6:15 AM | *Remains hot and sticky next couple of days with the chance of showers and thunderstorms*

6-Day forecast for the Philadelphia, PA metro region

Today

Clouds and patchy fog early then partial sun for the mid-day and afternoon, chance of showers and thunderstorms at anytime during the day, any thunderstorm can be strong and produce locally heavy rainfall, becoming hot, very humid, highs in the lower 90’s; SW winds around 5-10 mph

Tonight

Mostly cloudy, mild, muggy, chance of showers and thunderstorms, any thunderstorm can be strong and produce locally heavy rainfall, lows in the low-to-mid 70’s

Saturday

Partly sunny, very warm, humid, chance of showers and thunderstorms, near 90 degrees for afternoon highs

Saturday Night             

Mostly cloudy, mild, muggy, chance of showers and thunderstorms, near 70 degrees for late night lows

Sunday

Partly sunny, very warm, near 90 degrees

Monday

Partly sunny, very warm, near 90 degrees

Tuesday

Partly sunny, quite warm, chance of showers and thunderstorms, near 90 degrees

Wednesday

Mainly cloudy, not quite as warm, chance of showers and thunderstorms, middle 80’s

Discussion

High pressure will remain east of here through the weekend and a couple of frontal systems will generate some instability in the atmosphere. As a result, it’ll remain hot and sticky for the next couple of days and there is the threat for showers and thunderstorms both today and on Saturday. Any thunderstorm that forms can be strong and produce locally heavy rainfall. It quiets down a bit for Sunday and Monday and overall rain chances will diminish somewhat.

Elsewhere, Hurricane Beryl is now a category 2 storm and it will cross the Yucatan Peninsula today. The movement over land will likely weaken Beryl to tropical storm status and then it could strengthen this weekend -even back to hurricane levels - as it pushes over the warm waters of the southwestern Gulf of Mexico. A turn to the NW late this weekend could bring landfall on Sunday night/early Monday to the southern part of Texas.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather