7:00 AM | ***Powerful winds continue today as cold air pours into the region...threat for snow later this week has greatly diminished***

6-Day forecast for the Philadelphia, PA metro region

Today

Partly sunny, very windy, cold, cannot rule out a snow shower or scattered flurries, highs in the low-to-mid 30’s; NW winds around 20-30 mph; gusts to 50 mph

Tonight

Mainly clear, windy, very cold, lows in the mid-to-upper teens

Tuesday

Mainly sunny, windy, very cold, middle 20’s for afternoon highs

Tuesday Night             

Partly cloudy, bitter cold, lows in the lower teens

Wednesday

Becoming mainly cloudy, cold, chance of snow late in the day or at night, upper 20’s

Thursday

Mainly cloudy, windy, cold, chance of snow, mid-to-upper 20’s

Friday

Mainly sunny, still quite cold, windy, middle 30’s  

Saturday

Mainly sunny, cold, middle 30’s

Discussion

In the wake of a strong cold frontal passage on Sunday, winds strengthened dramatically and will remain powerful today gusting past 50 mph at times (no doubt it is trash day). Cold air has poured into the Mid-Atlantic region and temperatures will remain well below-normal during the next few days. In fact, much of the nation will feature very cold conditions for the week with Arctic high pressure in control.

By early Wednesday, low pressure will organize near the northern Gulf coast and then head east-northeast reaching the waters off the Carolina coastline by early Thursday. From there, the low pressure system will intensify rapidly as it likely continues on an east-northeast track and its heaviest precipitation should stay to the south and east of the immediate DC-to-Philly-to-NYC corridor. While there still can be some snow around here from later Wednesday into Thursday, the chance has greatly diminished with this likely east-northeast track of the low pressure system rather than the other possibility of it riding up along the eastern seaboard.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather