7:00 AM | **Occasional rain and thunderstorms today and there can be a strong-to-severe late day/early evening thunderstorm...very windy late tonight and Saturday as cooler and drier air pours in**
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the Philadelphia metro region
Today
Occasional rain and thunderstorms today with a possible strong-to-severe late day thunderstorm, some of the rain can be heavy at times, warm, windy, highs in the lower 70’s
Tonight
Evening showers and a possible strong-to-severe thunderstorm; otherwise, mainly cloudy skies, mild early then turning colder late and very windy, lows in the upper 40’s
Saturday
Windy and cooler with mainly sunny skies, lower 60’s for afternoon highs
Saturday Night
Mainly cloudy, chilly, cannot rule out a shower, mid-to-upper 40’s for overnight lows
Sunday
Mainly cloudy, mild, chance of showers, mid 60’s
Monday
Partly sunny, windy, a bit cooler, lower 60’s
Tuesday
Mainly cloudy, breezy, mild, chance of showers, near 70 degrees
Wednesday
Mainly cloudy, breezy, mild, chance of showers, near 70 degrees
Discussion
Low pressure will push to our northwest today and the combination of a warm front this morning and a cold front late today will bring us occasional rain and thunderstorms and a possible late day/early evening line of strong-to-severe thunderstorm with the most likely timetable between 4 and 8PM. Any late day/early evening thunderstorm can produce damaging wind gusts, torrential rainfall with localized flooding, and there is even the threat for isolated tornadoes. Temperatures will warm up later today following the passage of the warm front, but will drop dramatically late tonight after the cold frontal passage and winds will whip out of the NW towards morning. Strong winds are to continue on Saturday to go along with mainly sunny skies and cooler conditions. Another cold front arrives on Sunday and it too can result in some shower activity for the Mid-Atlantic region. An overall active weather pattern will bring us additional chances for rain around here later next week.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Perspecta, Inc.
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