6:30 AM | ***Heavy rain and strong winds tonight...watch out for localized flooding...snow threat early-to-mid next week***

6-Day forecast for the Philadelphia, PA metro region

Today

Increasing clouds, chilly, highs in the middle 40’s; Light and variable winds in the morning; E-SE winds around 5-10 mph in the afternoon

Tonight

Rain, heavy at times, maybe a thunderstorm, watch out for localized flooding, windy with gusts to 45 mph, chilly, lows near 40 degrees

Saturday

Rain possible early in the day then becoming partly sunny, windy with gusts to 40 mph, chilly, temperatures fall through the 40’s during the day

Saturday Night             

Mainly clear, cold, breezy, upper 20’s for late night lows

Sunday

Partly sunny, windy, much colder, chance of snow showers, mid-to-upper 30’s

Monday

Increasing clouds, cold, lower 30’s; chance of snow at night

Tuesday

Mainly cloudy, cold, chance of snow, near 30 degrees

Wednesday

Mainly sunny, very cold, breezy, low-to-mid 20’s

Discussion              

A powerful storm system that will produce blizzard conditions across the Midwest and Great Lakes will the Mid-Atlantic region more heavy rain and strong winds from early tonight into early Saturday. Given the already well saturated grounds from recent heavy rain, localized flooding is likely to become an issue with the coming rainfall and with the strong winds expected, isolated power outages are a possibility. Colder air will follow this storm for the second half of the weekend and for much of next week as well. Low pressure may intensify off the east coast in the early-to-middle part of next week and that could result in some accumulating snow for the DC-to-Philly-to-NYC corridor, but details still need to be ironed out. There is also a second threat of snow for us late next week and that one could be followed by an Arctic blast into the Mid-Atlantic region.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather