7:00 AM | Best chance here in several days for decent showers/thunderstorms...tropical system to slam Florida and the SE U.S. and must be watched in the Mid-Atlantic for potential weekend surprise
Paul Dorian
6-Day Philly Forecast
Today
Early morning patchy fog then becoming mainly sunny which will be followed by increasing clouds, very warm, humid, highs in the upper 80’s
Tonight
Showers and thunderstorms likely, some of the rain can be heavy at times, mild, upper 60’s
Thursday
Mainly cloudy, not as warm, still the chance of showers and thunderstorms, near 80 degrees
Thursday Night
Becoming partly cloudy, cooler, upper 50’s
Friday
Mainly sunny, nice, mid-to-upper 70’s
Saturday
Mainly sunny, pleasant, upper 70's
Sunday
Mainly sunny, still nice, near 80 degrees
Monday
Mainly sunny, comfortable, low 80’s
Discussion
A strong cold front will approach us from the northwest later today and it’ll give us the best chance in several days for shower and thunderstorm activity tonight and Thursday and some of the rain could be heavy at times. After that, strong high pressure will push in for the late week and weekend with a very comfortable air mass for this time of year. The Labor Day weekend could turn out to be quite nice; however, there is one "fly-in-the-ointment" and that is the tropical system over the Gulf of Mexico. This system will slam into Florida on Thursday - likely as their first hurricane since October 2005 - and then head northeast along the SE US coastline reaching the eastern part of North Carolina by early Saturday. After that, there is an outside chance that strong high pressure to our north prevents this storm from "escaping" into the open Atlantic and all eyes in the Northeast US will have to monitor this closely; especially, along the New England coastline. At a minimum, one can expect rough surf all along the coastline this weekend from all of this tropical activity. Stay tuned.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Vencore, Inc.
vencoreweather.com