6:00 AM | **Another cooler-than-normal day with an onshore flow of air...Hurricane Erin curves away from the coast next few days, but brings rip currents, rough surf to coastal sections**
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the Philadelphia, PA metro region
Today
Clouds and limited sun, cooler-than-normal, maybe a shower or two, highs in the middle 70’s; E-NE winds around 5-15 mph
Tonight
Mainly cloudy, cool, maybe a shower or two, lows near 60 degrees
Wednesday
More clouds than sun, a bit warmer, chance of PM showers and thunderstorms, near 80 degrees for afternoon highs
Wednesday Night
Mainly cloudy, mild, maybe a shower or thunderstorm, lower 60’s for late night lows
Thursday
Partly sunny, quite breezy, on the cool side, maybe a shower or two, mid-to-upper 70’s
Friday
Mainly sunny, comfortable, near 80 degrees
Saturday
Mainly sunny, nice, lower 80’s
Sunday
Partly sunny, comfortable temperatures, chance of showers, lower 80’s
Discussion
High pressure to our north will continue to produce an ocean flow of air around here for the next couple of days helping to keep temperatures cooler-than-normal for this time of year. It’ll be somewhat unsettled as well with an isolated shower from time-to-time through tonight and then they’ll be a chance of showers and thunderstorms from tomorrow afternoon into tomorrow night associated with an upper-level trough of low pressure.
Hurricane Erin - now a category 3 storm - will curve away from the east coast during the next couple of days partly as a result of this incoming upper-level trough and by Thursday, it’ll begin to race to the northeast towards the open waters of the North Atlantic. Despite Erin’s track well to our east, rip currents and rough surf will be a problem along coastal sections during the next few days and there can be some beach erosion and flooding at times. A second high pressure system takes control of the weather for the latter part of the week and beginning of the weekend with nice weather and comfortable temperatures expected on Friday and Saturday.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather