6:15 AM | ***Brutal cold and single digit temperatures in the DC-to-Philly-to-NYC corridor...southern states suffer with snow and extreme cold***
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the Philadelphia, PA metro region
Today
Mainly sunny, still bitterly cold, highs in the mid-to-upper teens and below-zero wind chills; W-NW winds around 5-10 mph
Tonight
Mainly cloudy, brutally cold, lows near 5 degrees above
Thursday
Partly sunny, very cold, mid-to-upper 20’s for afternoon highs
Thursday Night
Mainly clear, very cold, lows in the lower teens
Friday
Partly sunny, still quite cold, upper 20’s for afternoon highs
Saturday
Mainly sunny, cold, near 30 degrees
Sunday
Increasing clouds, cold, upper 30’s
Monday
Partly sunny, cold, chance of snow, middle 30’s
Discussion
Arctic high pressure will settle over the area today and then moves offshore on Thursday. As a result, it’ll remain bitterly cold for another day around here with afternoon highs confined to the teens once again and overnight temperatures should return to the single digits. With the high pressure offshore on Thursday, there will some moderation in temperatures and afternoon highs both tomorrow and Friday should be in the middle-to-upper 20’s.
Elsewhere, the southern states from Texas to the Carolinas continue to suffer through unusual severe winter weather conditions during this nationwide Arctic air outbreak. Accumulating snow fell yesterday on Houston, Texas on the order of 4 inches or so (their 2nd biggest snowstorm) and as much as 10 inches on New Orleans, Louisiana. And perhaps most amazing of all, there are single digits temperatures this morning across southern Louisiana.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather