ABC7/WJLA has released its Winter Outlook for the 2026-27 season, becoming the first of the Washington, D.C. area’s four major television networks to publish its forecast for the upcoming winter. MoCoSnow, The MoCoShow’s winter weather hub, will be taking a look at each of the four local network winter outlooks as they are released.
WJLA’s Storm Alert Weather team is forecasting a wetter-than-average winter with temperatures near to slightly above normal across the Washington region. For snowfall, the station is predicting 10-20 inches for Washington, D.C. and much of the immediate metro area, including about half of Montgomery County, with January and February expected to provide the best opportunities for meaningful accumulation.
Snowfall projections increase farther north and west. WJLA’s snowfall map places areas like the northern half of Montgomery County (starting around Gaithersburg and including Germantown, Clarksburg, Damascus, Poolesville, and more), Frederick, Hagerstown, Winchester and Martinsburg in a 15-25 inch range, with 25-30 inches projected for portions of the mountains farther west. Areas south and east of Washington are generally forecast to receive 5-15 inches…