7:00 AM | ***Accumulating snow this weekend in the Philly metro region***
Paul Dorian
6-Day Philadelphia Forecast
Today
Mainly sunny, blustery, quite cold, highs near the freezing mark
Tonight
Mainly clear early with some high clouds late, very cold, lows in the mid-to-upper teens
Saturday
Becoming cloudy, cold, light snow possible by late in the day, near 30 degrees for afternoon highs
Saturday Night
Cloudy and cold with periods of snow, low-to-mid 20’s for late night lows
Sunday
Mainly cloudy, cold, still the chance of snow early in the day, lower 30’s
Monday
Partly sunny, brisk, cold, cannot rule out a snow shower, low-to-mid 30’s
Tuesday
Mainly sunny, cold, mid-to-upper 30’s
Wednesday
Mainly sunny, cold, upper 30’s
Discussion
Accumulating snow is on the way to the Philly metro region for the weekend. Low pressure will pull out of the southern US on Saturday and head towards the Tennessee Valley before ultimately winding up near the Outer Banks region of North Carolina by late Sunday. Snow will break out early Saturday in the central Mississippi Valley and then advance eastward during the mid-day to the Ohio Valley and then to the Mid-Atlantic during the PM hours. Snow will have difficulty reaching the ground at first in the Philly metro region due to the very dry (and cold) air expected in the low-levels of the atmosphere (i.e., single digit dew points), but should come down quite nicely tomorrow night. On Sunday, as low pressure heads towards the North Carolina coastline, snow will wind down here early in the day, but continue for awhile longer south of the PA/MD border across the Delmarva Peninsula and southern New Jersey. Preliminary snowfall estimates for the Philly metro region are 1-3 inches from this weekend event with the higher amounts in that range to the west and south of Philly and the lesser amounts to the north and east.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Perspecta, Inc.
perspectaweather.com