7:00 AM | ***An Arctic blast arrives later today with gusty winds and scattered snow showers...maybe even a heavy snow squall...temperatures to drop sharply for tonight and Thursday***
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the Philadelphia, PA metro region
Today
Sunshine followed by clouds and becoming windy with late day gusts to 40 mph, scattered snow showers are likely during the mid-to-late hours and there can be a heavy snow squall, cold, highs in the mid 30’s
Tonight
Early evening snow showers still possible and a chance for a heavier snow squall then becoming mainly clear, windy and very cold, lows in the middle teens with even lower wind chill values
Thursday
Mainly sunny, very cold, still blustery, mid 20’s for afternoon highs
Thursday Night
Mainly clear, very cold, mid-to-upper teens for night lows
Friday
Mainly sunny, quite cold, mid 30’s
Saturday
Partly sunny, cold, mid-to-upper 30’s
Sunday
Mainly sunny, a bit milder, low-to-mid 40's
Monday
Mainly sunny, chilly, mid-to-upper 40’s
Discussion
The low pressure system that produced a wintry mix around here on Monday and Tuesday has pushed away to our northeast and an Arctic cold front will arrive here late this afternoon from our northwest. The arrival of this Arctic frontal system will be accompanied by strong wind gusts of up to 40 mph, scattered snow showers, and perhaps even an isolated heavy snow squall or two. It’ll stay windy tonight and on Thursday as well and it’ll turn sharply colder with some of the lowest wind chill values and temperatures of the season so far in the Mid-Atlantic/NE US. The cold becomes less harsh at week’s end, but it’ll remain colder-than-normal going into the upcoming weekend.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Perspecta, Inc.
perspectaweather.com