7:00 AM | *Florence now bashing the Carolinas...an impact here early next week**
Paul Dorian
6-Day Philadelphia Forecast
Today
Mainly cloudy and humid with patchy fog and some drizzle this morning, chance of afternoon isolated showers, highs in the mid-to-upper 70’s
Tonight
Mainly cloudy and mild with chance of showers, patchy fog possible late, lows in the mid-to-upper 60’s
Saturday
Partly sunny, warm, upper 70’s for afternoon highs
Saturday Night
Partly cloudy, mild, mid 60’s for overnight lows
Sunday
Mainly sunny, warm, near 80 degrees
Monday
Partly sunny, becoming breezy, warm, humid, chance of showers and thunderstorms at night, upper 70’s
Tuesday
Mainly cloudy, windy, warm, humid, occasional showers and thunderstorms likely, some of the rain can be heavy, upper 70’s
Wednesday
Becoming mainly sunny, breezy, warm, upper 70’s
Discussion
Florence has made landfall near Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina as a category 1 hurricane and it will crawl along the coastline over the next 24 hours. This slow movement will lead to an extended period of heavy rainfall and strong winds for coastal sections of the Carolinas and some spots will see more than 20 inches of rainfall. Florence will push inland this weekend and cross over South Carolina in a weakened state and begin a looping process which will begin with an acceleration to the northwest and then to the northeast. Florence will finally push off the Northeast US coastline by the middle of next week and the Atlantic Basin tropical scene may become relatively quiet for awhile. However, after this possible break in the action, the tropical scene is likely to become more active again during the latter part of September and for part of October. As far as the DC-to-Philly-to-NYC corridor is concerned with respect to the remains of Florence, an impact here will take place in the Monday night/Tuesday time frame with some heavy rainfall and strong wind gusts.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Perspecta, Inc.
perspectaweather.com