7:00 AM | **One of the coldest Thanksgiving Days ever in much of the Northeast/Mid-Atlantic**
Paul Dorian
6-Day Philadelphia Forecast
Today
Mainly sunny, windy, cold, highs near 40 degrees
Tonight
Partly cloudy, breezy, very cold, maybe a few flurries, lows not far from 20 degrees
Thursday
Mainly sunny, windy, very cold, mid-to-upper 20’s for afternoon highs
Thursday Night
Mainly clear, bitter cold, middle teens for late night lows
Friday
Mainly sunny, still quite cold, mid 30’s
Saturday
Mainly cloudy, chilly, chance of rain that could be mixed with sleet and/or freezing rain at the onset, upper 40’s
Sunday
Mainly cloudy, chilly, chance of rain, low-to-mid 50’s
Monday
Mainly cloudy, chilly, chance of rain, near 50 degrees
Discussion
The big story of the week around here will be the Arctic blast that arrives later today and it will result in one of the coldest Thanksgiving Days ever for much of the Mid-Atlantic region and Northeast US. Temperatures late night should drop to near the 20 degree mark and then struggle on Thursday to reach the mid-to-upper 20’s for highs. The coldest Thanksgiving Day on record in the Philly record books took place in 1901 when the high was just 27 degrees – record is certainly in jeopardy on Thursday. The lows on Thursday night will be in the middle teens in many suburban locations, the coldest conditions so far this season. After an unusually cold day on Friday, the Arctic cold air mass will begin to lift out by the early part of the weekend at which time plenty of moisture will be pushing in this direction from the Gulf of Mexico region. While the weekend event is likely to be primarily in the form of rain, there can be enough lingering cold air at the onset for sleet and/or freezing rain in some spots.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Perspecta, Inc.
perspectaweather.com