6:00 AM | *Two cold fronts will present our best chance in quite awhile for some rainfall in the Mid-Atlantic region...late in the week and early this weekend*
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the Philadelphia, PA metro region
Today
Mainly sunny, comfortably warm, highs in the upper 70’s (normal high at PHL is 83 degrees); Light and variable winds
Tonight
Partly cloudy, cool, lows in the low-to-mid 50’s
Wednesday
Mainly sunny, pleasantly warm, near 80 degrees for afternoon highs
Wednesday Night
Mainly clear, cool, mid-to-upper 50’s for late night lows
Thursday
Partly sunny, warm, breezy, more humid, chance of late day and/or nighttime showers and thunderstorms, low-to-mid 80’s
Friday
Mainly cloudy, warm, humid, chance of showers, maybe a thunderstorm, lower 80’s
Saturday
Mainly sunny, warm, chance of showers, near 80 degrees
Sunday
Mainly sunny, nice, mid-to-upper 70’s
Discussion
The comfortable and dry weather pattern that we’ve been experiencing in recent days will continue into the mid-week with large high pressure remaining in control of the northeastern part of the nation. A cold front will push through the region from late Thursday night into early Friday and then a secondary cold front arrives late Saturday. These two fronts will present our best chance in awhile for some rain in the Mid-Atlantic late in the week and early this weekend. High pressure takes control of the weather for the second half of the weekend as another cooler-than-normal air mass reaches the northeastern part of the country.
One final note, the month of August ended up with an average temperature of 2 degrees below-normal at Philly Int’l Airport (PHL). Temperatures for the month of August measured in Chester County, PA were the 6th chilliest in 132 years (back to 1893).
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather