6:00 AM | ***Unfolding Atlantic storm to impact the region...western edge of accumulating snow field...more extreme cold arrives late in the week with dangerous wind chills***
Paul Dorian
6-Day Philadelphia Forecast
Today
Mainly sunny, very cold, highs near 20 degrees
Tonight
Mostly clear, bitter cold, lows near 10 degrees
Wednesday
Mainly sunny, quite cold, but not as fierce as recent days, upper 20’s for afternoon highs
Wednesday Night
Becoming mainly cloudy, very cold, good chance of snow late with some accumulations likely, lows in the mid-to-upper teens by morning
Thursday
Mainly cloudy, quite cold, good chance of snow with some accumulations likely, becoming windy, low-to-mid 20’s
Friday
Brutal cold despite some sunshine, windy with gusts to 40 mph dangerous sub-zero wind chill values, lower teens for highs
Saturday
Mainly sunny, still bitter cold, mid-teens for highs
Sunday
Mainly sunny, still very cold, but not as piercing, mid-to-upper 20’s
Discussion
A storm will form off of the east coast of Florida on Wednesday and it’ll become a monster by the time it reaches the area east of Maine on Thursday night. With this expected track, the DC-to-Philly-to-NYC corridor will be on the western edge of the storm’s precipitation field and accumulating snow is a threat around here in the Wednesday night/Thursday morning time frame and is especially likely in areas to the east of Route 95. Following this storm, more extreme cold will move into the I-95 corridor for Thursday night, Friday and Saturday and wind chills will drop to dangerous sub-zero levels as winds gust to 40 mph or so. Looking ahead, some moderation in temperatures is likely to finally arrive in the Mid-Atlantic region during the early part of next week and this may result in a period of rain, sleet and/or snow.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Vencore, Inc.
vencoreweather.com