Virginia Weather Forecast: Rain Returns This Week, Temperatures Cooling

STERLING, VA — It's going to rain early this week, and end with winter-like temperatures, according to the National Weather Service. If the extended forecast holds up, we'll have temperatures in the range for evening and early-morning snow and freezing rain before mid-December.

First, this week: We'll start out partly sunny on Monday, with showers beginning overnight and into Tuesday. The showers will come with windy conditions, with gusts up to 22 mph.

Showers are likely through Wednesday, with pleasant temperatures. But, that will change as the sun comes out Thursday with increasingly colder temperatures. The high Wednesday will be 67 degrees, but we won't get out of the 40s by Saturday.

The Weather Channel's 15-day forecast (that's a long time between now and then) puts snow showers and freezing rain in the region by the weekend of Dec. 9. Stay tuned.

Here's the latest forecast from the National Weather Service:

Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 54. South wind 5 to 9 mph.

Monday Night: Showers likely after 1am. Cloudy, with a low around 47. Southeast wind 7 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Tuesday: Showers. High near 65. South wind 9 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Wednesday: Showers likely. Cloudy, with a high near 67. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 58.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 50.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 49.

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