7:00 AM | ***Still a good chance of showers and thunderstorms...some of the PM storms can be strong-to-severe and some of the rain will be heavy***
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the Philadelphia, PA metro region
Today
Mainly cloudy, warm, humid, a good chance of PM showers and thunderstorms, some of the storms can be strong-to-severe and some of the rain will be heavy, watch out for localized flash flooding, highs not far from 80 degrees; S-SW winds around 5-15 mph
Tonight
Showers and thunderstorms likely in the evening, some of the storms can be strong-to-severe, some of the rain can be heavy, watch out for localized flash flooding, mild, muggy, lows in the lower 60’s
Wednesday
Partly sunny, not quite as warm nor as humid, chance of showers and thunderstorms, upper 70’s for afternoon highs
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, mild, near 60 degrees for late night lows
Thursday
A break in the action…Mainly sunny, warm, lower 80’s
Friday
Partly sunny, warm, chance of showers and thunderstorms, mid 80’s
Saturday
Mainly cloudy, not as warm, chance of showers and thunderstorms, near 80 degrees
Sunday
Mainly cloudy, warm, chance of showers and thunderstorms, low-to-mid 80’s
Discussion
Quite a wild night across southeastern PA with multiple strong-to-severe thunderstorms and torrential rainfall. At the peak of the event, there were as many as 80,000 people without power across the southeastern part of the state with many of them back on the grid early this morning. The very unsettled weather pattern will continue today in the Mid-Atlantic region as low pressure from the Great Lakes edges to the south and east along with a slow-moving cool frontal system. As a result, more showers and thunderstorms are likely from this afternoon into early tonight. Some of the PM storms can reach strong-to-severe levels and some of the rain can be heavy…watch out for localized flash flooding. Weak high pressure will attempt to improve conditions later Wednesday and Thursday limiting the chance of rain; however, the overall unsettled weather pattern will stay intact through the upcoming weekend with a renewed chance of showers and storms on Friday, Saturday and Sunday as a frontal system stalls in the area.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather