7:00 AM | **Occasional heavy rain today with embedded thunderstorms...some of the storms can be strong-to-severe**
Paul Dorian
6-Day Philly Forecast
Today
Periods of rain and possible strong-to-severe thunderstorms, some of the rain will be heavy at times, windy and cool, highs in the upper 50’s
Tonight
Showers still likely this evening, maybe a thunderstorm, mostly cloudy for the rest of the night, breezy and turning colder late, lows in the lower 40’s
Friday
Not a nice day for the Phillies Opening Day…Mainly cloudy, windy and chilly with an occasional light shower, near 50 degrees
Friday Night
Mainly cloudy with an evening shower possible, breezy, cold, low-to-mid 30’s
Saturday
Mainly sunny, breezy and a bit milder, but still on the cool side for this time of year, mid 50’s
Sunday
Mainly sunny, milder, low-to-mid 60’s
Monday
Mainly sunny, warm, low-to-mid 70’s
Tuesday
Mainly sunny, warm, mid 70’s
Discussion
Surface low pressure will form later this morning across northern Virginia and intensify as it pulls northward through Pennsylvania and into New York State. Aiding in the development of this powerful surface low pressure system is a combination of strong upper-level energy and energetic jet streaks and this setup will lead to the formation of occasional heavy rain and strong-to-severe thunderstorms for parts of the Mid-Atlantic region during the mid-day or afternoon hours; especially, from Route I-95 to the coast. On the backside of the storm, it’ll turn much cooler and windy on Friday - not a nice day for the Phillies home opener - with an occasional light rain shower possible corridor and accumulating snow is likely in the Ohio Valley, Great Lakes and in the higher elevations of the Appalachian Mountains. After a cool day on Saturday, great weather is in store for Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. One final note, grounds are now pretty well saturated after the recent soaking rain events and this raises concern for localized flooding today and tonight associated with today’s downpours.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Vencore, Inc.
vencoreweather.com