7:00 AM | ***Hurricane Dorian remains nearly stationary this morning, but will resume movement later today...some impact on coastal NJ, DE Thursday night/Friday***

6-Day forecast for the Philadelphia metro region

Today

Mainly sunny, warm, highs in the lower 80’s

Tonight

Mainly clear, mild, lows in the mid 60’s

Wednesday

Partly sunny, quite warm, chance of showers and thunderstorms, some of the late day storms can be strong, upper 80’s for afternoon highs

Wednesday Night

Mainly cloudy, mild, chance of showers and thunderstorms, some of the storms can be strong, lower 60’s for overnight lows

Thursday

Much cooler with mainly cloudy skies, lower 70’s; chance of showers at night

Friday

Mainly cloudy, quite cool, breezy, chance of some rain, lower 70’s

Saturday

Mainly sunny, warmer, near 80 degrees

Sunday

Partly sunny, nice, upper 70’s

Discussion

Hurricane Dorian continues to remain nearly stationary this morning just north of Grand Bahama Island and should resume a slow northwestward movement later this morning. From later today into Wednesday, Hurricane Dorian should turn north-northwest and run parallel to the east coast of Florida as it picks up some forward speed and then it'll close in on the Carolina coastline by Thursday. After that, Hurricane Dorian will likely pass well to the east of the Mid-Atlantic coastline from Thursday night into Friday with its greatest impact limited to coastal sections of New Jersey and Delaware. As Hurricane Dorian has been nearly stationary over the past day or so, upwelling has increased underneath its center and this has brought cooler waters to the sea surface. In turn, the cooler sea surface temperatures have resulted in a weakening of the hurricane from a category 5 system to category 3 now with max sustained winds at 120 mph. Much cooler air arrives here later this week and it'll stay rather pleasant heading into the upcoming weekend.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Perspecta, Inc.
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