7:00 AM | **Soaking rain later today into early Thursday...cold blast arrives on Thursday as we transition to the month of April**
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania metro region
Today
Mainly cloudy, quite breezy and mild, nothing more than a shower or two in the morning and mid-day, periods of rain later this afternoon, some of the rain can be heavy at times late in the day, maybe an afternoon thunderstorm, highs in the mid 60’s, S winds at 10-15 mph
Tonight
Periods of rain in the evening, some of the rain can be heavy at times, showers after midnight, breezy and turning colder towards morning, lows late in the upper 30’s
Thursday
Windy and much colder with mainly cloudy skies, rain and/or snow showers possible, mid 40’s for highs
Thursday Night
Partly cloudy, windy, quite cold, upper 20’s for late night lows
Friday
Mainly sunny, windy, cold, lower 40’s
Saturday
Mainly sunny, a bit milder, low-to-mid 50’s
Sunday
Mainly sunny, even milder, low-to-mid 60’s
Monday
Mainly sunny, mild, lower 60’s
Discussion
Soaking rain is headed to the region for later today into early Thursday as a strong cold front closes in from the northwest. Low pressure will form along the advancing frontal boundary zone and it will intensify as it pushes fairly rapidly to the northeast from the Mid-Atlantic region to northern New England by early tomorrow. Following the passage of the cold front, an impressive cold blast will push in on Thursday and winds will become quite strong from a northwesterly direction. Accumulating snow is likely with this cold blast across the interior sections of the Mid-Atlantic/Northeast US from West Virginia to northern New England and there can even be some morning snow or snow shower activity into the immediate I-95 corridor. Temperatures late tomorrow night and again late Friday night are likely to fall to or just below the freezing mark and this can have an impact on some sensitive plants. Looking ahead, the abnormal late week chill will ease as we progress through the upcoming Easter weekend.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Perspecta, Inc.
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