7:00 AM | Still quite cold today, but noticeably milder this weekend; rain showers late Sunday into Monday could evolve into a wintry mix by Monday night; bitter cold outlook for late next week and beyond

6-Day Forecast

Today

Some sun followed by clouds, blustery, cold, highs in the mid 30’s

Tonight

Mostly cloudy, cold, lows in the lower 20’s

Saturday

Mostly cloudy, milder, mid-to-upper 40’s

Saturday Night

Mostly cloudy, chilly, low 30’s

Sunday

Partly sunny, quite mild, chance for some rain shower activity late, near 60 degrees

Monday

Mostly cloudy, turning colder later in the day, chance for rain showers early then perhaps a light wintry mix by the end of the day or at night, low 50's early in the day

Tuesday

Becoming partly sunny, cold, upper 30’s

Wednesday

Partly sunny, cold, near 40 degrees

Discussion

Single digit temperatures were quite prevalent early this morning in N and W suburban locations up and down the I-95 corridor (e.g., Dulles Airport, VA at 9 degrees, Pottstown, PA at 6 degrees). In fact, temperatures reached zero or even well below this morning in many locations across upstate Pennsylvania (e.g., State College at 0 degrees, -12 degrees at Bradford, PA). This entrenched Arctic cold will keep temperatures well below normal today to close out the work week, but there will be a noticeable modification in temperatures on Saturday. It'll remain quite mild on Sunday as well, but then colder air will trickle in during the Sunday night and Monday time period. As a result, rain showers on Sunday in the I-95 corridor could evolve into a wintry mix by later Monday and there is even the chance for a changeover to all snow as the new work week begins. Looking ahead, it looks like an incredibly cold air mass will arrive in the Northeast US late next week and the 7-days centered around the middle of the month could turn out to be one of the coldest weeks around here in a long, long time.

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