7:00 AM | **Yet another storm brings accumulating snow and significant ice to the region tonight and early Wednesday; weekend storm threat continues**
Paul Dorian
6-Day Forecast
Today
Partly sunny, cold, highs in the mid 30’s
Tonight
Snow developing before midnight then changing to sleet and freezing rain towards morning, snow accumulations of 1-3 inches before the changeover to ice, a significant ice buildup will occur on top of the snowfall after the changeover, lows in the upper 20’s
Wednesday
Sleet and/or freezing rain through the morning hours in the N and W suburbs with an additional ice buildup, freezing rain changes to plain rain in the city of Philadelphia, mid 30’s for highs in Philly, low 30's for highs in the N and W suburbs
Wednesday Night
Mostly cloudy, cold, upper teens
Thursday
Mostly sunny, cold, upper 20’s
Friday
Mostly cloudy, cold, near 30
Saturday
Becoming cloudy, cold, chance for snow late in the day or at night, low 30’s
Sunday
Mostly cloudy, cold, chance for more snow, low 30’s
Discussion
If I could give some advice to the National Weather Service, it would be to just put a “winter storm watch” out for this area until mid-February. One snowstorm began the work week and we are not even close to being done with the stormy pattern that will last right into mid-month. A second and complex storm will spread frozen precipitation our way tonight and there will be a small accumulation of snow (1-3 inches) before a potential significant buildup of ice by morning and a wintry mix will continue for much of the morning on Wednesday; especially, in the N and W suburbs. Expect slick road conditions later tonight and early tomorrow with this latest batch of snow and ice. An ice buildup of one-tenth to one-quarter of an inch late tonight and early tomorrow could cause tree limb and power outage issues; especially, in the N and W suburbs. Dry and cold air follows for Thursday and Friday and then attention will turn to the Deep South. A storm looks like it will pull out of the southern states later this weekend and head towards the east coast with lots of moisture, but there are still lots of details left to be ironed out for this system.
Video
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