7:00 AM | ***All eyes on "Elsa" as it crosses northern Florida later today and heads towards the eastern seaboard***
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania metro region
Today
Mainly sunny, hot and humid, chance of showers and thunderstorms late in the afternoon, any storm that forms can be on the strong side, highs in the lower 90’s; SW winds at 5-10 mph
Tonight
Mainly cloudy in the evening with a chance of showers and thunderstorms, any storm that forms can be on the strong side, partly cloudy late, mild, muggy, lows near 70 degrees
Thursday
Partly sunny, warm, humid, chance of showers and thunderstorms; especially, later in the day, upper 80’s for afternoon highs
Thursday Night
Mainly cloudy, mild, muggy, breezy, good chance of showers and thunderstorms, some of the rain can be heavy depending on the movement of “Elsa”, near 70 degrees for late night lows
Friday
Partly sunny, warm, humid, breezy, chance of showers and thunderstorms, some of the AM rain can be heavy depending on the movement of “Elsa”, mid 80’s
Saturday
Mainly sunny, warm, middle 80’s
Sunday
Partly sunny, warm, chance of showers and thunderstorms, lower 80’s
Monday
Partly sunny, warm, chance of showers and thunderstorms, mid 80’s
Discussion
“Elsa” is now a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 65 mph and will make landfall later this morning on the northern Gulf coast of Florida. It will then cross the northern part of the Sunshine State and reach the Georgia/South Carolina border region by early tomorrow. After that, “Elsa” will turn to the northeast and through the eastern states likely reaching the Delmarva Peninsula region by early Friday enhancing the chance for showers/storms and heavy rainfall in the DC-to-Philly-to-NYC corridor. From there, the remains of “Elsa” could move to eastern New England by later Friday and then to near Nova Scotia (Canada) by early Saturday.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Peraton
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