7:00 AM | ***The hottest stretch of weather so far this season begins in earnest this weekend and lasts into the middle of next week***
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the Philadelphia, PA metro region
Today
Mainly cloudy, warm, more humid, chance of showers and thunderstorms, highs in the mid-to-upper 80’s
Tonight
Mostly cloudy in the evening with an isolated shower or thunderstorm possible, partly cloudy late with patchy fog possible, mild, muggy, lows near 70 degrees
Saturday
Mainly sunny, becoming hot, humid, slight chance of showers and thunderstorms, lower 90’s for afternoon highs
Saturday Night
Mainly cloudy, mild, muggy, slight chance of showers and thunderstorms, mild, muggy, lower 70’s for overnight lows
Sunday
Mainly sunny, quite hot, humid, slight chance of showers and thunderstorms, mid-to-upper 90’s
Monday
Mainly sunny, quite hot, humid, chance of showers and thunderstorms, mid-to-upper 90’s
Tuesday
Partly sunny, hot, humid, chance of showers and thunderstorms, lower 90’s
Wednesday
Partly sunny, hot, humid, chance of showers and thunderstorms, near 90 degrees
Discussion
A frontal system that limped through the area last night will now stall along the east coast and this will result in a continuing chance of showers and thunderstorms through tonight. In addition, high pressure over the Northeast US in recent days has pushed off the east coast and this will open the door for hot and humid air to move into the Mid-Atlantic/Northeast US this weekend. In fact, the hottest stretch of weather so far this season is coming to the DC-to-Philly-to-NYC-to-Boston corridor with highs well up in the 90’s by later in the weekend and also during the early part of next week. It’ll be humid as well during this coming hot stretch with the daily chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Perspecta, Inc.
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