7:00 AM | *Brief period of sleet and/or freezing rain possible on Friday at onset of late week system...second low pressure system to impact the region on Sunday*
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania metro region
Today
Mainly cloudy, chilly, occasional showers primarily during the morning hours, ice pellets can mix in with the rain later in the day, highs in the low-to-mid 40’s
Tonight
Becoming partly cloudy, colder, lows in the mid-to-upper 20's
Friday
Mainly cloudy, cold, rain is likely in the afternoon and it can begin as a brief period of sleet and/or freezing rain in some suburban locations to the north and west, upper 30’s for highs
Friday Night
Mainly cloudy with occasional rain, temperatures likely to hold steady or rise slowly through the night
Saturday
Becoming partly sunny and mild, chance for an early day shower, mid-to-upper 50’s; turning colder at night
Sunday
Mainly cloudy, colder, good chance for more rain with an outside chance that it mixes with or changes to snow before the precipitation ends, lower 40’s
Monday
Partly sunny, breezy, cold, mid 40’s
Tuesday
Mainly sunny, chilly, mid 40’s
Discussion
An active weather pattern will continue into the new year with one low pressure system bringing precipitation here on Friday and Friday night and then a second system will impact us on Sunday. The first system will result in accumulating snow for parts of the Upper Midwest and Ohio Valley and mainly a rain event for the Mid-Atlantic region. However, it can be cold enough at the onset of the event on Friday for a brief period of sleet and/or freezing rain; especially, in some of the far northern and western suburbs. After an unseasonably mild day on Saturday, it'll turn colder by Sunday and a second low pressure system will intensify near the Mid-Atlantic coastline bringing us more precipitation to close out the weekend.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Perspecta, Inc.
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