7:00 AM | *Weekend cold blast to follow warm end of week*

6-Day Philly Forecast

Today

Mainly cloudy, mild, could be a couple of afternoon showers, highs near 60 degrees

Tonight

Mainly cloudy early with a shower or two possible, some clearing late, cold, lows in the upper 30's

Thursday

Mainly sunny, mild, near 60 degrees

Thursday Night

Partly cloudy, cold, upper 30’s

Friday

Mainly sunny, quite warm for this time of year, mid 60’s

Saturday

Mainly sunny, still on the mild side, becoming breezy, showers possible at night, low 60's

Sunday

Windy and cold with mostly cloudy skies, a few rain and/or snow showers are possible, mid 40’s

Monday

Partly sunny, cold, not quite as windy, maybe a few snow showers, low-to-mid 40’s

Discussion

The overall weather pattern begins to turn colder this weekend as there will be more frequent cold shots in the next couple of weeks compared to what we’ve experienced during the past couple of weeks. In fact, one such cold blast will arrive in the Northeast US on Saturday night and Sunday promises to be windy and cold around here following what will be a warm end to the week. Indeed, temperatures on Friday afternoon ahead of the weekend winter blast should soar well into the 60’s and then they’ll likely be confined to the 40’s on Sunday afternoon following the frontal passage. This weekend cold blast will lead to the first widespread Great Lakes snow event in areas just downstream of the lakes; especially, in higher elevation locations. There could even be some snow shower activity pushing into areas east of the mountains and into the immediate I-95 corridor on Sunday and Monday as an upper-level low spins around the Northeast US.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian

Vencore, Inc.

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