[su_box title=” Weekend Outlook Update Thursday 7 PM” box_color=”#defcdc” title_color=”#000000″]Weekend Update – Like last weekend, it appears that the rain will arrive sometime mid to late Saturday afternoon. High near 49. Heavy rain Saturday night.
Rain ends during the [late] morning on Sunday. High temperatures about 63 Sunday, but some statistical models are suggesting 67! Updates Friday evening. [/su_box]
The overall weather pattern for Philadelphia over the next two weeks is for below average temperatures (average high about 49) with at least one 3 day warmup occurring over the coming weekend.
Low pressure will bring a southwesterly flow of mild air for Saturday and especially Sunday. The statistical EKDMOS has a high of 60 for Sunday while the NBM shows a high of 58!
Unfortunately, there’s a high probability of rain for Saturday, but Sunday afternoon may be dry. Too soon to be sure. Stay tuned.
[su_box title=”Saturday Update 9 AM” box_color=”#defcdc” title_color=”#000000″]While the GFS LAMPS maintains high chance of rain arriving by 12-2 PM, the recent runs of the NBM show a slightly later arrival of the rain: 1-3 PM. A small change.[/su_box]
Cold high pressure move off to the east. A disturbance approaching from the southwest will bring rain and milder temperatures on Saturday,
Saturday will start cloudy and temperatures will rise from below freezing into the low 40s by 1PM. Arriving with the milder temperatures will be rain. The rain may arrive as early as 12-2 PM. The rain will become heavy late afternoon into the evening. Temperatures continue to rise into the 40s.
The low pressure system that brought us the rain will be gone before daybreak Sunday. Sunday will be partly sunny and a bit warmer than average for this time of year. High 52. (Average high about 50).
Outlook: Rainy on Monday and another outbreak of cold air expected by Tuesday, although not as cold as we’ve had the past few days.
