7:00 AM | **A significant rain event here on Wednesday**
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the Philadelphia, PA metro region
Today
Becoming mainly sunny after early morning clouds, comfortable, highs near 70 degrees
Tonight
Mainly clear, chilly, patchy fog after midnight, lows in the mid 40’s
Tuesday
Mainly sunny, a bit cooler, mid 60’s for afternoon highs
Tuesday Night
Becoming mainly cloudy, cool, some rain is possible towards morning, upper 40's for late night lows
Wednesday
Mainly cloudy, cool, periods of rain, some of the rain can be heavy at times, mid 60’s
Thursday
Partly sunny, windy, cooler, upper 50’s
Friday
Mainly sunny, cool, near 60 degrees
Saturday
Mainly sunny, a bit milder, mid 60’s
Discussion
The big story of the week weather-wise is the likelihood for a significant rain event here on Wednesday - something we haven't seen much of in recent weeks. High pressure will build into the area for the next couple of days, but a frontal system will then approach the region at mid-week from our northwest. In addition, low pressure will pull out of the south-central states and head towards the Mid-Atlantic coastline and these two systems will combine into a powerful storm for the NE US. There will be periods of rain on Wednesday and some of it can be heavy at times with the total rainfall amounts likely increasing as one goes up along the DC-to-Philly-to-NYC-Boston corridor. Following the passage of the mid-week storm, it’ll turn quite cool and windy on Thursday with highs likely confined to the upper 50's.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Perspecta, Inc.
perspectaweather.com