6:00 AM | ***Chance of some PM snow on Friday with Arctic front...maybe a snow squall...bitter cold weekend with powerful winds***

6-Day forecast for the Philadelphia, PA metro region

Today

Clouds give way to sun, cold, highs near 30 degrees; N-NW winds around 5 mph

Tonight

Partly cloudy, much colder than last night, lows near 10 degrees

Thursday     

Mainly sunny, cold, upper 20’s for afternoon highs

Thursday Night             

Partly cloudy, bitter cold, upper single digits for late night lows

Friday

Mainly cloudy, cold, chance of some snow during the afternoon and evening hours and there can be a snow squall in the mix, near 30 degrees

Saturday

Partly sunny, very windy, bitter cold, mid-to-upper teens with much lower wind chills

Sunday

Partly sunny, very windy, bitter cold, chance of snow showers late in the day or at night, mid-to-upper teens with much lower wind chills

Monday

Mainly sunny, breezy, still quite cold, mid-to-upper 20’s

Discussion

Temperatures climbed above freezing on Tuesday for the first time in awhile in many spots and this allowed for some melting of the “snowcrete” that has been stuck in place in recent days. Yesterday’s “warmup” is the good news…the bad news is that much colder air returns by tonight and we’re headed for a bitter cold weekend in the Mid-Atlantic region. The next weather system of note will be a strong Arctic cold front that arrives later in the day on Friday and it can produce some snow during the afternoon and evening hours…perhaps even a snow squall. The passage of the late week Arctic front will result in a direct discharge of Arctic air from eastern Canada and temperatures are likely to be confined to the mid-to-upper teens for afternoon highs. In addition, the winds will be powerful on both Saturday and Sunday as the result of a very tight pressure gradient across the northeastern states and wind chill levels will be below zero at times. Another clipper system will drop southeast on Sunday from the Great Lakes to the Mid-Atlantic and it can produce snow showers in parts of the area.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather