7:00 AM | A taste of spring this weekend
Paul Dorian
6-Day Philly Forecast
Today
Mainly sunny, much calmer than yesterday, cold, highs in the low 40’s
Tonight
Partly cloudy, cold, lows near 30 degrees
Saturday
Mainly sunny, becoming breezy and noticeably milder, near 60 degrees for highs
Saturday Night
Mainly cloudy, chilly, cannot rule out a light shower or a touch of drizzle, low 40’s
Sunday
Mainly sunny, breezy, quite mild, low 60’s
Monday
Mainly sunny, still on the mild side of normal, but cooler than Sunday, low-to-mid 50’s
Tuesday
Partly sunny, chilly, near 50 degrees
Wednesday
Partly sunny, mild, maybe a shower, mid 50’s
Discussion
First, an update on the weather situation in California…an intense storm closes in today and it’ll produce widespread heavy rainfall across the state with up to ten inches possible in southern sections. In fact, this could turn out to be one of the worst storms in many years for southern California with strong winds, possible power outages and flash flooding to go along with the heavy rainfall. Yet another storm arrives early next week and this one is likely to primarily pound northern California with additional substantial rainfall - something they certainly don't need.
Here in the Mid-Atlantic region, high pressure pushes off the coast this weekend and this will allow warmer air to push into the area from the southwest. In fact, high temperatures could reach 60 degrees in the Philly metro region on both weekend days – a true taste of spring. High pressure will then build into SE Canada on Monday and this should cause temperatures to slide back some in the Mid-Atlantic for a couple of days; especially, from New York City northward. It’ll then turn warmer again by the middle and latter parts of next week.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Vencore, Inc.
vencoreweather.com