7:00 AM | *Not as warm today and drier air arrives for the start of the weekend...an active tropical scene*
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the Philadelphia, PA metro region
Today
Mainly cloudy, not as warm, but still quite humid, chance of few showers and thunderstorms, some of the rain can be breifly heavy, highs in the mid 80’s
Tonight
Partly cloudy with the chance of evening showers and thunderstorms, mild, becoming more comfortable, lows near 70 degrees towards daybreak
Saturday
Mainly sunny, very warm, but more comfortable humidity levels, cannot rule out an isolated shower or thunderstorm, upper 80’s for afternoon highs
Saturday Night
Mainly clear, mild, patchy fog possible late, near 70 degrees for overnight lows
Sunday
Mainly sunny, becoming breezy and rather hot, lower 90’s
Monday
Mainly sunny, hot, more humid, lower 90’s
Tuesday
Partly sunny, hot, humid, chance of showers and thunderstorms, lower 90’s
Wednesday
Partly sunny, not as warm, humid, chance of showers and thunderstorms, upper 80’s
Discussion
A cool frontal system will stall out for awhile today along the I-95 corridor and this can lead to the formation of a few more showers and thunderstorms. The front will slip to the southeast by later tonight and this will allow for drier air to move into the Mid-Atlantic region resulting in more comfortable conditions to start the weekend. It will, however, get quite warm on Saturday afternoon with highs near 90 degrees and then after high pressure pushes off the east coast later in the weekend, temperatures will likely climb into the 90’s for highs on Sunday and Monday. Meanwhile, the Atlantic Basin tropical scene remains quite active with Tropical Storm Hannah over the western Gulf of Mexico closing in on the Texas east coast and Tropical Storm Gonzalo churning to the west over the central Atlantic. This second system will likely end up pushing into the Caribbean Sea this weekend.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Perspecta, Inc.
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