7:00 AM | *Storm potential for the early part of the weekend that bears close monitoring*
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the Philadelphia, PA metro region
Today
An early snow shower is possible then becoming mainly sunny, still quite windy and cold, highs in the lower 40’s
Tonight
Mainly clear, cold, winds die down, lows in the upper 20’s
Thursday
Mainly sunny, cold, upper 40’s for afternoon highs
Thursday Night
Mainly cloudy, cold, mid 30’s for late night lows
Friday
Mostly cloudy, cold, chance of rain and/or snow showers, upper 40’s; rain likely at night and it can be heavy at times
Saturday
Mostly cloudy, cold, rain is likely and it can be heavy at times, there is a chance for the rain to mix with or change to sleet and/or snow on the back end, mid 40’s
Sunday
Mostly cloudy, cold, chance of rain and/or snow showers, lower 40’s
Monday
Partly sunny, cold, breezy, lower 40’s
Discussion
Slow-moving low pressure will pull away from the region today, but it’ll stay quite windy and cold despite plenty of sunshine. High pressure will be in control of the weather for the next couple of days, but then a storm system from the southern states could make a move in our direction at the end of the week. In fact, there is the chance for some significant precipitation from this storm system in the Friday night/Saturday time period and it could be cold enough for a changeover to sleet and/or snow on the back end of the system. Longer term, the overall weather pattern that has evolved should continue to bring more frequent cold air outbreaks into the central and eastern US into at least the middle of the month of December. One final note of interest, the powerful storm system of earlier this week apparently managed to produce an EF-0 tornado in Montgomeryville, PA late Monday afternoon.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Perspecta, Inc.
perspectaweather.com