7:00 AM | **"Fred" makes landfall...its tropical moisture field to push northward to the Tennessee Valley and Mid-Atlantic**

6-Day forecast for the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania metro region

Today

Mainly cloudy, still a bit cooler-than-normal for this time of year, but humid, chance of showers and thunderstorms, some of the late day rain can be heavy, highs in the lower 80’s; S-SE winds at 5-10 mph

Tonight

Mainly cloudy, mild, muggy, chance of showers and thunderstorms, some of the rain can be heavy, lows near 70 degrees

Wednesday

Mainly cloudy, warm, humid, chance of showers and thunderstorms, some of the rain can be heavy and some of the thunderstorms can be severe, lower 80’s for afternoon highs

Wednesday Night

Mainly cloudy with the chance of showers and thunderstorms, some of the rain can be heavy and some of the thunderstorms can be severe, mild, muggy, upper 60’s for late night lows

Thursday

Becoming partly sunny, warm, still the chance of showers and thunderstorms, low-to-mid 80’s

Friday

Partly sunny, warm, chance of showers and thunderstorms, low-to-mid 80's

Saturday

Partly sunny, warm, chance of showers and thunderstorms, mid 80’s

Sunday

Partly sunny, warm, chance of showers and thunderstorms, mid 80’s

Discussion

Tropical Storm “Fred” came ashore last evening in the western part of Florida and has since weakened into a tropical depression. This system will, however, continue to produce significant rainfall as it pushes northward along the Appalachian Mountains during the next 24-48 hours. The biggest impact in the Mid-Atlantic region will come later tomorrow into Thursday when significant rain can fall in some spots; especially, on the western side of Route I-95. In addition to the threat of some significant rain, there is the chance that thunderstorms at mid-week reach strong-to-severe levels with isolated tornadoes on the table in the Mid-Atlantic region. By later Thursday, the remnants of "Fred" will have passed by to the north, but the weather will remain somewhat unsettled going into the weekend. Elsewhere in the Atlantic Basin, Tropical Storm "Grace" is likely headed west towards the Yucatan Peninsula region of Mexico and Tropical Storm "Henri" will meander over the Atlantic Ocean in coming days not too far from the island of Bermuda.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Peraton
peratonweather.com