6:00 AM | ***Some snow later today/tonight...more snow likely on Friday...very cold weekend on the way***
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the Philadelphia, PA metro region
Today
Mainly cloudy, cold, highs near the freezing mark; W-NW winds around 5-10 mph
Tonight
Mainly cloudy, very cold, chance of snow with small accumulations possible on the order of a coating to an inch, lows near 15 degrees
Wednesday
Becoming mainly sunny, cold, near 30 degrees for afternoon highs
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, bitter cold, upper single digits for late night lows
Thursday
Mainly sunny, very cold, upper 20’s
Friday
Mainly cloudy, cold, chance of PM snow, upper 20’s
Saturday
Partly sunny, windy, very cold, mid-to-upper teens with much lower wind chills
Sunday
Partly sunny, windy, very cold, chance of snow showers, mid-to-upper teens with much lower wind chills
Discussion
Weak low pressure will head in this direction today and it can produce some snow around here tonight with small accumulations on the table of a coating to an inch. The next weather system of note will be a strong Arctic cold front that arrives at the end of the week and it can produce some snow in the Mid-Atlantic region during the afternoon and evening hours on Friday. The passage of the late week Arctic front will result in a bitter cold weekend in the Philly metro region with temperatures likely to be confined to the teens for afternoon highs on both Saturday and Sunday. In addition, the winds will be powerful on both days as the result of a tight pressure gradient across the northeastern states and the combination of the bitter cold and strong winds will produce dangerously low wind chill values. Looking ahead, it does appear that, for the first time in awhile, milder weather might just make it all the way into the northeastern states by the second half of next week.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather