Tony

Another strong cold front is set to pass early Friday — the fourth in two weeks. 🌬️ It’ll knock temperatures back from highs in the mid-70s on Thursday afternoon to the low and mid-50s Friday afternoon with rain around. Lows will then fall to near freezing Friday night. This March has featured several memorable changes in air mass: 1) The strongest cold front arrived early March 12. After a record high of 86 the day prior, it sent temperatures in the city down to 33 midday March 12 and delivered accumulating snow to the area. The 53-degree drop was the biggest 24-hour dip in temperature at the current observation location, Reagan National Airport. 2) A few days later, the high was 69 on March 16 with a severe weather threat. By late evening, behind a front that caused a 68-mph gust for D.C., some sleet fell. It was only 41 the next day. 3) On Monday, another powerful front moved by. Sunday’s high was 78 (with 80s common away from the Potomac River). During the late afternoon Monday, temperatures were dipping into the 40s amid strong wind gusts reaching 50 mph in Washington. In each case, at least two days of below-average temperatures were seen before readings rebounded. This time, we should see temperatures return to the 60s by Monday after a cool but sunny weekend.

PivotalWeather ran out of colors on the map to explain how much temperatures dropped in the past 24 hours.

Start off the new year right by never again saying the atmosphere “over/under-achieved” — it’s always right.

not a color expert here but how can you not have the capacity to support more than two colors?