7:00 AM | ***A major east coast storm to impact the region tomorrow night and Thursday with substantial snow and possibly some icing from I-95 to points south and east***

6-Day Forecast

Today

Mostly sunny skies, very cold, highs in the mid 20’s

Tonight

Mostly clear, extreme cold, lows not far from zero

Wednesday

Increasing clouds, very cold, mid 20’s

Wednesday Night

Snow likely after midnight, cold, low 20’s

Thursday

Snow likely, possibly mixing with sleet and/or freezing rain at times, cold, low 30’s

Friday

Mostly sunny, breezy, cold, maybe a couple of snow showers, upper 30’s

Saturday

Partly sunny, cold, low 30’s

Sunday

Mostly cloudy, cold, snow showers possible, low 30’s

Discussion

First the good news...pitchers and catchers report tomorrow for the Phillies in Florida and there are signs for warmer weather during the next couple of weeks. Now the bad news...in the winter that seemingly never ends, there is a major east coast storm headed our way for tomorrow night and Thursday and it should bring substantial snow to the region with some icing possible as well; especially, from Route I-95 to points south and east.

Today will feature very cold conditions for this time of year and extreme cold tonight will drop temperatures to single digits throughout the region. Clouds increase on Wednesday and snow is likely to develop after midnight and continue through the day on Thursday with the chance for some mixing of sleet and/or freezing rain; especially, from Route I-95 to points south and east. Preliminary snowfall estimates for the Philly metro region are 8-14 inches with the higher amounts in that range in the northern and western suburbs where primarily snow can fall and the lesser amounts to the south and east where more of a mixing will likely occur. It looks like there will be numerous school closings on Thursday and that could be the case on Friday as well as the dig out begins.

Video

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