6-Day forecast for the Philadelphia, PA metro area
At the moment
Primarily sunny, chilly, highs within the mid 40’s (regular excessive at PHL is now 56 levels); NW winds round 5-10 mph
Tonight
Primarily clear, chilly, lows within the mid-to-upper 20’s
Tuesday
Turning into primarily cloudy, chilly, rain seemingly by late within the afternoon, highs within the mid 40’s
Tuesday Night time
Primarily cloudy, chilly, intervals of rain, mid-to-upper 30’s for late evening lows
Wednesday
Primarily cloudy within the morning with early day rain showers nonetheless attainable, partly sunny within the afternoon, chilly, breezy, higher 40’s
Thursday
Primarily sunny, chilly, low-to-mid 40’s
Friday
Primarily sunny, fairly chilly, close to 40 levels
Saturday
Partly sunny, nonetheless fairly chilly, close to 40 levels
Dialogue
On the identical time Tropical Storm Nicole was pounding Florida on Friday with rain and wind, a blizzard was raging within the Northern Plains the place two toes of snow piled up in such locations as Bismarck, North Dakota. That chilly air mass within the Northern Plains subsequently made its approach into the northeastern US following the departure of Nicole to the open waters of the Atlantic Ocean which set off a change to the general higher air wind sample throughout North America. Excessive stress builds into the area at this time, however then a coastal low will deliver rain right here by late tomorrow/tomorrow evening and it might develop into a soaking rain occasion. It’ll be chilly sufficient for snow throughout central and northeastern Pennsylvania with accumulations attainable in these greater elevation places such because the Poconos. Chilly excessive stress will then edge into the area for the second half of the week and temperatures will maintain at nicely below-normal ranges.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Climate