6:30 AM | ***Weekend storm to bring mixed bag of precipitation to the region...powerful storm impacts us next Tuesday/Wednesday with heavy rain, strong winds***
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the Philadelphia, PA metro region
Today
Mainly sunny, cold, highs in the mid-to-upper 30’s; NW winds around 5-10 mph
Tonight
Becoming mainly cloudy, cold, lows in the low-to-mid 20’s
Saturday
Mainly cloudy, cold, good chance for snow or a mix of snow and ice to arrive during the late morning or mid-day hours which is then likely to mix with or change to rain later in the day, some snow accumulations are possible before the transition on the order of a coating to 2 inches in the Philly metro region, 2-4 inches in some of the far N/W suburbs, mid-to-upper 30’s for afternoon highs
Saturday Night
Mainly cloudy with a mix of rain and snow, cold, low-to-mid 30’s for late night lows
Sunday
Mainly cloudy, cold, occasional snow that may be mixed with rain at times, mid-to-upper 30’s
Monday
Mainly sunny, cold, upper 30’s
Tuesday
Mainly cloudy, becoming windy and milder, periods of rain and some of the rain can be heavy, there is an outside chance that the precipitation begins as snow or a mix of snow and ice, near 50 degrees by later in the day
Wednesday
Partly sunny, windy, cold, mid-to-upper 40’s
Discussion
The active weather pattern of recent days will continue during the next several across the eastern half of the nation. A winter storm will impact the Mid-Atlantic region this weekend with accumulating snows across interior sections and a mixture of precipitation in the big cities along the DC-to-Philly-to-NYC corridor. Another storm system will impact a large part of the eastern half of the nation in the Tuesday/Wednesday time frame and this one looks like a powerhouse. It is likely to feature very heavy rainfall, interior accumulating snows, and potentially damaging winds with power outages on the table in many states. If that isn’t enough, there may be another strong storm system to deal with in the eastern states by the early part of next weekend.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather