6:00 AM | **Scattered showers and thunderstorms later today...numerous showers and thunderstorms from tonight into tomorrow night with an inch or more of rainfall on the table**
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the Philadelphia, PA metro region
Today
Patchy fog early today; otherwise, mainly cloudy skies, warm, humid, scattered afternoon showers, maybe a late day thunderstorm, highs in the lower 80’s; Light and variable winds
Tonight
Mainly cloudy, mild, muggy, showers and thunderstorms are likely, lows in the middle 60’s
Thursday
Mainly cloudy, mild, muggy, showers and thunderstorms likely, upper 70’s for afternoon highs
Thursday Night
Mainly cloudy, mild, showers likely, maybe a thunderstorm, lower 60’s for late night lows
Friday
Partly sunny, mild, chance of PM showers, upper 70’s
Saturday
Clouds and limited sun, mild, maybe a couple of showers, mid-to-upper 70’s
Sunday
More clouds than sun, warm, upper 70’s
Monday
Partly sunny, comfortable, middle 70’s
Discussion
A cold frontal system will inch its way across the region today and stall out just to our south before pushing back to the north later tomorrow as a warm front. Low pressure will develop in the Ohio Valley on Thursday and push towards the northeastern states riding along the frontal boundary zone. Another cold front slides through at week’s end to be followed by high pressure which will gradually build back into the region during the upcoming weekend.
As a result of this combination of fronts and low pressure systems, more rain is coming to the DC-to-Philly-to-NYC corridor and this looks like a soaking rain event with an inch or more on the table. Scattered showers and thunderstorms are likely later today and then numerous showers and thunderstorms are on the way for later tonight, tomorrow and tomorrow night. There can be a few lingering showers on Friday and Saturday with plenty of clouds around and it should be generally dry on Sunday and Monday (one caveat on the expected generally dry conditions on Sunday and Monday…we will need to keep our eyes on a couple of tropical systems that should be over the western Atlantic this weekend).
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather