Parveen: Wintry weather returns
A wintry mix is expected to move in Saturday morning, bringing rain and snow through the area. It’s a clipper that’ll be approaching the area, with mostly wet snow around 7 to 8 a.m.
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A wintry mix is expected to move in Saturday morning, bringing rain and snow through the area. It's a clipper that'll be approaching the area, with mostly wet snow around 7 to 8 a.m.
Computer models have been pretty consistent over the past several days showing this feature, with temperatures remaining slightly above freezing through most of the day as any snow falls. If it moves in early enough, we could see some snow try to stick to the pavement farther north and west of Philadelphia, in the Lehigh Valley or the Poconos since temperatures at that time would be around freezing.
Snow will mainly be melting through the rest of the day on paved surfaces, with mostly grassy accumulation. The best chance for snow will be north and west of Philadelphia, and this will be wet snow or a rain/snow mix at times. The Philadelphia area could see a fluctuation of rain and snow through the day, and New Jersey and Delaware may see mainly rain with a period of rain/snow toward the end.
This looks to last through midday and even into the afternoon. It'll be a windy and cold day as the rain/snow moves through. Highs will be around the upper 30s to low 40s, and winds could be gusting near 30 mph from the north/northeast. It'll finally move out for the evening, but then temperatures will drop off, causing a freeze through most of the area (for sensitive vegetation).
Snow totals (for areas that see mainly snow and not much mixing) will be around one to two inches on grassy surfaces. This will mainly be north and west of Philadelphia.
Precipitation from Saturday will be freezing overnight into early Sunday as temperatures drop into the 20s. Through Sunday afternoon, drier air moves in, but it'll stay breezy (but sunny) with highs in the upper 40s.
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Highs will be around 60, with a mix of sun and clouds, and there's a chance we could see a passing shower. It would be ahead of our next cold front set to move through on Tuesday, which will be the day we see the most rain.