7:00 AM | *Back door cold front cools us down significantly on Sunday...heavy rain event Sunday night into Monday with possible strong thunderstorms*
Paul Dorian
6-Day Philadelphia Forecast
Today
Mainly cloudy into late morning with a sprinkle or two possible, mainly sunny from mid-day through the afternoon, becoming breezy, warm, highs in the mid-to-upper 70’s
Tonight
Mainly clear, mild, lows in the upper 50’s
Saturday
Mainly sunny, breezy, warm, upper 70’s for afternoon highs
Saturday Night
Becoming mainly cloudy, breezy, turning cooler late, chance for light rain or drizzle; primarily, after midnight, lower 50’s for overnight lows
Sunday
Mainly cloudy, breezy and much cooler with light rain or drizzle at times, highs in the 50's are likely following the passage of a back door cold front; heavy rain and possible strong thunderstorms late at night
Monday
Heavy rain still possible in the morning; otherwise, mainly cloudy skies, breezy and cool with chance of afternoon showers, upper 50’s for highs
Tuesday
Mainly cloudy, breezy and cold for mid-April, upper 40's for highs
Wednesday
Partly sunny, not as cool, upper 50’s
Discussion
Temperatures will climb well into the 70's for highs today and on Saturday - perhaps even reaching the 80 degree mark in some spots. It should turn a lot cooler on Sunday thanks to the passage of a strong back door cold front that will be moving down the Northeast US coastline from northeast-to-southwest. A heavy rain event is likely here from late Sunday night into Monday as a strong west-to-east moving cold front pushes in from the Midwest. There can be strong thunderstorms mixed into the picture as well during this heavy rain event and some locations in the I-95 corridor could end up with more than two inches by later Monday morning. This same cold front will likely result in a widespread severe weather outbreak today across the southern Plains and on Saturday in the Tennessee and Ohio Valleys. The next month or so could very well be quite active in those same areas with the possibility of numerous severe weather events.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Vencore, Inc.
vencoreweather.com