Chance Of Weekend Snow Declines For Eastern PA

Good news: The chances of this weekend's weather feeling like January or February just went down.

Forecasters now say the chance of accumulating snow on Saturday has decreased. Precipitation is still in the forecast, but most likely will come in the form of overnight rain, says the National Weather Service.

It will be unseasonably cool, as it has been all week. We're looking at a high of 42 on Saturday. The average temperature for early April in the Philadelphia region is in the low 60s.

The National Weather Service is still predicting a chance of snow early Monday, though. But with an anticipated high of 44, it's unlikely any snow that may fall would accumulate for any duration.

Looks like we'll have to wait a bit for temperatures to get up to their normal seasonal highs. It will remain in the 40s and 50s through late next week.

The Weather Channel predicts a high in the low 60s next Friday, April 13.

Here is the forecast:

Today: A chance of rain, mainly before 11am. Cloudy, with a high near 58. Southwest wind 8 to 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tonight: Rain likely, mainly after 2am. Cloudy, with a low around 36. Southwest wind around 10 mph becoming northwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Saturday: Rain likely, mainly before 8am. Cloudy, with a high near 42. Northwest wind 7 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 28. North wind 3 to 8 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 45. Northwest wind around 9 mph.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 30.

Monday: A chance of snow before 9am, then a chance of rain and snow between 9am and 10am, then a chance of rain after 10am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 44. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Monday Night: Rain likely. Cloudy, with a low around 36. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Tuesday: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 50. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 35.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 53.

Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 36.

Thursday: A chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 58. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

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