7:00 AM | ****Brutal cold for today; winter storm watch for Sunday night and Monday with significant snow possible****

6-Day Forecast

Today

Mostly sunny, breezy, brutally cold for this time of year, highs struggle to pass 20 degrees (more than 20 degrees below normal)

Tonight

Mostly clear and very cold, lows in the upper teens

Saturday

Mostly cloudy, not nearly as cold, slight chance for a rain or snow shower, mid 30’s

Saturday Night

Mostly cloudy, cold, snow showers possible, lows in the upper 20’s

Sunday

Mostly cloudy, cold, chance for rain, snow and/or sleet late in the day or early at night, mid 30’s

Monday

Cloudy, breezy, cold, periods of snow, maybe mixed with sleet early, significant accumulations possible, near 30

Tuesday

Becoming partly sunny, windy and cold, mid-to-upper 20’s; brutal cold at night

Wednesday

Partly sunny, still very cold, upper 20’s

Discussion

A powerful storm will slam into California later today and bring substantial rains to much of the state over the next 24-36 hours or so with as much as half a foot of rainfall in some areas. This strong storm will then cross the nation over the weekend with copious amounts of moisture and it will reach the Mid-Atlantic region by later Sunday. At the same time, very cold Arctic air will slowly drop southward into the Mid-Atlantic region and the result could be a substantial snowstorm on Monday across much of Pennsylvania and southeastern New York State with a foot of snow on the table. There will also be some icing included with this storm in this region, but the greatest chance for significant icing will likely occur just to the south of the PA/MD border, but even in this area there will be accumulating snows. More bitter cold air will follow the early week storm in the Mid-Atlantic region and throughout much of the eastern U.S.

Video

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