle to the mid-20s or near 30. Winds are out of the northwest around 5 mph.
View the current weather at The Washington Post.
Tomorrow (Thursday): It’s cloudier than not through the day. That said, there might be some sunnier times early and again late. Temperatures head for the mid-40s for highs. Winds are light from the south.
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Bombs away: Storm Barra bashed through Ireland and the United Kingdom on Tuesday. The storm easily reached “bomb cyclone” status, with a pressure drop from 1,006 mb to 956 mb over 24 hours! Widespread gusts of 90 mph or greater were reported in coastal and elevated areas of Ireland.
Storm Barra barreling into Ireland & the British Isles.
— Scott Duncan (@ScottDuncanWX) December 7, 2021
Water vapour satellite imagery via @metdesk. Data @eumetsat pic.twitter.com/JlhT4zelWf
The Fastnet Lighthouse off County Cork provided a first row seat to the view of huge swells at sea off the Irish coast resulting from Storm Barra.
— ABC News (@ABC) December 7, 2021
Around 50,000 customers were without power in Ireland. https://t.co/DQN3B3Ci66 pic.twitter.com/lZrI2oLaAr
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