Bouncing Around

Today's high temperature of 63 degrees in Philadelphia is the first foray into the 60's in a week, coming seven days after a 69 degree burst in Philadelphia and just days after picking up 6" of snow.  Nothing like the wild ride of late winter -- going from record warmth to snow to severe weather all in a week's time.    With another 60 degree day looming on Monday to close out meteorological winter, it looks likely that we'll have one month of above average temperatures (February) for this winter but that we'll end up below average overall for December-February.

Today's squall line brought some damage but the worst impact came on the heels of today's squall -- winds gusting to 66 mph in Lewes, DE and 63 mph in Philadelphia -- enough to cause damage in a number of locations around the region, including in Atlantic City where some damage occurred to billboards near the Boardwalk.   In the wake of the squall, temperatures dropped 15 degrees between 3 and 5 PM in Philadelphia (from 58 to 43).  In Pottstown, the drop was 16 degrees between 3 and 5 PM (57 to 41).

By the way, no record highs today in the region -- Philadelphia's record high is 79 degrees from 1930.