Philadelphia Weather: Return To Seasonable Temperatures

Kate Bilo reports.

ONE DELEGATE IN, WORD IF SHEWILL QUALIFY FOR MARCH 15THDEBATE IN PHOENIX.A LOT OF PEOPLE TALKINGABOUT THAT AND POTENTIAL FORWINTRY MIX TOMORROW.LETS TURN THINGS OVER TOMETEOROLOGIST KATE BILO.IT HAS BEEN A QUIET WINTERWHEN WE ARE EXCITE TODD SEE AFEW SNOW SHOWERS PERHAPSBECAUSE WE HAVE NOT SEEN MUCHAT ALL..3 INCHES OF SNOW ALL WINTERLONG.WINTER IS RAPIDLY DRAWING TO ACLOSE.TODAY WAS ERA ABOVE AVERAGEDAY.CLOUDS STARTED TO ROLL IN HAVEA SUNSHINE MOST OF THE KAYSTART TO GO LOOK GLUMMY OUTTHERE RIGHT NOW.FIFTY-TWO AT THE AIRPORT.WINDS SOUTHWEST AT 9 MILES ANHOUR AND AGAIN NOT MUCH WINCHILL FACTOR HERE THISAFTERNOON.TONIGHT WE WILL DROP DOWN TO37.IT WILL BE PARTLY CLOUDY.FEELING CHILLY BUT NOT ALLTHAT COLD, AND THAT HAS BEENREALLY THE THEME OF THE WINTERSO FAR.LITTLE CHILLY, NOT THAT COLDAND WE HAVE NOT HAD MUCH INTHE WAY OF SNOW.FOR MOST OF US TOMORROW'SSYSTEM LOOKS LIKE A RAIN MAKERTHEN SNOW MAKER BUT TIMINGWISE BECAUSE OF THE MIXINGPRECIPITATION MOVING THROUGHIN THE EVENING THE SUN WILL GODOWN.COLD AIR WILL START TO MOVEIN.THERE IS A CHANCE SOME SPOTSMAY SEE RAIN MIXING WITH SNOWAND FURTHER ARE NORTH AND WESTWE WILL SEE A LIGHT SLUSHACCUMULATION JUST ON THEGRASS.STORM SCAN THREE SHOWING THESETWO PIECES OVEN JOY JIMTOGETHER, ONE UP ARE LOW OVERGREAT LAKES, KESSAL LOW NOWPULLING AWAY FROM THECAROLINAS BUT EVENTUALLY THESETWO ARE GOING TO MEET UP ALITTLE BIT AND START TOINTERACT.IT IS THE EFFECT WHERE STORMS,AREA HAVE LOW PRESSURE CYCLEAROUND EACH OTHER WHEN THEYAPPROACH.WE WILL SEE THAT AS WE GETINTO TOMORROW AFTERNOON ANDEVENING.THESE STORMS JUST INTERACTINGENOUGH TO PULL PRECIPITATIONBACK INLAND FROM THE COASTALLOW.SO FOR YOUR FRIDAY,47 DEGREES.RAIN SHOWERS ESPECIALLY BYMIDDAY.MORNING COMMUTE LOOKS OKAY ASHAVE RIGHT NOW BUT BY LATEMORNING MIDDAY WELL SEE RAINOVER SPREAD, AGAIN, THE HIGHONLY 47, MOSTLY BECAUSE OF THECLOUD, AND RAIN BUT AS WE GETIN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS THAT ISWHEN WE SEE AREAS OF WINTRYMIX NORTH AND WEST.TIMING THIS OUT JUST ONE MODELDEPICTS OF WHAT TOMORROW'SFORECAST LOOKS LIKE BUT ONFUTURE WEATHER 11:45 WE ARE INTHE SEEING THAT MUCH IN THEWAY HAVE RAIN.WE ARE SEEING SHOWERS BREAKOUT HERE ACROSS DELAWARE,SOUTH JERSEY SNOW IN THEMOUNTAINS OF THE CENTRALPENNSYLVANIA.RAIN BEGINS TO FALL, BET ARECLIP BY MIDDAY.2:15.DO EXPECT IT WILL BE A SLOWFRIDAY EVENING COMMUTE, FRIDAYEVENING COMMUTE USUALLY SLOWANYWAY AND TOMORROW LOOKS LIKEIT WILL BE EVEN SLOWER.5:15 RAIN IS FALLING.BY LATER TOMORROW EVENING WEWILL START TO SEE SNOW MIXINGIN THE POCONOS, POSSIBLY INTHE LEHIGH VALLEY THERE IS ACHANCE THAT THIS PRECIPITATIONSHIELD LASTS A LITTLE BITLONGER THEN WHAT THIS MODEL ISCURRENTLY SHOWING.WE WILL SEE MORE CHANGE OVERIN THE LEHIGH VAL ANY BERKSCOUNTY.PUSHES OUT SOON ARE WE WILLNOT SEE QUITE AS MUCHSCATTERED SHOWERS INTO FRIDAYNIGHT AND THEN CLEARING OUT BYEARLY SATURDAY MORNING.IT ALL DEPEND ON HOW LONG THATPRECIPITATION WILL LAST.CHANCE FOR SLUSH SNOW AGAINFRIDAY NIGHT MAINLY LEHIGHVALLEY AND POCONOS.ANY ACCUMULATION WE WILL SEEWILL BE LOW OR POSSIBLY NONEBUT AN INCH OR LESS EXPECTEVEN IN THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONWAS THIS ONE AND FUTURE CASTSNOWFALL BRINGS ABOUT AN INCHTO MOUNT POCONO AND AGAIN THATIS ABOUT IT.IF THE PRECIPITATION DID HISLAST LONGER IN THE OVERNIGHTHOURS WITH THE COLD AIR MOVINGIN YOU COULD SEE LIGHTACCUMULATIONS EVEN NEAR THELEHIGH VALLEY.THEN A HUGE TURNAROUND THROUGHWEEKEND, 45 ON SATURDAY.WINDY DAY.SUNDAY WE WILL SPRING, FORWARD56, MONDAY WE ARE CLOSE TO70 DEGREES ON MONDAY AND WEWILL BE IN THE 60'S, TUESDAYAS WELL.WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY TURNINGCOOLER WITH A CHANCE OFSHOWERS AND MAYBE SNOWFLAKESMIXING IN BUT NOTHING MAJOR.WE HAVE BEEN WAITING THINKINGWILL MARCH BRING THAWS BIGSNOW STORM WE HAVE IN THEGOTTEN AND BY NEXT WEEKEND WE