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Spot Forecast for 2025 NationalChristmasTreeLighting...Department Of The Interior
National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
249 PM EST Thu Dec 4 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1500 EST on December 04.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

Please contact our office if you have questions
or concerns with this forecast.

.DISCUSSION...

...Winter Weather Advisory in effect from 4 AM to 4 PM Friday...

A cold front will pass through the area this evening bringing blustery
conditions. Wind chill values will be in the mid 20s this evening and
winds will be gusting to around 15 mph.

Light snow is expected Friday morning into Friday afternoon as low
pressure passes to the south. High pressure briefly returns this
weekend before a pair of clipper-like systems impact the area early
to mid next week.

Wind will remain light out of the southwest Friday at less
than 10 mph. Precipitation chances return from the south Friday
morning into Friday afternoon. Overall amounts remain less than a
tenth of an inch (liquid equivalent). Drying out with high pressure
and light winds this weekend.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 44.
Min humidity........45 percent.
Surface winds (mph).Northwest winds 9 to 15 mph with gusts to
                    around 26 mph.

TIME (EST)      3 PM   5 PM
Sky (%).........27     44
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0
Chc of thdr (%).0      0
Temp............42     37
RH..............53     56
Surface wind....NW 15  NW 9
Surface wnd gst.26     21

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (30-40 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Chance of snow
                    after 3 am. Snow likely early in the morning.
Chance of pcpn......60 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 24.
Max humidity........84 percent.
Surface winds (mph).North winds 5 to 8 mph in the evening becoming
                    light.

TIME (EST)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........24     40     49     83     86     95
Weather cov.....                                   CHANCE
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   SNOW
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      10     10     50
Chc of thdr (%).0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............34     31     29     28     27     26
RH..............61     69     72     68     60     62
Surface wind....NW 8   N 6    N 5    N 3    NE 3   NE 2
Surface wnd gst.18     13     9      8      7      6

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (90-100 percent). Snow in the morning.
                    Slight chance of light freezing drizzle through
                    the day. Chance of snow in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......80 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 34.
Min humidity........63 percent.
Surface winds (mph).Light winds.

TIME (EST)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........93     92     92     94     91     96
Weather cov.....DEFNTE DEFNTE CHANCE CHANCE S CHC  S CHC
Weather type....SNOW   SNOW   SNOW   SNOW   FZDRZL FZDRZL
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).80     80     50     40     20     20
Chc of thdr (%).0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............24     25     29     31     32     34
RH..............77     84     81     81     85     82
Surface wind....E 2    E 2    E 3    E 3    E 3    E 2
Surface wnd gst.6      6      7      7      6      5

$$
Forecaster...Rosa
Requested by...Interior Operations Center
Type of request...OTHER
.TAG 2527057.0/LWX
.DELDT 12/04/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
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