7:00 AM | *Decent start to the week...unsettled for the second half...tropics come to life*

6-Day forecast for the Philadelphia, PA metro region

Today

Mainly sunny, warm, highs in the mid 80’s; SE winds around 5 mph

Tonight

Becoming mainly cloudy, mild, chance of showers late, lows in the lower 60’s

Tuesday

Partly sunny, warm, lower 80’s for afternoon highs

Tuesday Night             

Mainly cloudy, mild, near 60 degrees for late night lows

Wednesday

Mainly cloudy, comfortable temperatures, chance of showers late, near 75 degrees

Thursday

Mainly cloudy, still comfortable temperatures, chance of showers, mid 70’s

Friday

Mainly cloudy, warm, chance of showers and thunderstorms, near 80 degrees

Saturday

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

Discussion              

High pressure builds southward into the northern Mid-Atlantic for the next couple of days and then the weather will get unsettled for much of the second half of the week.  Low pressure and a large area of moisture will dominate the scene in the southeastern states later this week and this system can spread showers to the north at times into the Mid-Atlantic region.  Elsewhere, the tropical scene has come to life in the eastern Atlantic and a couple systems will have to be monitored in coming days. The front running system is very likely to intensify into at least tropical storm status over the next few days, but it is unknown whether its ultimate path will take it to the Caribbean Sea or if it will shift to the north and east of the Windward Islands. The second system has a smaller chance of intensifying into tropical storm status.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather