6:00 AM | ***Strong cold frontal passage early today accompanied by snow showers and a possible heavier snow squall...NW winds can gust to 50 mph as Arctic air pours into the Mid-Atlantic region***
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the Philadelphia, PA metro region
Today
Chance of AM snow showers and perhaps even a heavier snow squall then becoming mainly sunny, very windy with gusts to 50 mph or so, cold, high temperatures in the mid-to-upper 30’s will be reached early in the day...wind chills will be much lower than the actual temperatures
Tonight
Mainly clear, windy with gusts to 50 mph or so, cold, windy, lows in the middle 20’s...much lower wind chill values
Friday
Mainly sunny, windy, very cold, low-to-mid 30’s for afternoon highs...much lower wind chill values
Friday Night
Mainly clear, breezy, quite cold, lower 20’s for late night lows
Saturday
Mainly sunny, breezy, cold, mid-to-upper 30’s
Sunday
Partly sunny, milder, mid-to-upper 40’s
Monday
Mainly cloudy, mild, chance of rain, lower 50’s
Tuesday
Mainly cloudy, even milder, chance of rain, mid-to-upper 50’s
Discussion
A strong cold front will push through the area early today and its passage may be accompanied by snow showers and perhaps even a brief heavier snow squall. Any quick burst of snow early today can result in slippery road conditions due to the fact that the ground is quite cold given the recent extended stretch of well below-normal temperatures. Winds will shift to a northwesterly direction on the heels of the frontal passage and can gust to 50 mph or so from later this morning into later tonight potentially resulting in some downed tree limbs and scattered power outages. Arctic air will flood the Mid-Atlantic region later today riding in on these strong NW winds and this will lead to the lowest wind chills of the season so far. After a cold and windy day on Friday, temperatures will moderate as we go through the upcoming weekend and rain is back in the forecast for the early part of next week.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather