7:00 AM | **Accumulating snow today...watching for heavier bands to set up across southern PA...bitter cold weekend coming with zero degrees on the table...another snow threat early next week**

6-Day Philly Forecast

Today

Mainly cloudy, cold, intermittent snow, highs in the low-to-mid 30’s

Tonight

Mainly cloudy, cold, more intermittent snow, lows in the upper 20’s

Wednesday

Mainly cloudy, cold, snow showers possible in the morning, mid 30’s

Wednesday Night

Mainly cloudy, cold, low 20’s

Thursday

Partly sunny, cold, near 30 degrees

Friday

Partly sunny, breezy, cold, upper 20’s; snow showers and snow squalls possible at night

Saturday

Mostly sunny, windy, bitter cold, low-to-mid 20’s

Sunday

Partly sunny, bitter cold, low 20’s

Discussion

Low pressure this morning over the Great Lakes region will transfer its energy to a newly forming coastal low which will only slowly move up the coastline. There will be intermittent snow today and tonight across much of the Mid-Atlantic region with narrow bands of heavy snow likely forming to the northwest of the surface low. There is a lull in the action early this morning, but radar is showing heavier bands already setting up to our south. Snowfall estimates for the Philly metro region are as follows: 2-6 inches with the higher amounts in that range more likely to the southwest of the city (e.g., Chester and Delaware Counties). The snow is likely to be of the wet, slushy variety; primarily, on non-paved surfaces, but heavier snow bands will stick on roadways. Later this week, it’ll turn quite cold and then an even colder Arctic air outbreak will arrive for the weekend and zero degrees is on the table. As the Arctic blast arrives Friday night, there can be some snow shower or snow squall activity as winds pick up noticeably. Looking ahead, another threat for snow is likely early next week – once again falling right around the President’s Day holiday.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian

Vencore, Inc.