7:00 AM | *Arctic air in retreat...mild, moist Pacific air on the advance*

6-Day forecast for the Philadelphia, PA metro region

Today

Clouds early today then partial sunshine, cold, but not as harsh as recent days, highs in the mid 30’s; W winds at 5-10 mph

Tonight

Partly cloudy, quite cold, lows near 20 degrees

Wednesday

Mainly sunny, chilly, lower 40’s for afternoon highs  

Wednesday Night             

Partly cloudy, cold, lows not far from 25 degrees

Thursday

Mainly sunny, milder, mid-to-upper 40’s

Friday

Partly sunny, mild, near 50 degrees

Saturday

Mainly cloudy, mild, chance of showers, low-to-mid 50’s

Sunday

Mainly cloudy, mild, chance of showers, mid-to-upper 50’s

Discussion              

The Arctic air mass that brought frigid temperatures to the region the past few days will retreat and milder air from the Pacific Ocean is headed in this direction.  In fact, the warm up intensifies by the weekend so that temperatures around here on Friday, Saturday and Sunday should climb to the 50’s for highs. The warm up will become increasingly moist as well and rain is likely this weekend in much of the eastern US.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather