7:00 AM | *Winds stay very strong today and it'll be much cooler...near freezing tonight...soaking rain event Sunday night into Monday*
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the Philadelphia, PA metro region
Today
Some sun early then becoming partly-to-mostly cloudy, very windy with gusts to 50 mph, cannot rule out a rain or snow shower, chilly, highs near 50 degrees, but with much lower wind chills
Tonight
Mainly clear, still windy, quite cold, lows in the lower 30’s
Saturday
Mainly sunny, breezy, cool, mid 50’s for afternoon highs
Saturday Night
Partly cloudy, cold, mid-to-upper 30’s for late night lows
Sunday
Increasing clouds, milder, breezy, mid-to-upper 60’s; rain likely at night and it can become heavy at times
Monday
Mainly cloudy, warmer, breezy, rain is likely and it can be heavy at times, lower 70’s
Tuesday
Partly sunny, cool, mid-to-upper 50’s
Wednesday
Mainly cloudy, chilly, chance of showers, lower 50's
Discussion
Winds will stay quite strong today on the back side of yesterday’s strong cold frontal passage with gusts to 50 mph. It’ll be quite cold tonight and late night lows won’t be far from the freezing mark in many spots. After a quieter day on Saturday, a major storm will take shape over the middle of the nation on Sunday. This system will head towards the Great Lakes while a secondary low forms in the eastern US. The impact of this storm will be wide-ranging in the eastern half of the nation from Sunday into Monday including accumulating snow in the Upper Midwest to heavy rain in the Mid-Atlantic region to a possible widespread severe weather outbreak across the southern US. Another cold air outbreak arrives in the eastern US by next Tuesday and a rather sustained period of colder-than-normal weather can be expected through the remainder of April.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Perspecta, Inc.
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