6:30 AM | **Light rain/drizzle/fog this morning...windy, mild this afternoon...a messy weekend with plenty of rain that can be preceded by some accumulating snow**
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the Philadelphia, PA metro region
Today
Mainly cloudy this morning with light rain or drizzle along with areas of patchy fog, becoming windy and milder during the afternoon with possible sunny intervals, highs near 50 degrees; S-SE winds around 5-10 mph in the morning; W-NW winds in the afternoon increasing to around 10-20 mph; gusts possible to 35 mph
Tonight
Mainly clear, windy with gusts possible to 40 mph, cold, lows in the middle 20’s
Friday
Mainly sunny, windy with gusts to 30 mph, cold, middle 30’s for afternoon highs and lower wind chill values
Friday Night
Becoming mainly cloudy, cold, lows in the low-to-mid 20’s
Saturday
Mainly cloudy, chance for snow or a mix of snow and sleet by late morning or mid-day, the snow or snow and sleet mix likely changes to rain by later in the afternoon, some accumulations are possible before the changeover, cold, mid-to-upper 30’s; rain at night
Sunday
Mainly cloudy, windy, periods of rain, some of the rain can be heavy at times, cannot rule out a thunderstorm, mild, low-to-mid 50’s for highs; temperatures may drop sharply later in the day and at night
President’s Day
Mainly sunny, windy, quite cold, upper 20’s
Tuesday
Mainly sunny, brisk, quite cold, upper 20’s
Discussion
After some light rain or drizzle this morning, it’ll turn windy this afternoon with gusts to 35 mph and milder with afternoon highs near 50 degrees. The work week will end with sunshine on Friday, but it will be cold and windy with afternoon high temperatures confined to the middle 30’s and lower wind chills. A long-lasting storm system will impact the region this weekend with snow and/or ice possible at the onset later Saturday morning/mid-day and then rain is likely from late Saturday into Sunday. There can be some snow accumulations on Saturday before the changeover to rain. A strong cold front pushes through later Sunday and its passage will usher in a very cold air mass for the first half of next week. Looking ahead, there are signs of an east coast storm threat by the middle or latter part of next week...something we’ll closely monitor in coming days.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather