5:30 AM | ***Bitter cold through mid-week with single digit overnight lows***
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the Philadelphia, PA metro region
Today
Mainly sunny, windy, bitterly cold, highs near 20 degrees with much lower wind chills; W-NW winds around 10-15 mph; gusts to 30 mph
Tonight
Mainly clear, brisk, brutally cold, lows within a few degrees of zero; well below-zero wind chills
Tuesday
Partly sunny, breezy, frigid, mid-to-upper teens for afternoon highs
Tuesday Night
Mainly cloudy, brutally cold, slight chance of snow, lows between 0 and 5 above
Wednesday
Partly sunny, still bitter cold, mid-to-upper teens for afternoon highs
Thursday
Partly sunny, very cold, but not quite as harsh, lower 20’s; chance of snow at night
Friday
Partly sunny, quite cold, highs in the upper 20’s
Saturday
Partly sunny, quite cold, highs near freezing
Discussion
The leading edge of a widespread Arctic air mass arrived in the eastern states on Sunday and a wave of low pressure developed along the frontal boundary zone resulting in some accumulating snow in the local area. Here on Monday, Arctic air has overspread much of the nation with bitter cold conditions extending virtually from coast-to-coast. In fact, today may turn out to be one of the coldest days on a nationwide basis in quite a long time. Temperatures here today will do no better than 20 degrees and - with winds gusting to 30 mph - the wind chill values will be at much lower levels. Temperatures during each of the next few nights are likely to bottom out in the 0 to +5 degree range...some spots may actually bottom out at zero. A strong storm system will produce significant snow and ice across the southern states from later tomorrow into Wednesday and it appears that most, or all, of that precipitation shield will stay to the south and east of the the Mid-Atlantic region. Yet another storm could ride up along the eastern seaboard by the end of the work week and this system will be monitored.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather