6:15 AM | *Cool today despite plenty of sunshine...big-time warmup on Saturday*

6-Day forecast for the Philadelphia, PA metro region

Today

Mainly sunny, becoming breezy, cool, highs in the low-to-mid 50’s; W winds around 5-15 mph

Tonight

Mainly clear, cold, lows in the mid-to-upper 30’s

Friday

Increasing clouds, milder, chance of a late day shower, lower 60’s for afternoon highs

Friday Night             

Mainly cloudy, cool, chance of showers, lower 50’s for late night lows

Saturday

Partly sunny, breezy, much warmer, mid-to-upper 70’s

Sunday

Mainly cloudy, warm, chance of showers, near 70 degrees

Monday

Mainly cloudy, still quite mild, chance of showers, near 70 degrees

Tuesday

Partly sunny, colder, breezy, lower 50’s

Discussion

It becomes breezy today and stays on the cool side despite plenty of sunshine with afternoon high temperatures in the low-to-mid 50’s. It turns slightly milder on Friday with increasing clouds and then a warm front pushes through on Friday night likely accompanied by some shower activity. Following the passage of the warm front, temperatures should surge on Saturday to well up in the 70’s and there should be some sunshine and a stiff breeze. This surge in temperatures in the Mid-Atlantic region will be muted somewhat on Sunday as clouds will become dominate and help to knock temperatures down some from Saturday’s warmth and there will be an increasing chance of showers later in the weekend.  Looking ahead, a strong storm will pass by to the northwest of the Mid-Atlantic’s I-95 corridor region on Monday and it’ll drag a strong cold front through the area with additional shower activity. This frontal passage will end the warm spell in a hurry leading to much colder-than-normal conditions by Tuesday, April 1st, and it stays on the cool side for next Wednesday as well.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather