7:00 AM | **Temperatures to climb to near 90 today...hottest stretch comes Friday through Sunday...an increasing chance of showers and storms...little relief next week**
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the Philadelphia, PA metro region
Today
Mainly sunny, very warm, more humid, highs near 90 degrees; S-SW winds around 5 mph
Tonight
Partly cloudy, mild, muggy, lows in the mid-to-upper 60’s
Friday
Mainly sunny, hot, humid, chance of PM showers and thunderstorms, low-to-mid 90’s for afternoon highs
Friday Night
Partly cloudy, mild, muggy, chance of evening showers and thunderstorms, near 70 degrees for late night lows
Saturday
Mainly sunny, hot, humid, chance of PM showers and thunderstorms, low-to-mid 90’s
Sunday
Partly sunny, hot, humid, chance of PM showers and thunderstorms, middle 90’s
Monday
Partly sunny, very warm, chance of showers and thunderstorms, near 90 degrees
Tuesday
Partly sunny, very warm, near 90 degrees
Discussion
Temperatures today should peak near the 90 degree mark for afternoon highs and then likely well up in the 90’s on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday which will be the hottest stretch during this heat spell. A few different frontal systems will bring an increasing chance of showers and thunderstorms to the region on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday with the best chance likely late in the weekend at which time a cool front will be approaching from the northwest. Any thunderstorm that forms in this hot stretch can produce heavy rainfall and locally damaging wind gusts. The late weekend cool front gets hung up in the region early next week suggesting any relief is going to be minimal. In fact, high temperatures should climb to the 90 degree mark on Monday and Tuesday and probably into the 90’s by mid-week.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather