March 26th and 27th, 2011 Forecast

A cool weekend is on tap for the Delaware Valley, with a  minor southern system scooting through on Sunday.  This system will spread some light snow across Delaware and possibly South Jersey early in the day, helping to keep the cool nudge in place throughout the region for the start of next week.  Saturday will be the nicer of the two weekend days as skies will feature a mix of sun and clouds.

Lows at night for both Friday night and Saturday night will generally bottom out in the lower 20's north to the mid 20's in the burbs and upper 20's in Philadelphia.   Daytime highs on Saturday will be a a couple of degrees higher than on Sunday due to additional sunshine -- expect lower and middle 40's on Saturday, 40-42 on Sunday due to the extra clouds and some precipitation.   Winds through the weekend will be light, generally northwest at 5-10 mph.

Snowfall projections for Delaware and South Jersey are modest -- maybe an inch, perhaps two in Sussex County, Delaware...especially right along the MD/DE border.  Flurries could occur up to Smyrna, perhaps to Atlantic City.   A northward nudge could increase those totals and bring the axis of snow closer to Philly but odds favor this system missing the city and holding to a southern track.   It doesn't mean sunshine and shorts weather, obviously, for Sunday, but it will mean dry weather.

We'll provide an update over the weekend on the Sunday system and let you know if there are any changes in track or intensity, as well as talk about the next "big" system in the pipeline for next week as we work through the weekend.