6:00 AM | **Periods of rain later today, tonight, and Friday morning...late weekend storm threat**

6-Day forecast for the Philadelphia, PA metro region

Today

Mainly cloudy, chilly, some patchy fog around, chance of rain during the mid-to-late afternoon hours, highs in the lower 40’s; E-NE winds around 5-10 mph

Tonight

Mainly cloudy, cold, periods of rain and areas of fog, ice pellets can mix in across far northern suburbs, lows in the middle 30’s

Friday           

Mainly cloudy, chilly, periods of rain; primarily, during the morning hours, ice pellets can mix in across far northern suburbs, low-to-mid 40’s for afternoon highs

Friday Night             

Mainly cloudy, cold, near 35 degrees for late night lows

Saturday

Partly sunny, chilly, mid-to-upper 40’s

Sunday

Mainly cloudy, cold, chance of snow and/or rain changing to snow, mid-to-upper 30’s

Monday

Mainly cloudy, cold, chance of snow, mid-to-upper 30’s

Tuesday

Becoming mainly sunny, breezy, cold, low-to-mid 30’s

Discussion

The next couple of days will be remain quite unsettled around here with a frontal boundary zone in close proximity. Today will feature plenty of clouds, some light rain or drizzle is possible during the morning and mid-day hours, and then steadier rain should develop later in the afternoon. There will be periods of rain tonight and through the mid-day hours on Friday as low pressure rides along the frontal boundary zone. The weekend will begin with some clearing on Saturday and then all eyes will focus on a storm system nearing the Carolina coastline. This storm is likely to intensify significantly as it pushes over the western Atlantic and can throw some rain and accumulating snow back inland to the I-95 corridor. Highest impacts from the late weekend storm system may take place along coastal sections from NJ to the Delmarva Peninsula to eastern VA…stay tuned.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather