Weather Authority: Bitter wind chills Thursday ahead of weekend warmup

FOX 29's Kathy Orr has the forecast.

PHILADELPHIA - The Philadelphia area will experience bitter wind chills Thursday morning ahead of record warmth for the weekend.

Temperatures will ramp up to 66 degrees on Saturday, up from a high of 36 on Thursday. The record high for January is 66 degrees set in 1975.

A snow squall hit the region early Wednesday afternoon, threatening travel with white-out conditions in heavy blowing snow.

FOX 29's Benjamin Franklin Parkway camera captured the moments a snow squall rolled into Center City.

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FOX 29's Sue Serio delivers your 7-day forecast.

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WEDNESDAY: Partly cloudy/windy. High: 42 Low: 21

THURSDAY: Mostly sunny. High: 36 Low: 28

FRIDAY: AM clouds, PM sun. High: 55 Low: 48

SATURDAY: AM showers. High: 66 Low: 61

SUNDAY: PM showers. High: 63 Low: 39

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