7:00 AM | **Wet weather returns tonight with approaching strong cold front...colder this weekend and a reinforcing cold air mass early next week**

6-Day forecast for the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania metro region

Today

Partly sunny, mild, highs in the lower 60’s; NE winds around 5-10 mph in the morning, increasing to 10-20 mph this afternoon

Tonight

Becoming mainly cloudy, cool, good chance of showers, maybe a strong thunderstorm well after midnight, lows in the mid-to-upper 50’s

Friday              

Clouds and AM showers, maybe a strong thunderstorm in the morning, partly sunny and breezy in the afternoon, mild, low-to-mid 60’s for afternoon highs           

Friday Night              

Mainly clear, colder, near 40 degrees for late night lows           

Saturday              

Considerable clouds, cooler, windy, showers are possible, mid 50’s           

Sunday              

Mainly sunny, breezy, colder, upper 40’s            

Monday              

Partly sunny, cold, chance of snow and/or rain showers, mid-to-upper 40’s           

Tuesday              

Partly sunny, cold, mid-to-upper 40’s           

Discussion               

A strong cold front will cross the region on Friday and there will be showers ahead of it from tonight into tomorrow morning.  A strong thunderstorm or two can be mixed in and the rain can come down hard for brief spells. The breeze will pick up on Friday afternoon as cooler, drier air arrives and then another cold front can cause a few showers on Saturday along with windy conditions. Temperatures will be on a downward trend as we head through the weekend with afternoon highs in the 60’s on Friday replaced by the 50’s on Saturday afternoon and perhaps no better than 50 degrees on Sunday. Another cold front will approach the region on Sunday night and Monday and this frontal boundary zone may feature a wave of low pressure that can produce some rain and/or snow shower activity in the Mid-Atlantic region.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian