Daily Archives: Wednesday, December 23, 2015 10:41 pm

Philadelphia Area Weather Forecasts

Weather Update

We are still on track for record breaking temperatures Thursday, Christmas Eve, with rain returning by evening.  High about 75 in Philadelphia.   If we get any sunshine tomorrow, we would go much warmer.

Cloudy, wet and warm will be the general trend through next Tuesday.  (A break in the rain Christmas Day.)

Seasonably cold weather returns around New Year’s Eve.

Most interesting is that the GFS has resumed suggesting a possible snow storm in the January 4-6th timeframe.  Way too far off to really take this seriously, but this is the second time the long range GFS has suggested this possibility in this timeframe.

Updated 12/24 6 PM:

It looks like the extreme record high temperatures predicted were NOT reached in Philadelphia  today.   It looks like we “only” reached 71 at PHL airport.

Some of the timing for the upcoming precipitation has changed a bit for the weekend.  Will update on Friday.

Philadelphia Weather Outlook

Philly Christmas Weekend Outlook

A slowly advancing warm front is bringing very wet weather to our area today and  should taper off on Thursday.  Thursday should be dryer, but  it’s still possible that we would have a few showers. Temperatures are expected to be in the 70s and likely recordbreaking. The frontal boundary pushes south of us again on Friday allowing for a period of drier weather, but it’s not clear how much sun we will get on Friday.

On Saturday the front pushes  north of us again with some increased chances of rain and those chances of showers linger through Sunday.   It’s possible we’ll get some bright skies and maybe even some sunshine,  but the odds are against it and timing  will be difficult.

Basically cloudy,  mild and wet weather will be with us through next Tuesday.

The first chance of near normal cold weather is New Years Day.