One More Record Run

Another day of near or breaking record heat is soon upon us.   Temperatures today will be a couple of degrees higher than yesterday when the thermometer topped out at 97 in Philadelphia.   Could we see 100 in Philadelphia?   It's going to be a close call but we're predicting 99 in the city, which would squeak past the record high of 98 set back in 1933.   '33 is a common theme as many of today's records are from that year.   The easiest of the records today is in Wilmington at 96.

Relief is on the way, however, with a cold front about to slide east.  Temperatures yesterday afternoon were 30-40 degrees cooler in Minnesota than they were on Tuesday, when many places were over 100 degrees.   The Minnesota level of relief will not get here, however, as the front stalls out nearby.   However, temperatures by Saturday will be some 15-20 degrees cooler than they will be later on today and those morning temperatures we experience heading out the door to work will probably turn out close to the high for Saturday.    With the front stalling nearby we'll have thunderstorms to deal with...but I think for many of us having thunderstorms is a better thing to deal with than having temperatures near 100?