7:00 AM | ****Heavy rain and powerful winds from later today into early Friday...power outages on the table...much colder air mass blasts into the region on Friday****
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania metro region
Today
Mainly cloudy, becoming very windy and much milder, periods of rain mainly after noon, some of the rain can become heavy at times by the end of the afternoon and there can be a late day thunderstorm, highs late in the day near 60 degrees
Tonight
Periods of rain, heavy at times, a possible thunderstorm or two, very windy, temperatures holding at mild levels in the 50's
Friday
Heavy rain and a possible thunderstorm early in the morning then remaining mainly cloudy, windy and turning sharply colder, a mid-day or afternoon snow shower or two possible, temperatures plunge to near the freezing mark by late in the day
Friday Night
Mainly clear, quite cold, upper teens for late night lows
Saturday
Mainly sunny, very cold, near 30 degrees
Sunday
Mainly sunny, still quite cold, mid-to-upper 30’s
Monday
Mainly cloudy, chilly, chance of rain and/or snow showers, lower 40’s
Tuesday
Mainly sunny, breezy, colder, low-to-mid 30’s
Discussion
A powerful cold front will barrel towards the eastern seaboard from later today into early Friday and it’ll bring some wild weather to the Mid-Atlantic/Northeast US. Ahead of the front, heavy rains, possible thunderstorms and potentially damaging winds will develop and raise the prospects for localized flooding and power outages. It’ll become much milder as well today with temperatures soaring to the 60 degree mark by late in the day in the Philly metro region. On the back side of the front, temperatures will plunge on Friday from their mild early morning highs to near freezing by later in the afternoon. Any standing water on untreated surfaces that is left behind by the heavy rain event could freeze-up in a hurry on Friday as temperatures take a plunge. The cold air mass will stick around into the weekend with temperatures on Saturday struggling to reach the freezing mark.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Perspecta, Inc.
perspectaweather.com