The Brief<\/p>\n
A clipper system overnight Friday could produce heavy bouts of snow, including possible whiteout conditions.<\/p>\n
Snowfall totals are not expected to reach more than an inch in Philadelphia, with slightly higher totals in areas north.<\/p>\n
An artic cold front will drag behind the clipper system to plummet temperatures into the 20s over the weekend.<\/p>\n
PHILADELPHIA – An incoming clipper system will sweep across the Philadelphia area on Friday night, bringing periods of snow squalls and possible whiteout conditions.<\/p>\n
The overnight snowfall isn’t expected to amount to more than an inch in Philadelphia and surrounding areas, but slightly higher totals could skew north.<\/p>\n
Snow squalls possible Friday<\/p>\n
What we know<\/p>\n
Another deceivingly sunny winter’s day is on tap for the Philadelphia area on Thursday, with temperatures locked in the low 30s and an added wind chill.<\/p>\n
Clouds will begin to roll in on Friday ahead of a clipper system that will sweep across the Philadelphia area overnight, bringing possible snow squalls.<\/p>\n
Forecasters say whiteout conditions are possible during potential snow squalls, which would make visibility while driving overnight particularly dangerous.<\/p>\n
The clipper system will begin in areas west of Philadelphia around 10 p.m. and become more widespread over the next several hours, according to forecasters.<\/p>\n
It’s possible that the snow could still be falling by Saturday morning as the system pulls off the coast before noon.<\/p>\n
Polar vortex impact<\/p>\n
Local perspective<\/p>\n
Along with the snow, forecasters say the clipper system will also drag an artic cold front through Philadelphia over the weekend.<\/p>\n
High temperatures on Saturday and Sunday will barely crack the mid-20s, with an added wind chill from brutal gusts of artic air.<\/p>\n
The bitter cold conditions will last through Monday, but forecasters expect warmer temperatures by midweek to rise into the 40s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brief A clipper system overnight Friday could produce heavy bouts of snow, including possible whiteout conditions. Snowfall…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":108740,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[17906,69,71,70,38514,32604,42468],"class_list":{"0":"post-108739","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia","8":"tag-clipper-system","9":"tag-philadelphia","10":"tag-philadelphia-headlines","11":"tag-philadelphia-news","12":"tag-snow-squalls","13":"tag-snowfall-totals","14":"tag-whiteout-conditions"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108739"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108739\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}