7:00 AM | ***Snow winds down this morning...very cold tonight/Saturday...icing possible late Sat. night/early Sunday...another cold blast arrives early next week***

6-Day forecast for the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania metro region

Today

Snow to wind down this morning then becoming partly sunny and windy for the mid-day and afternoon, quite cold, highs in the lower 30’s (normal high at PHL is 42 degrees); W-NW winds increasing to 10-20 mph; gusts to 30 mph during the mid-day and afternoon

Tonight

Mainly clear, still quite breezy, very cold, lows in the middle teens

Saturday

Mainly sunny, quite cold, near the freezing mark for afternoon highs

Saturday Night             

Becoming mainly cloudy, very cold, cannot rule out a bit of ice and/or snow late at night, near 20 degrees for late night lows           

Sunday

Mainly cloudy, not as cold, chance for some icing in the AM, rain shower in the PM, lower 40’s by later in the day

Monday

Mostly sunny, breezy, quite cold, lower 30’s

Tuesday

Mainly sunny, very cold, low-to-mid 20’s

Wednesday

Partly sunny, still quite cold, lower 30’s

Discussion              

Low pressure that generated the overnight snowfall continues to intensify this morning as it pushes northeastward over the open waters of the western Atlantic. This system will push fairly rapidly during the next few hours to a position off the east coast of Maine by mid-day.  Any snowfall early today will taper off by mid-morning leading to a windy mid-day and afternoon with the return of some sunshine.  Later tonight, temperatures will drop well down into the teens and Saturday will remain much colder-than-normal for this time of year despite some sunshine.  Milder air will try to push into the area late Saturday night and Sunday and this process may initially result in some icing in some areas.  By later Sunday, temperatures should be able to reach the 40 degree mark, but the warm up will be short-lived as another impressively cold air mass will arrive early next week following the passage of the next cold frontal system.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather