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Halloween Weekend Calls For Rain, Snow
The National Weather Service is warning of subfreezing temperatures Friday morning before a daytime high in the 50s with snow in the mix on Saturday.
Ready or not, snow is returning to the Philadelphia area this weekend, according to a National Weather Service forecast (NWS).
The forecast calls for an 90 percent chance of rain and then snow on Saturday before 2 p.m. On Saturday evening, the NWS predicts a low of 32. A 60 percent chance of precipitation of rain and then snow is forecasted again before 11 p.m. Saturday.
Forget the shovels for now; no more than a quarter-inch is expected.
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Before the weekend snow, though, subfreezing temperatures are possible Friday morning. The NWS issued a Freeze Warning for 4 a.m. through 8 a.m., though the predicted overnight low is 38 and Friday's high should be about 52.
The Philadelphia area had more than 40 inches of snow last winter, roughly twice as much as a normal winter.
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