Philadelphia Weather: Tracking Weekend Snow

Matt Peterson has the latest forecast.

THE FLOWER SHOW RUNS FROMFEBRUARY 29TH THROUGH MARCH 8TH.ALWAYS THINK OF SPRING WHEN THEFLOWER SHOW COMES TO TOWN BUTWE'RE STILL DEALING WITH SOMEWINTER.THE THROWS OF WINTER.IT HASN'T EVEN BEEN THAT BAD.IT HASN'T BEEN BAD.WE REALLY CAN'T COMPLAIN.BUT BY THE END OF THE WEEKENDI THINK WE'RE ALL GOING TO BEREADY TO SAY, OKAY, LET'S HEADTO MONACO FOR VACATION.TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT'S GOING ONHERE IN CENTER CITY ON THISTHURSDAY EVENING AND THE WINDSTHAT WERE EXTREMELY STRONG ALLAFTERNOON CONTINUING TO WHIPALONG THE BEN FRANKLIN PARKWAY.WE HAVE ALL THE WONDERFUL FLAGSOUT THERE REPRESENTING ALL THEWONDERFUL COUNTRIES AND YES THEYARE FLYING AROUND IN THAT STRONGGUSTY WIND.THAT WILL BE A FACTOR FOR USTHROUGH THE OVERNIGHT TONIGHTAND INTO OUR FRIDAY AS WELL.SO DON'T BE THINKING TO YOURSELFTHAT JUST BECAUSE OUR WINDADVISORY WAS EXPIRED AT7 O'CLOCK AND WE'RE NOW GETTINGINTO ANOTHER DAY, IT'S GOING TOBE VERY WINDY FOR US OVERNIGHTTONIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY, TOO.25 DEGREES OUR OVERNIGHT LOWTEMPERATURE.OVERALL THE CLOUDS WILL STAYRELATIVELY THICK.40 MILE AN HOUR WIND GUSTS CANBE SEEN IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURSTONIGHT INTO OUR FRIDAY MORNING.STAYS WINDY THROUGH FRIDAYAFTERNOON.WE'LL HAVE A LOT OF SUNSHINE,THAT'S GOOD NEWS FOR US BUT ITSWILL BE MISLEADING.WE ONLY GET TO 34 DEGREES ANDAGAIN 20 OR SO MOTORCYCLE ANHOUR WINDS OUT THERE GUSTING TOAS HIGH AS 30.WE TAKE A LOOK AT OUR WINDCHILLS FOR US IN THE MORNING WESTART THE DAY OUT FEELING LIKEWE'RE IN THE TEENS, PROBABLYSOME SINGLE DIGITS AND A LOT OFTHE SURROUNDING SUBURBS AND EVENAS WE GO THROUGH THE AFTERNOONHOURS AND OUR TEMPERATURES JUMPINTO THE 30S, THE WINDS WILLMAKE IT FEEL LIKE WE'RE PROBABLYIN THE 20S BASICALLY THROUGHOUTTHE ENTIRETY OF OUR FRIDAY.SO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE STILLGOING TO BE BUNDLING UP NOMATTER WHAT ON THE FRIDAYAFTERNOON TIME FRAME.TAKE ANOTHER LOOK OUT AT STORMSCAN 3 OUR NEXT SYSTEM COMINGTOGETHER RIGHT NOW BRINGING SOMEWINTER LIKE WEATHER ACROSSPORTIONS OF KANSAS UP INTO IOWAAND NEBRASKA.THAT'S WHERE THIS SYSTEM ISGOING TO START TO CONTINUE TOTREND.YOU SEE SOME RAIN SHOWERS ON THEBOTTOM HALF OF THAT, ANDOVERALL, THAT IS THE SYSTEMTHAT'S GOING TO TRACK EASTWARD.AND AS IT DOES, WE'RE GOING TOBE LOOKING FOR SNOW TO EFFECT USHERE IN THE DELAWARE VALLEY BYTHE TIME WE GET TO SATURDAY.TAKE A LOOK, SATURDAY MORNING,TEMPERATURES OUT THERE STILLWELL BELOW THE FREEZING MARK AT20, 25 OR SO, MORNINGTEMPERATURE IN THE CITY.NOW SNOW WILL START TO DEVELOPAROUND MIDDAY WEST AND SOUTH OFTHE PHILADELPHIA AREA.IT WILL THEN SPREAD TO THE NORTHEAST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.WE COULD GET A COUPLE OF POCKETSHERE OR THERE OF SOME HEAVIERSNOW.IT WILL THEN TRANSITION ALL TORAIN AS WARMER AIR NUDGES INFROM THE SOUTH.AND THEN ON SUNDAY IT SHOULDSTAY GENERALLY DRY BUT OVERALLWHAT WE'RE WATCHING FOR ISSTRONGER GUSTY WINDS EXPECTINGAGAIN SNOW AROUND MIDDAY OR SO.HIGHEST SNOW TOTALS WILL BENORTH AND WEST OF THE CITY WITHDIFFICULT TRAVEL POSSIBLE ALONGI95 IN PHILLY, WE'RE TALKINGABOUT MAYBE TWO INCHES OF SNOWBEFORE IT ALL TRANSITIONS TOTHAT WINTERY MIX, AND THEN RAIN.30S THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, 40SQUICKLY ON SUNDAY.SO A BIT MORE SEASONABLE FOR USTHERE AS OUR WEEKEND WRAPS UP.BUT INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK, THEARCTIC CHILL RETURNS, HIGHS ONLYBARELY IN THE LOWER 30S MONDAYAND TUESDAY.