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Good Wednesday morning, Alexandria!

🌤️ Today’s weather: Expect partly sunny skies and a high near 49, accompanied by a breezy southwest wind of 16-21 mph, gusting up to 39 mph. For Wednesday night, the sky will be mostly clear with a low around 31, as the west wind transitions from 8-13 mph to a light southwest wind after midnight, with gusts potentially reaching 18 mph.

Good Tuesday morning, Alexandria!

🌧️ Today’s weather: Rain will begin mainly after 9am, with a high near 56 and 100% chance of precipitation. Winds from the east will increase from 11-16 mph to 23-28 mph in the afternoon, possibly gusting up to 39 mph. Expect 1-2 inches of new precipitation. At night, rain will continue mainly before 1am, with a low around 44 and winds shifting from southeast to southwest at speeds of 15-20 mph after midnight. Winds may gust as high as 46 mph, and there is still a 100% chance of precipitation, with an additional half to three-quarters of an inch possible.

Good Monday morning, Alexandria!

☀️ Today’s weather: Expect a sunny day with highs near 46, and a northwest wind of 5 to 9 mph transitioning to a light west wind in the afternoon. Monday night brings increasing clouds and lows around 34, alongside calm winds which will turn southeast at around 6 mph after midnight.

It was a busy week in Alexandria, but this week had a particularly busy Tuesday night for first responders.

First was a standoff on the Woodrow Wilson Bridge around 7 p.m. when police from other regional jurisdictions chased an armed assault suspect onto the bridge.

Good Friday morning, Alexandria!

☀️ Today’s weather: Expect sunshine and a high of 42°F, with northwest winds at 5 mph shifting to southwest in the afternoon. In the evening, anticipate increasing clouds and a low of around 29°F, accompanied by a south breeze of 3 to 5 mph.

Good Thursday morning, Alexandria!

🌤️ Today’s weather: Expect mostly cloudy skies to gradually clear by mid-morning, giving way to a high of around 44 degrees. The northwest wind will start between 6 to 11 mph and increase to 12 to 17 mph in the afternoon, potentially gusting up to 25 mph. Tonight, the skies will be clear with a low of approximately 25 degrees, while the northwest wind continues at 6 to 14 mph, with gusts reaching up to 21 mph.

Good Wednesday morning, Alexandria!

🌤️ Today’s weather: Expect partly sunny skies and a high near 47, accompanied by calm winds turning northwest at around 5 mph. For Wednesday night, there’s a slight chance of rain and snow showers after 1am, with cloudy skies and a low around 34. Winds will be light and variable, and the precipitation chance remains at 20%.

The week between Christmas and New Year’s Day is traditionally a little slow, but there was still plenty of news around Alexandria.

The top story was yet another office-to-apartment conversion planned for Old Town North, part of a trend of developers moving away from office space in the wake of the Covid pandemic and using those buildings for sorely needed housing.