5:30 AM | ****Accumulating snow today to be followed by another Arctic blast for the weekend...turns warmer next week****

6-Day forecast for the Philadelphia, PA metro region

Today

Periods of snow, cold, snow accumulation amounts of 3-6 inches by day’s end, highs near 30 degrees; NE winds around 5-10 mph

Tonight

Snow winds down early then gradual clearing, windy, very cold, lows in the lower-to-middle teens with even lower wind chills

Saturday

Partly sunny, windy with gusts to 35 mph, very cold, low-to-mid 20’s for afternoon highs with even lower wind chills

Saturday Night             

Mainly cloudy, bitter cold, breezy, late night lows in the lower teens

Sunday

Mainly sunny, quite cold, blustery, mid-to-upper 20’s

Monday

Mainly sunny, cold, low-to-mid 30’s

Tuesday

Mainly cloudy, not as cold, lower 40’s

Wednesday

Mainly cloudy, milder, chance of rain, middle 40’s

Discussion              

Another round of accumulating snow gas begun in the Philly metro region as low pressure begins to intensify off the Carolina coastline. The snow will come down at varying rates around here during the day with likely final accumulation amounts of 3-6 inches with the highest amounts on the south and east side of Philly and lowest amounts to the north and west. An Arctic air mass will follow this system with some bitter cold conditions for the weekend, but the chill will slowly fade away during the early part of next week. In fact, rain may return to the forecast by the middle and latter parts of next week as a “January thaw” develops and takes us to the end of the month.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather