Heat wave ends in Philadelphia, stormy weather moves in Thursday. Here's the forecast.
We made it! After several record-breaking days with excessive heat in the Philadelphia region, including the first day with temperatures above 100 degrees in nearly 13 years, we've turned the corner. Temperatures will be back down into the reasonable range for this time of year.
Expect temperatures to be back into the mid-upper 80s for many locations around the Delaware Valley on Thursday as a front from the northeast moves in, drawing in more cloud cover and the chance for pop-up showers and storms.
There is a chance of scattered showers and storms starting around noon, and then another threat for thunderstorms later on this evening into tonight.
The Storm Prediction Center has much of the area under a non-severe thunderstorm risk. Parts of our region including Delaware, areas of South Jersey along the Delaware River and Bay, and Philadelphia, Delaware and Chester counties in Pennsylvania are under a level 1 risk of severe weather with the potential for gusty winds.
Friday is much cooler and cloudy, with highs struggling to rise through the 70s. While it looks a bit cloudy and dreary, it'll be some nice relief from the heat.
Then we have more seasonable early summer weather to look ahead to for the weekend, although the pattern will remain quite unstable with passing showers and storms possible each day.
Here's your 7-day forecast:
Thursday: Scattered storms. High 86, Low 77.
Friday: Much cooler. High 73, Low 67.
Saturday: P.m. thunderstorm. High 86, Low 68.
Sunday: P.m. thunderstorm. High 90, Low 74.
Monday: Scattered storms. High 91, Low 74.
Tuesday: Scattered storms. High 92, Low 76.
Wednesday: Mostly sunny. High 87, Low 73.
