6:00 AM | *****A major winter storm this weekend to impact a large part of the nation...significant snowfall in the Mid-Atlantic region*****
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the Philadelphia, PA metro region
Today
Partly-to-mostly sunny, noticeably milder, becoming quite breezy, highs in the middle 40’s; W-SW winds increasing to 10-15 mph; gusts to 25 mph
Tonight
Partly cloudy, turning colder, lows in the low-to-mid 20’s
Friday
Partly sunny, cold, breezy, middle 30’s for afternoon highs
Friday Night
Partly cloudy, brisk, bitter cold, upper single digits for late night lows
Saturday
Increasing clouds, very cold, mid-to-upper teens; snow at night and it can become heavy at times towards morning
Sunday
Mainly cloudy, very cold, breezy, periods of snow, heavy at times, sleet can mix in later in the day, significant accumulations are likely with a foot or more on the table, upper teens
Monday
Mainly cloudy, breezy, very cold, still the chance of snow during the AM hours, low-to-mid 20’s; brutal cold at night
Tuesday
Partly sunny, very cold, lower 20’s; brutal cold at night
Discussion
A major winter storm will affect the Mid-Atlantic region this weekend with significant snowfall and sleet can mix into the picture. The stage will be set as the next in a series of Arctic blasts reaches the Northern Plains later today and then swallows up much of the eastern two-thirds of the nation by the weekend. Despite the threat of some icing during this weekend’s event, this should turn out to be the biggest snowstorms in many years for the DC-to-Philly-to-NYC corridor with a foot or more on the table in some spots. The timeframe in the DC-to-Philly-to-NYC corridor appears to be from later Saturday night into Monday morning meaning there can be impacts on travel conditions at the start of the new work week. Brutally cold air will follow the weekend storm with some seldom-seen low temperatures around here during the first half of next week. (The last time Philly recorded a temperature below zero was in January 1994…just saying).
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather