7:00 AM | **A powerful coastal storm develops today and generates a soaking rainfall for the area and strong winds to follow on Thursday**
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the Philadelphia, PA metro region
Today
Rain developing during the mid-day hours, becoming heavy at times this afternoon with a PM thunderstorm possible, becoming breezy, cool, highs in the mid-to-upper 60’s
Tonight
Rain ends early then becoming partly cloudy, windy, quite cool after midnight, lows late in the mid 40’s
Thursday
Windy with gusts to 40 mph, partly sunny skies, cool, mid-to-upper 50’s for afternoon highs
Thursday Night
Mainly cloudy, chilly, still quite windy, mid 40’s for late night lows
Friday
Mainly sunny, still cool, breezy, near 60 degrees
Saturday
Mainly sunny, cool, lower 60’s
Sunday
Increasing clouds, cool, upper 60’s
Monday
Mainly cloudy, cool, chance of showers, upper 60’s
Discussion
A vigorous upper-level low will drop southeastward across the Great Lakes today and will help to set off the formation of a powerful coastal low along the Mid-Atlantic coastline. This low will bring a soaking rainfall to the Philly metro region later today on the order of 1.0-1.5 inches and the winds will become noticeable as the storm undergoes intensification. The storm will continue to intensify as it rides up along the Northeast US coastline later today into tonight bringing with it heavy rainfall, strong winds and ultimately, even a change to snow in some of the higher elevations of northern New York and New England. Following the storm, winds will be quite strong here on Thursday with gusts to 40 mph and temperatures will struggle to escape the 50’s in many areas.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Perspecta, Inc.
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