7:00 AM | *Coastal storm pounds the Mid-Atlantic region today...significant late week and weekend warm surge*
Paul Dorian
6-Day Philly Forecast
Today
Cloudy, quite breezy, cool, periods of rain today with the heaviest and steadiest coming during the mid-day and afternoon hours, there can also be a thunderstorm or two, highs in the mid-to-upper 50’s
Tonight
Cloudy, quite breezy, cool, periods of rain still likely; especially, during the evening hours, some of the rain can be heavy at times, lows in the lower 50’s
Wednesday
Mainly cloudy with lingering showers possible early in the day, becoming noticeably milder during the afternoon hours, near 70 degrees
Wednesday Night
Mainly cloudy, mild, patchy fog possible late, mid 50’s for lows
Thursday
Mainly sunny, quite warm, near 80 degrees
Friday
Partly sunny, very warm, chance of a shower or thunderstorm in the morning, mid 80’s
Saturday
Partly sunny, breezy, quite warm, mid 80’s
Sunday
Partly sunny, breezy, quite warm, chance of showers and thunderstorms late in the day or at night, low-to-mid 80’s
Discussion
A coastal storm is intensifying as it turns slowly up the Mid-Atlantic coastline and it will produce heavy rain bands today in the DC-to-Philly-to-NYC corridor along with some strong wind gusts and perhaps a thunderstorm or two. The rain bands will rotate to the northwest and into the I-95 corridor from the southeast today as the low pushes slowly up the coast. The low pressure system will push to near the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay by later today and then weaken tonight as it pushes away from the coastline. The steadiest, heaviest rain threat will end by later tonight and it’ll become noticeably milder during the afternoon hours on Wednesday. A strong surge of warm air will then boost temperatures to near 80 degrees on Thursday and well into the 80’s on Friday and for both weekend days. At the same time the Mid-Atlantic warms up considerably, very cold air for this time of year will plunge into the western US and states like Colorado and Wyoming could actually end up with substantial snowfall.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Vencore, Inc.
vencoreweather.com