Philadelphia Weather: Arctic Blast Coming

Kate Bilo reports.

FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE.DAN KOOB FOR CBS-3 "EYEWITNESSNEWS".NOT TO HEAR WHEN YOU WANTTO COME TO MAY WEATHER, THATIS RIGHT SNOW.PARTS OF THE AREA COULD SEESNOWFLAKES.TIME TO CHECK WITH KATE'SPLACE TO SEE WHY AND WHEN SHECALLED IT A STRONG SYSTEM ISCOMING, KATE.REPORTER: THAT IS RIGHT,UKEE SYSTEM WILL IN THEBRING MUCH IN THE WAY OFACCUMULATION TO ANYPLACE INOUR AREA, MAYBE LIGHTACCUMULATION IN THE POCONOSBUT FOR PARTS OF THE INTERIORNORTH EAST, NEW ENGLAND THEREMAY ACCUMULATING SNOW HERE INTHE MONTH OF MAY.IT WAS A VERY QUIET WINTER BUTSPRING START TO GO GETINTERESTING.NOW TODAY WAS BEAUTIFUL.HOPEFULLY YOU HAD A CHANCE TOENJOY BLUE SKIES.HERE'S WHAT THE AFTERNOON ISSHAPING UP TO BE IN THE CITY.IT IS GORGEOUS.NOTHING BUT A DEEP BLUE SKY.SO BEAUTIFUL TO LOOK UP ATBLUE SKY AGAINST GREEN OF THETREES.FLOWERS ARE START TO GO BLOOM.IT IS A LOVELY DAY.IF YOU HAVE ANY SENSITIVEPLANTS YOU MAY NEED TO COVERTHEM UP AS WE HEAD IN THEWEEKEND BECAUSE IT WILL GETVERY COLD AT LEAST BRIEFLYINTO SATURDAY.CURRENT CONDITIONS, LOTS OFSUNSHINE.TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 60'S,COOL START, MILD FINISH, IT ISSTILL MORE THAN 5 DEGREESBELOW AVERAGE BUT WE'RE CLOSEENOUGH, NICE OUTSIDE, ENJOY ITWHILE THERE.WE WILL ADD ANOTHER BLUESQUARE TO THE CALENDAR THERETODAY, WE WILL FLIP THE MONTHSO FAR, HALF AND HALF THREEDAYS BELOW, THREE DAYS ABOVEBUT WE'RE GOING BACK DOWN TOTHE OTHER DIRECTION WITHTEMPERATURES HEADING WELLBELOW AVERAGE OVER THE NEXTSEVERAL DAYS.NOW WE HAVE A WEAK BOUNDARYTHAT IS START TO GO PUSH INTHE AREA.WE WILL ZOOM OUT ON STORM SCANTHREE.YOU CAN SEE A STRAY SHOWER TOTHE AREA THIS EVENING ORTONIGHT.FOR MOST OF US IT IS NOT MUCHOF ANYTHING.OUR NEXT SYSTEM WEST OFCHICAGO AND THAT WILL GET HERELATE TOMORROW.TONIGHT 47 DEGREES, CLOUDS,SPOTTY SHOWER POSSIBLE EARLY,TOMORROW STARTS WITH CLOUDSAND THEN PERHAPS A FEW BREAKSOF THE SUN RIGHT THERE.THERE IS 9:00 A.M.DRY FOR THE MORNING BUT CLOUDSDO ROLL IN QUICKLY AND THEN BYTOMORROW AFTERNOON IS WHENRAIN BEGINS IN ERNEST AND MAYEND UP AS A BRIEF SHOT OF THESNOW OR A MIX IN THE POCONOSOR LEHIGH VALLEY.EVEN SATURDAY COLD ENOUGH THATWE MAY SEE SOME SNOWFLAKESJUST A FEW SNOW SHOWERS ORFLURRIES POSSIBLE ESPECIALLYFAR NORTH AND WEST.YOUR FORECAST AT A GLANCE FORTOMORROW TEMPERATURES WILLRISE IN THE UPPER 50'S,BRIEFLY, IT LOOKS LIKE BETWEENNOON AND 2:00 P.M.

AND THENRAIN BEGINS.YOU CAN LOOK AT THOSEPRECIPITATION CHANCES.THEY RAMP UP AFTER4:00 O'CLOCK.FOR THE VAST MAJORITY IT ISPLANE OLD RAIN BUT AS ITSTARTS TO CLEAR OUT, COLD AIRWILL DIVE SOUTH.WIN CHILLS IN THE 30'S AND40'S ON SATURDAY.NEAR RECORD LOWS.WE HAVE THOSE SNOW CHANCESNORTH AND WEST, MAINLY JUST AMIXING BUT COULD AMOUNT TO ANINCH IN THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONSOF THE POCONOS, SOMETHING TOSEE CERTAINLY IN THE MONTH OFMAY.COMING UP WE WILL TALK ABOUTWHETHER WE HAVE SEEN SNOW INMAY BEFORE AND HOW MANY TIMESBOTH IN THE CITY AND POCONOS.FOR THE WEEKEND CHILLYSATURDAY.SIXTY FOR MOTHERS DAY.STILL BUY LOW AVERAGE TO GETBACK THERE BUT WE WILLGRADUALLY START WARMING UPTOWARDS THE END OF THE NEXTWEEK.BUT SATURDAY'S HIGH49 DEGREES, AND NEAR MID-MAY