7:00 AM | *Rain later today changes to snow later tonight...Super Bowl Sunday snow/rain threat*
Paul Dorian
6-Day Philadelphia Forecast
Today
Mainly cloudy, milder, chance of rain later in the afternoon, highs near 45 degrees
Tonight
Rain this evening may mix with sleet before changing to all snow late, turning colder and becoming quite breezy, accumulations by morning on the order of a coating to an inch, lows in the upper 20’s
Friday
Becoming mainly sunny, windy, quite cold with temperatures dropping slowly through the 20's during the day
Friday Night
Mainly clear, breezy, very cold, low-to-mid teens for overnight lows
Saturday
Mainly sunny, still quite cold, near 30 degrees
Sunday
Mainly cloudy, cold, snow likely to develop at the onset of this event before changing to rain, mid-to-upper 30’s
Monday
Becoming partly sunny, breezy, cold, mid 30’s
Tuesday
Partly sunny, cold, mid 30’s
Discussion
There will be an influx of milder air today ahead of an approaching cold front and temperatures should make it well into the 40’s this afternoon. Low pressure will form along this advancing frontal boundary zone and rain showers are likely to arrive later this afternoon and continue into the evening hours. As colder air pushes in later tonight, the rain is likely to change to snow before ending with a coating to an inch possible by morning and there can be ice pellets mixed in during the transition. Following the passage of the cold front, it’ll turn quite cold tomorrow and stay cold on Saturday and then snow and/or rain will threaten the Philly metro region on Super Bowl Sunday. The rain/snow line will be close to the immediate I-95 corridor and a possible scenario is snow at the onset and perhaps at the back end and rain in between.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Vencore, Inc.
vencoreweather.com