7:00 AM | ***Hurricane Dorian returns to "major" status...to pound the coastal Carolinas today and impact the Mid-Atlantic on Friday similar to a "nor'easter"***
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the Philadelphia metro region
Today
Much cooler today with mainly cloudy skies, highs in the mid 70’s
Tonight
Mainly cloudy, cool, chance of showers late, lows in the upper 50’s
Friday
Still quite cool with mainly cloudy skies, periods of rain likely, windy, lower 70’s for afternoon highs
Friday Night
Mainly cloudy, quite cool, breezy, chance of rain, mid 50’s for overnight lows
Saturday
Mainly sunny, comfortable, mid-to-upper 70’s
Sunday
Mainly sunny, still pleasant, upper 70’s
Monday
Partly sunny, nice, mid 70’s
Tuesday
Partly sunny, still nice, mid 70’s
Discussion
Hurricane Dorian has regained enough strength in the overnight hours to be re-classifed as a "major" (category 3) storm. It is moving slowly to the north at only 8 mph near the coastline of South Carolina with maximum sustained winds at 115 mph. Hurricane Dorian will have a significant impact today and tonight on the coastal Carolinas in places like Charleston, South Carolina and Wilmington and the Outer Banks in North Carolina. On Friday, Hurricane Dorian will become increasingly influenced by an advancing trough of low pressure over the Great Lakes and this will cause it to accelerate to the northeast and well to the east of the Mid-Atlantic region. However, its impact will still be felt in the Mid-Atlantic on Friday as Hurricane Dorian becomes "post-tropical" and, in many ways, it'll be just like a "nor'easter". There will be some rain and wind across the region on Friday with the greatest impacts of the storm along coastal sections of New Jersey and Delaware where tropical storm force (northeast direction) winds of 30-50 mph are possible and there can be some coastal flooding as well. All of this clears out of here by the weekend which should be very comfortable for this time of year.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Perspecta, Inc.
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