7:00 AM | Next few days will feature summer-like temperatures well up in the 80's...turning cooler this weekend with a shower threat each day

6-Day Philadelphia Forecast

Today

Mainly sunny, breezy, quite warm, highs in the mid 80’s

Tonight

Mainly clear, mild, lows in the lower 60’s

Thursday

Mainly sunny, quite breezy and very warm, cannot rule out a late day or nighttime shower or thunderstorm, mid-to-upper 80’s for afternoon highs

Thursday Night

Mainly cloudy, quite mild, chance of an isolated shower or thunderstorm, mid 60’s for overnight lows

Friday

Becoming mainly cloudy, still very warm, chance of showers and thunderstorms later in the day or at night, mid-to-upper 80’s

Saturday

Partly sunny, not as warm, chance of showers, mid 70’s

Sunday

Partly sunny, a bit cooler, chance of showers, lower 70's

Monday

Partly sunny, even cooler, upper 60’s

Discussion

A major warm up began in the Mid-Atlantic region on Tuesday afternoon after a cool start to the day and it’ll continue right through the rest of the work week. In fact, temperatures today, tomorrow and Friday should reach well into the 80's in the DC-to-Philly-to-NYC corridor and there may be a few spots that flirt with the 90 degree mark for highs. There will also be a noticeable SW breeze at times over the next few days on the back side of strong high pressure over the western Atlantic. A weak cool front could generate spotty showers and thunderstorms around here late Friday/Friday night and the weekend will turn cooler with the chance of showers on both days. Elsewhere, it has been a slow tornado season so far this year across the central and southern Plains, but there could be a widespread severe weather outbreak later today as a clash develops in that part of the country between very warm, humid advancing northward from the Gulf of Mexico air and a cold air mass sliding eastward across the southwestern US.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Vencore, Inc.
vencoreweather.com