7:00 AM | **A rain/snow mix possible here on Sunday...stronger system reaches us later next week**

6-Day forecast for the Philadelphia, PA metro region

Today

Mainly sunny, cold, highs not far from 45 degrees; N-NW around 5 mph

Tonight

Partly cloudy, cold, lows in the mid 20’s

Saturday

Mainly sunny, cold, low-to-mid 40’s for afternoon highs

Saturday Night             

Becoming mainly cloudy, cold, a bit of rain and/or snow possible late, lower 30’s for late night lows  

Sunday

Mainly cloudy, cold, chance of rain or even a combination of snow and rain, lower 40’s

Monday

Partly sunny, cold, lower 40’s

Tuesday

Mainly sunny, cold, lower 40’s

Wednesday

Increasing clouds, cold, chance of rain or a mix of rain/ice/snow late or at night, low-to-mid 40’s

Discussion              

An active weather pattern will feature a couple of storm systems to deal with between later this weekend and the end of next week.  The first low pressure system will form over the Midwest on Saturday and then push its precipitation into the Mid-Atlantic region on Sunday. There may be enough cold air around for some snow; especially, across interior and higher elevation locations.  A stronger storm system will wreak havoc across much of the nation next week with a possible severe weather outbreak on Tuesday in the Lower Mississippi Valley and a blizzard in the Northern Plains, This system could impact the Mid-Atlantic later next week and frozen precipitation may be in the mix. We’ll have to monitor the possibility of re-development of surface low pressure near the eastern seaboard as the initial primary low heads into strong blocking in the atmosphere over Canada.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather