7:00 AM | ***"Wraparound" rain showers today...can mix with snow, ice pellets tonight and then change to all snow for awhile on Friday***
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the Philadelphia, PA metro region
Today
Mainly cloudy, breezy, colder, chance of rain showers, highs in the upper 40’s; W-NW winds around 10-20 mph
Tonight
Mainly cloudy, breezy, cold, chance of rain and/or snow showers possibly mixed with ice pellets, lows in the low-to-mid 30’s
Friday
Mainly cloudy, breezy, cold, chance of snow and/or rain showers, small accumulations are possible, near 40 degrees for afternoon highs
Friday Night
Mainly cloudy, breezy, cold, chance of snow and/or rain showers, lower 30’s for late night lows
Saturday
Partly sunny, windy, cold, near 50 degrees
Sunday
Mainly sunny, breezy, chilly, lower 50’s
Monday
Partly sunny, a bit milder, mid-to-upper 50’s
Tuesday
Mainly cloudy, mild, middle 50’s
Discussion
With a deepening upper-level trough overhead and a developing surface low pressure system, “wraparound” rain showers are likely today in an unstable environment and they’ll continue off and on right through tomorrow evening. The surface low pressure system will, in fact, be “forced” to rotate around for a period of time as it becomes increasingly influenced by the strong blocking high pressure system stationed to the north of here over northeastern Canada.
As colder air wraps into the system, the rain can mix with snow and/or ice pellets later tonight and likely changes to all snow for awhile on Friday with small accumulations possible. Significant snow of 6-12 inches is possible across some of the higher elevation locations of northeastern PA including, for example, the Pocono Mountains where early season skiing looks quite possible.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather