6:30 AM | **Very cold conditions continue in the Mid-Atlantic region for another few days...snow showers likely on Thursday***

6-Day forecast for the Philadelphia, PA metro region

Today

Mainly sunny, windy, very cold, highs in the middle 20’s with much lower wind chill values; W winds around 10-20 mph; gusts to 30 mph

Tonight

Mainly clear, brisk, bitter cold, lows in the low-to-mid teens

Wednesday

Increasing clouds, quite cold, upper 20’s for afternoon highs

Wednesday Night             

Mainly cloudy, very cold, chance of snow late, lows in the mid-to-upper teens

Thursday

Mainly cloudy, cold, some snow or snow showers likely, mid-to-upper 20’s

Friday

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

Saturday

Mainly sunny, cold, windy, upper 30’s  

Sunday

Mainly sunny, not as cold, near 45 degrees

Discussion

Arctic high pressure will remain in control of our weather today resulting in well below-normal temperatures and stiff winds will produce even lower wind chill values. On Wednesday, low pressure will begin to organize near the northern Gulf coast and then it will head east-northeast reaching the waters off the Carolina coastline by early Thursday morning. From there, the low pressure system will likely continue on an east-northeast track taking its heaviest precipitation along with it to the south and east of the immediate I-95 corridor. While the heaviest and steadiest snow appears headed to the zone from southeastern Virginia to the Delmarva Peninsula, there can still be some snow or snow shower activity in the local area on Thursday as a northern stream upper-level low passes overhead…small accumulations of a coating to an inch or so are possible.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather