7:00 AM | ***Winds can gust to 50 mph or so from later tomorrow into tomorrow night surrounding the arrival and passage of a potent cold front***

6-Day forecast for the Philadelphia, PA metro region

Today

Sun followed by increasing clouds, chilly, highs in the mid-to-upper 40’s; N-NW winds around 5 mph

Tonight

Becoming mainly cloudy, cold, lows in the mid 30’s

Wednesday

Becoming windy and milder with mainly cloudy skies and a good chance of showers, SW winds can gust to 40-50 mph by later in the day, upper 50’s for afternoon highs

Wednesday Night             

Chance of evening showers then becoming mainly clear after midnight and turning much colder, windy with gusts to 40-50 mph, near 30 degrees for late night lows  

Thursday

Partly sunny, cold, windy with gusts to 40 mph, lower 40’s

Friday

Mainly sunny, cold, low-to-mid 40’s

Saturday

Mainly cloudy, milder, chance of showers, mid 50’s

Sunday

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

Discussion              

A strong cold front will push across the Ohio Valley on Wednesday and reach the I-95 corridor region by Wednesday evening.  It’ll turn much milder ahead of the front on Wednesday and SW winds will increase in strength and can gust up to 50 mph.  Following the passage of the strong cold front, winds will shift to a NW direction by early Thursday morning and temperatures will drop sharply. Winds on Thursday can still gust to 40 mph or so and high temperatures will hold in the lower 40’s compared to tomorrow’s upper 50’s. It’ll stay quite chilly and dry on Friday and then showers are likely on Saturday with the next frontal system.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather