Halloween, national weather service and cold front
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While the rain is expected to end early Friday, wind gusts up to 50 mph are expected to continue through Halloween night.
Brutal snowstorms slam the western U.S., triggering weather warnings as forecasters urge caution amid travel chaos and outages.
Wednesday in the Philadelphia region will be breezy, and storms will arrive at night to bring widespread wind and rain to the Delaware Valley.
An area of low pressure will bring Impact Weather on Wednesday with periods of rain, thunderstorms, and coastal flooding.
Wind gusts around 35 mph are forecast near coastal areas on Thursday, with gusts potentially reaching 35-40 mph on Friday as the storm system exits into Canada and deepens. The weather service notes there is a low probability that wind gusts could exceed 45 mph on Friday.
Temperatures dropped to roughly 22 degrees in Denver early Wednesday, the coldest morning recorded in the city since April, according to the National Weather Service.
The nor'easter should clear out in time for Halloween trick-or-treating, though gusty winds may linger into the weekend.