7:00 AM | *Mild and wet weather next few days*

6-Day forecast for the Philadelphia, PA metro region

Today

Mainly cloudy, chilly, occasional light rain develops late in the afternoon, patchy fog, highs in the low-to-mid 40’s; SE winds around 5 mph

Tonight

Mainly cloudy, chilly, breezy, occasional rain, some patchy fog as well, lows near 40 degrees

Thursday

Mainly cloudy, milder, occasional rain, some patchy fog as well, low-to-mid 50’s for afternoon highs

Thursday Night             

Mainly cloudy, chilly, occasional rain, upper 40’s for late night lows

Friday

Mainly cloudy, warmer, chance of rain in the morning, near 60 degrees

Saturday

Increasing clouds, colder, chance of rain late in the day or at night, upper 40’s

Sunday

Mainly cloudy, even colder, chance of rain, lower 40’s; rain may change to snow at night

Monday

Partly sunny, cold, upper 30’s

Discussion

The next few days will be mild in the Mid-Atlantic region and quite wet as well as moisture steadily flows to the northeast from the Gulf of Mexico. The warmest day of the week will be on Friday when temperatures surge to near 60 degrees in the Philly metro region. Another storm system is then likely to impact the Mid-Atlantic region later in the upcoming weekend with one surface low pressure system (primary) heading into the Ohio Valley and a secondary likely to form near the Mid-Atlantic coastline. While there will be little cold air around initially, strong high pressure will build into southeastern Canada and act as a cold air source…possibly resulting in a changeover from rain-to-snow across interior sections of the Mid-Atlantic/Northeast US on Sunday night.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather