6:15 AM | ****A burst of snow later today with some accumulations possible...more accumulating snow from late Sunday night into late Monday with several inches on the table****
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the Philadelphia, PA metro region
Today
Becoming mainly cloudy, breezy, cold, snow is likely to develop by mid-afternoon, highs in the mid-to-upper 30’s; W-NW winds around to 10-20 mph
Tonight
Evening snow showers likely; otherwise, partly cloudy, breezy, cold, lows in the low-to-mid 20’s
Saturday
Mainly sunny, windy, cold, lower 30’s for afternoon highs with lower wind chills
Saturday Night
Partly cloudy, quite cold, lower 20’s for late night lows
Sunday
Sun followed by clouds, quite cold, lower 30’s; snow likely late at night
Monday
Mainly cloudy, cold, good chance of accumulating snow with several inches on the table, near 30 degrees
Tuesday
Becoming mainly sunny breezy, cold, near 30 degrees
Wednesday
Mainly sunny cold, near 30 degrees
Discussion
An Arctic cold front will approach the region later today and likely bring with it some snow shower activity and perhaps even a brief period of steadier snow that could result in accumulations of as much as 2 to 3 inches. The time period of concern for this quick burst of snow is roughly 2-7 pm…watch for slick spots. The weekend will be quite cold with Arctic high pressure in control limiting our temperatures to the lower 30’s for afternoon highs on both days.
By the latter part of the weekend, low pressure will begin to intensify over the middle of the nation and it’ll have quite a bit of cold air to work with resulting in plenty of accumulating snow on its north side. This system will slide from west-to-east producing a significant snowfall along the way across the Midwest later Sunday and then likely reach the Philly metro region with accumulating snow by late Sunday night. Precipitation from this storm system can last all the way into Monday night with several inches of snowfall on the table. One possible complicating factor with respect to the snow accumulation amounts will be sleet which can mix into the picture; especially, just to the south and east of Philly across southern NJ and Delaware. This low pressure will then slide off the east coast on Tuesday and more Arctic air will follow encompassing a wide part of the nation.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather