7:00 AM | **Dropping temperatures and powerful winds later today and tonight to cause problems in the area...rain should change to sleet and/or snow with new accumulations likely before the precipitation ends...roadways could slicken up in a hurry with dropping temperatures and new accumulations**

6-Day Forecast

Today

Periods of rain this morning with areas of fog, rain is likely to mix with or change to sleet and/or snow this afternoon as winds pick up strongly, some accumulations are even possible before the precipitation comes to an end and roadways can slicken up quickly, temperatures peak in the mid 30’s this morning and drop this afternoon

Tonight

Very windy with gusts to 50 mph possible, becoming brutally cold with partial clearing, roadways can become quite slick with the plunging temperatures, lows by morning near 10 degrees

Tuesday

Mostly sunny, breezy, very cold, mid 20’s for highs

Tuesday Night

Mostly cloudy, very cold, middle teens for lows

Wednesday

Mostly cloudy, milder, highs near 40 degrees

Thursday

Mostly cloudy, colder, chance for snow, mid-to-upper 20’s

Friday

Mostly sunny, brutal cold, near 20 degrees

Saturday

Partly sunny, not as cold, near 30 degrees

Discussion

Low pressure is reforming off of the Mid-Atlantic coastline this morning and the northward advance of the warming has grinded to a halt. In fact, the mid-day and afternoon hours will feature a pickup in the winds, a drop in the temperatures, and the rain/snow line will drop to the south from its current position across east-central PA and central NJ. As a result, lingering rainfall should actually mix with or change to sleet and/or snow this afternoon and some back end accumulations are even possible before it all ends. Roadways can quickly become quite slick in time for the evening commute with the rapidly dropping temperatures expected later today and possible new snow/ice accumulations. Along with the return of the bitter cold air, winds will pick up dramatically later today and early tonight with gusts to 50 mph possible and even scattered power outages. Low temperatures by early tomorrow are likely to be in the neighborhood of 10 degrees or so in much of the region. After a cold Tuesday, it’ll turn milder on Wednesday before another cold shot arrives in time for Thursday and Friday.

Video

httpv://youtu.be/9MXFxTENwb8