7:00 AM | **Hurricane Idalia makes landfall as a "major"...remnants to push to the Carolina coastline before high pressure halts its northward advance**

6-Day forecast for the Philadelphia, PA metro region

Today

Mainly cloudy this morning with showers likely before mid-morning; gradual clearing for the mid-day and afternoon hours, warm, highs in the lower 80’s; SW winds around 5-10 mph in the morning; NW winds around 5-10 mph in the afternoon

Tonight

Partly cloudy and turning cooler, lows in the upper 50’s

Thursday

Partly sunny, breezy, comfortable, mid 70’s for afternoon highs

Thursday Night             

Mainly clear, cool, mid 50’s for late night lows

Friday

Mainly sunny, pleasant, breezy, mid-to-upper 70’s

Saturday

Mainly sunny, a bit warmer, near 80 degrees

Sunday

Mainly sunny, even warmer, mid 80’s

Monday

Mainly sunny, quite warm, near 90 degrees

Discussion              

Hurricane Idalia makes landfall this morning as a “major” along Florida’s Gulf coast and will push to the northeast over the next 24-36 hours likely reaching the Carolina coastline by early Thursday. High pressure to our west will build into the Northeast US in this same 24-36 hour time period halting any northward advance of Idalia past the state of North Carolina. This same high pressure system will stay in control of the weather here in the Mid-Atlantic region for the remainder of the week providing us with comfortable temperatures as we end the month of August.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather