Partly sunny skies in Philadelphia for Super Bowl Sunday, multiple chances for snow this week
After an icy start to the day, we will be treated to clouds and sunny with breezy northwest winds and highs in the low 40s.
Comparing our forecast to Kansas City, we will see more sunshine and warmer temperatures. Perhaps the forecasts are a foreshadowing of today's Super Bowl game. The Eagles will simply be hotter and brighter!
Tonight's skies will be partly cloudy, and temperatures will drop into the 20s. That means everything that thawed today will re-freeze into ice for tomorrow morning.
The week ahead will be very unsettled and winter-like with three storms rolling through our area.
Monday will be a quiet day with sun and upper 30s.
NEXT Weather Alert Days Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
Tuesday: Accumulating snow
- Snow begins falling late in the afternoon and early evening. It will continue overnight and into the first part of Wednesday.
- The current storm track is south of the area, placing us in all snow.
- If this track remains consistent there will be a sharp cutoff in the snow as we head northwest from the Jersey Shore to the Poconos.
- The heaviest totals with be south and east over the shore, far South Jersey and the southern half of Delaware. This is where more than a half a foot of snow could fall.
- On either side of I-95 including Philadelphia there will be accumulating snow. The models currently project shoveling for Philadelphia, though this could change.
- The EURO model has 3-6" and the other model, the GFS, has 2-4".
- For the Lehigh Valley and Poconos there will be very little snow with 1-3" possible.
Wednesday: Snow and wintry mix
- Wednesday afternoon storm #1 departs.
- Wednesday night storm #2 arrives with a wintry mix changing to rain by Thursday morning.
- Little or no additional accumulation expected with the current forecast track.
Thursday: Wintry mix to rain during AM commute
- The morning commute may be messy with snow and sleet early that rapidly changes to rain.
- The rain continues through the afternoon and ends in the late evening.
Here's the 7-day forecast:
Sunday: Partly cloudy. High 42.
Monday: Partly sunny. High 39, low 27.
Tuesday: NEXT Weather Alert for winter storm snow mix. High 34, low 25.
Wednesday: NEXT Weather Alert for winter storm mix. High 34, low 28.
Thursday: NEXT Weather Alert for rain. High 46, low 31.
Friday: Partly cloudy. High 36, low 26.
Saturday: Rain/wintry mix. High 39, low 27.
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