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Sunny skies with brisk, chilly conditions in Philadelphia area. Here's the weather forecast.

Tracking potential rainy weather for Eagles game, ice chances on bridges
Tracking potential rainy weather for Eagles game, ice chances on bridges 03:44

The weekend looks to be mixed with mostly sunny skies and chilly conditions on Saturday, and clouds with rain chances for Sunday's Eagles game. This morning is the coldest of the season and temps started out in the teens and 20s, even the single digits in some spots.

Highs will be in the high 30s on Saturday with a wind chill making it feel even colder.

The high temperature increases to around 50 degrees on Sunday, but watch out for rain and potential freezing rain and ice north of Philadelphia.

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Rain could impact Eagles-Steelers game at The Linc

The Eagles-Steelers game is looking dry to start, and you shouldn't have anything to worry about for pregame tailgating – it will be chilly with temps in the 40s. However, we could see some precipitation for the game, particularly in the second half.

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Around 5 p.m. we start to see a line of rain moving into the region. Temperatures will be in the mid-30s, and while the rain is coming with warmer air, it might be hard for that warm air to reach the surface.

There's a chance, especially in places farther north like the Lehigh Valley, where surface temperatures near freezing mean this rain could freeze on contact with roadways and cause some light icing. Bridges and overpasses tend to ice over first – use caution if you're driving Sunday night.

Rain continues through the night into Monday, likely through the morning commute. By that point, we expect temperatures should improve enough that your Monday commute stays ice-free, but it will be slow going.

Places farther north than the Lehigh Valley such as the Poconos could see some snow with this storm, as well.

Drought conditions still present around Philadelphia region

The bit of rain that we will get is much needed.

The newest drought monitor was released on Thursday and a good portion of the Philadelphia area remains under an extreme drought, a level 4 out of 5. The rainfall on Wednesday was not accounted for in that data, however the 1 to 2 inches we received will only make a dent.  

At this point, to bring us out of our current drought in one month, we'd need between 13 and 15 inches of rainfall. Unfortunately, if we had that much we'd be looking at widespread flooding. So it's safe to say our extreme conditions may go well into 2025. It's going to take steady soaking rains over the course of a few months to safely bring us back to normal conditions.

Temperatures rocket back to 60s midweek

We'll progress into a warmer and wetter pattern early next week.

High pressure may briefly nose in late Tuesday into early Wednesday, and Tuesday may bring us some bonus hours of warm weather with highs trying to break into the 60's. 

Our third system of the week will arrive likely late Wednesday. Models are a bit split on arrival time - it may be as early as Wednesday afternoon but more likely this will hold off until Wednesday night, producing rain through Thursday morning. While this again looks like rain for the city and suburbs, it may end as a round of snow for the Poconos, and will then be followed by another round of cold air - in fact, next weekend looks very cold as of now.

So buckle up, a wild weather ride is on the way over the next 7 days with multiple rain chances and temperatures bouncing from the low 20s to the 60s and back again!

Here's your 7-day forecast:

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Saturday: Mostly sunny. High of 38, low of 21.


Sunday: Clouding up. High of 44, low of 26.

Monday: Rain likely. High of 51, low of 37.

Tuesday: Showers early. High of 62, low of 49.

Wednesday: Partly sunny. High of 50, low of 34.

Thursday: Chance of showers. High of 47, low of 40.

Friday: Partly cloudy: High 38, low of 33.

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