PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — It’s a type of days the place you will not need to get off the bed – it is raining within the Philadelphia area, and we’re anticipating it to rain by way of the day, the primary of two rounds of rain to shut out this week.
A light-weight rain goes to fall by way of the day Thursday and into Friday morning. Locally dense fog will proceed by way of the day and into tonight.
Here’s how the fog regarded round 9 a.m. in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania:
Normally, we are able to see a panorama in that shot!
Across the area, visibility was decreased because of the thick fog. We noticed readings of 0.8 miles in Philadelphia, 0.5 in Wilmington, 1 mile in Trenton and 0.5 in Mount Pocono.
The fog is a bit clearer towards the Jersey Shore and central Delaware. But it is best to make use of warning whereas driving, enable further house between your automotive and the automotive in entrance of you, and doubtless not an awesome day for long-distance archery apply or birdwatching.
This rain then clears out Friday afternoon into Saturday. We’re anticipating between a half inch to a few quarters of an inch of rain to fall, unfold out over a number of hours.
This is a light-weight rain, although we did have some packed snow lingering on the bottom that’s getting melted by the rain – there could also be some puddles, ponding or minor flooding points – however no main flooding is predicted in our area.
Otherwise, it is an unseasonably heat Thursday with a excessive of 53 in Philadelphia. Friday is even hotter, with a excessive of 60 levels.
We’ll see some solar and delicate temperatures Saturday morning. After that, we’re taking a look at one other spherical of rain Saturday evening into Sunday.
Sunday evening, colder air is available in as rain continues to fall. Some of us, primarily within the far north and west of the area just like the Poconos, might see rain change over to wintry combine or snow Sunday evening into Monday morning.
Here’s your 7-day forecast:
Thursday: Rounds of rain. High 53
Friday: AM bathe, heat. High 60, Low 48
Saturday: Partly sunny. High 54, Low 44
Sunday: Chilly rain. High 44, Low 42
Monday: Mostly cloudy. High 40, Low 35
Tuesday: Some solar. High 41, Low 28
Wednesday: Seasonable. High 43, Low 30