7:00 AM | ***Severe weather a threat later today/early tonight...comfortable weather arrives on Friday and continues for much of next week***
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania metro region
Today
Mainly cloudy, warm, a few early morning showers are likely and maybe an AM thunderstorm, additional showers and thunderstorms are likely this afternoon, any afternoon thunderstorm can be severe with heavy rain, hail and even isolated tornadoes, highs in the lower 80’s; S-SE winds at 5-10 mph
Tonight
Evening showers and thunderstorms likely, some of the storms can be severe with heavy rain, hail and even isolated tornadoes, mainly cloudy skies early, partly cloudy late, lows in the mid-to-upper 60’s
Friday
Mainly sunny, breezy with gusts to 20 mph, comfortable temperatures and lowering humidity levels, lower 80’s for afternoon highs
Friday Night
Mainly clear and becoming downright cool after midnight and on the last day of July, mid-to-upper 50’s for late night lows
Saturday
Mainly sunny, nice, near 80 degrees
Sunday
Partly sunny, comfortable, chance of showers and thunderstorms, near 80 degrees
Monday
Mainly sunny, nice, lower 80’s
Tuesday
Partly sunny, still pretty comfortable, chance of shwoers, lower 80’s
Discussion
The overall weather pattern is evolving to one that will bring very comfortable air to the Philly metro region as we end the month of July and begin the month of August, but it may a rough time getting to that point with severe weather a threat later today and early tonight. A complex of severe thunderstorms blasted through Wisconsin in the overnight hours from northwest-to-southeast and this line will play a key role later today in the Mid-Atlantic region. Indeed, there is the potential for severe weather to include all the parameters from hail-to-heavy rain-to-tornadoes. Following the passage of a strong cold frontal system, very comfortable air will push in on Friday and the comfortable weather pattern will last through much of next week as well – the first full week of August.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
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