7:00 AM | *Powerful storm moving over the Ohio Valley to produce heavy rain, strong winds later today and early tonight along with possible strong-to-severe thunderstorms*

6-Day Philly Forecast

Today

Cloudy, increasingly windy and becoming milder with periods of rain, some of the rain can be heavy at times late in the day, thunderstorms are also possible late in the afternoon, highs in the mid-to-upper 50’s late

Tonight

Showers and possible thunderstorms, some of the rain will be heavy at times, gusty winds, mild, lows in the mid 40’s

Thursday

Mainly cloudy, windy, residual morning showers possible, mild early, turning colder late, low 50’s

Thursday Night

Mainly cloudy, windy, colder, snow showers possible, near 30 degrees

Friday

Mostly sunny, windy, cold, upper 30’s

Saturday

Mainly sunny, breezy, cold, near 40 degrees

Sunday

Mainly sunny, breezy, not as cold, near 50 degrees

Monday

Partly sunny, chilly, chance for showers, low 50's

Discussion

Low pressure over the Tennessee Valley this morning will rapidly intensify today and track northward through the Ohio Valley and towards the western part of New York State. This storm will generate periods of light-to-moderate rainfall around here over the next several hours, but the main action associated with this system will occur later today and early tonight. Specifically, the rain will fall heavily at times, the winds will become quite strong, and there can be some thunderstorm activity up and down the I-95 corridor. In fact, thunderstorms may actually reach severe levels late today/early tonight anywhere along the DC-to-Philly-to-NYC corridor containing torrential rainfall, damaging wind gusts, possible hail and even isolated tornadoes. Cold air returns in the wake of this storm by tomorrow night and there can be some snow shower activity to go along with colder, very windy conditions.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian

Vencore, Inc.