7:00 AM | ***A wintry mix for late today and tonight...small accumulations of ice and snow likely across northern/western suburbs***
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the Philadelphia, PA metro region
Today
Lowering and thickening clouds, cold, rain or a wintry mix possible by the end of the afternoon, highs in the low-to-mid 40’s; E-NE winds around 5-10 mph
Tonight
Mainly cloudy, cold, a wintry mix of sleet, snow and/or rain with small accumulations of ice and snow likely across northern/western suburbs, sleet can come down heavy at times, lows in the lower 30’s
Tuesday
Mainly cloudy, chilly, chance of rain showers early, mid 40’s for afternoon highs
Tuesday Night
Mainly clear, cold, near 30 degrees for late night lows
Wednesday
Mainly sunny, milder, lower 50’s
Thursday
Partly sunny, warmer, chance of showers, near 60 degrees
Friday
Mainly cloudy, breezy, colder, chance of rain, sleet and/or snow, low-to-mid 40’s
Saturday
Becoming partly sunny, breezy, cold, near 40 degrees
Discussion
Strong and complex low pressure tracks into the Great Lakes today and it’ll likely bring a decent amount of precipitation to the Mid-Atlantic region and the precipitation type will be location dependent. Plain rain is to be the predominate precipitation type in areas to the south of the PA/MD border while a wintry mix is likely in the Philly metro region where the sleet can actually come down heavily at times. Snow and sleet are likely to dominate the scene from east-central and northeastern PA-to-northern New Jersey and into New York City. In terms of ice and snow accumulations, the northern/western suburbs of Philly (e.g., Chester, Montgomery, Lower Bucks Counties) can see a coating to a couple of inches of ice and snow by later tonight…2-4 inches likely in Upper Bucks County, the Lehigh Valley, and in the New York City metro region…as much as 3-6 inches from the Poconos/northeastern PA to interior northwest New Jersey. Another strong system may threaten the DC-to-Philly-to-NYC corridor with rain and/or snow by the end of the week.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather