7:00 AM | ****Accumulating snow and ice from Thursday into Friday with several inches on the table**** — Perspecta Weather

6-Day forecast for the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania metro region

Today

Mostly sunny, breezy, cold, highs not far from 30 degrees; NW winds at 10-15 mph

Tonight

Thickening clouds, cold, chance of snow towards daybreak, lows in the low-to-mid 20’s

Thursday

Snow in the morning and it can come down hard for awhile, snow may mix with sleet later in the afternoon, several inches of accumulations likely, breezy, cold, near 30 degrees for highs

Thursday Night

Occasional snow mixed with sleet at times, additional accumulations likely, cold, mid-to-upper 20’s for late night lows

Friday

Mainly cloudy, cold, still the good chance of occasional snow, possibly mixed with sleet and/or freezing rain at times, mid 30’s

Saturday

Partly sunny, windy, cold, lower 30’s

Sunday

Mainly sunny, cold, mid 30’s

Monday

Mainly cloudy, cold, chance of snow, near 40 degrees

Discussion

Attention now turns to the next storm system and this one is likely to generate significant accumulating snow in the Philly metro region and some ice as well. Snow likely breaks out early tomorrow during the 4-8AM time period and it can come down hard for awhile before mixing with or changing to sleet later in the day. Accumulations of 4-8 are likely before any changeover to sleet and there can be isolated higher amounts. Snow or a mix of snow and sleet will continue tomorrow night and there can even be occasional snow, sleet and/or freezing rain well into the day on Friday as this will likely turn out to be a long duration event. This low pressure system will take a track farther to the east compared to Monday’s storm and this track will help to keep a cold air mass in place with temperatures generally at or below the freezing mark.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Perspecta, Inc.
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