7:00 AM | ***Powerful cold front to bring potentially damaging wind gusts, showers and possible strong thunderstorms***

6-Day forecast for the Philadelphia, PA metro region

Today

Increasing clouds, becoming windy and warmer, chance of PM showers, highs in the lower 60’s; S-SW winds increasing to 10-20 mph; gusts to 30 mph possible late in the day

Tonight

Mainly cloudy, windy, mild, occasional showers, wind gusts of 35 mph are possible, lows in the middle 50’s

Saturday

Mainly cloudy although brief intervals of sun are possible, very windy and unseasonably warm, wind gusts can reach 50+ mph, occasional showers with a possible thunderstorm, lower 70’s for afternoon highs

Saturday Night             

Mainly cloudy in the evening with showers and a thunderstorm possible, windy with gusts of 50+ mph possible, mild early turning colder late, mid-to-upper 30’s for late night lows

Sunday

Mainly sunny, windy with gusts to 40 mph, noticeably cooler, near 50 degrees

Monday

Mainly sunny, much milder, mid-to-upper 60’s

Tuesday

Mainly sunny, nice, low-to-mid 70’s

Wednesday

Mainly cloudy, warm, chance of showers, mid 70’s

Discussion              

It turns much milder today with afternoon temperatures peaking in the lower 60’s.  Showers will be possible this afternoon and winds will increase in strength. Temperatures will climb to even higher levels on Saturday just ahead of an incoming strong cold front perhaps reaching the 70 degree mark. There will be occasional showers on Saturday and Saturday night to go along with those unseasonably warm conditions and perhaps even a thunderstorm. A big factor on Saturday and Saturday night will be the winds with gusts to 40-50 mph on the table. Despite some sunshine, it’ll be noticeably cooler on Sunday following the passage of the strong cold front with temperatures nearly 20 degrees lower than Saturday and there will be a stiff NW wind as well.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather