7:00 AM | **70's on Friday ahead of strong cold front...progressively colder this weekend...some snow is on the table early next week**
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the Philadelphia, PA metro region
Today
Mainly cloudy with rain ending early in the day, nothing more than a couploe of showers possible during the remainder of the day, becoming noticeably milder, highs near 60 degrees
Tonight
Mainly cloudy and mild with a few showers possible, lows in the lower 50’s
Friday
Mainly cloudy, becoming windy and unseasonably warm, a few showers are likely; especially, during the afternoon hours, maybe a strong PM thunderstorm, mid 70’s for afternoon highs
Friday Night
Mainly cloudy with a chance of evening showers and thunderstorms, windy, mild early and turning colder late, lower 40’s for late night lows
Saturday
Mainly sunny, breezy, colder, upper 40’s
Sunday
Mainly sunny, cold, mid 40’s; chance for rain and/or snow late at night
Monday
Mainly cloudy, chilly, chance for rain and/or snow, mid 40’s
Tuesday
Partly sunny, cool, chance of showers, low-to-mid 50’s
Discussion
A warm front is going to push northward through the Mid-Atlantic region today with scattered showers and its passage tonight will set the stage for an unseasonably warm end to the work week. A strong cold front is going to arrive here tomorrow night and there are likely to be some showers ahead of it and perhaps a strong thunderstorm or two. In addition, the winds will pick up noticeably on Friday and temperatures should soar into the 70’s following the near 60 degrees for highs this afternoon. Following the Friday night cold frontal passage, it’ll turn progressively colder this weekend and we’ll have to closely monitor the threat for precipitation by early next week as strong high pressure builds to our north across southeastern Canada. There is the chance that if the precipitation arrives early enough on Sunday night or early Monday, it could begin as snow or a mix of rain and snow given that the entrenched cold air mass will be slow to retreat.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Perspecta, Inc.
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