7:00 AM | **Icing problems this afternoon/evening**
Paul Dorian
6-Day Philadelphia Forecast
Today
Mostly cloudy, cold, a mix of sleet and freezing rain likely to develop during the early-to-mid afternoon hours, highs in the low 30’s
Tonight
Mainly cloudy, cold, chance of more sleet and/or freezing rain early, lows in the mid-to-upper 20's
Tuesday
Partly sunny, a bit milder, near 40 degrees for afternoon highs
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, colder, lows near 20 degrees by morning
Wednesday
Mainly cloudy, breezy, cold, mid 30’s
Thursday
Mainly cloudy, milder, chance of showers, near 50 degrees
Friday
Mainly cloudy, milder, chance of showers, near 55 degrees
Saturday
Mainly cloudy, breezy, a bit colder, chance of showers, upper 40’s
Discussion
After a bitter cold weekend, temperatures will modify today, but that modification will likely come with a wintry mix of precipitation including freezing rain and sleet. Road conditions could quickly deteriorate for the late day commute with any precipitation as ground-level temperatures have been so cold for so long. It’ll turn a bit milder on Tuesday, but then a colder air mass will return briefly for the mid-week time period. It should turn milder again for a few days late in the week (Thursday-Saturday) before another cold air mass makes it into the Mid-Atlantic region by the latter part of the weekend. The late week warm up is going to be accompanied with occasional rain. In terms of records on Sunday, Philly tied its record low at +4 degrees, Reading, PA tied its record low at 0 degrees, and Wilmington, DE broke its record low by dropping to +2 degrees. Most impressive was what happened in Atlantic City, NJ - the record was broken there from 1884 by a staggering 7 degrees with the new record low set at -3 degrees.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Vencore, Inc.
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