Showery Start, Cooler Today

A cool front bisects the region this morning, with rain on the western side of the region and dry (for now) east.   Temperatures early this morning range from the warmer 60's along and east of I-95 to the 50's...and even 40's west of the city as areas of showers and light rain spread northeast along and just west of the front.   This morning will feature a cooling trend for folks in the city and east as the front will gradually ooze east and showers will gradually lift northeast.

Off and on rain will continue into the afternoon before ending from west to east.   Expect about a quarter inch of rain in many spots, with some totals nudging a bit higher to the north and west of town.  

Temperatures may recover some later this afternoon if some sun manages to pop through the cloud cover this afternoon, with some low 60's possible in the city and south later on today if that manages to be the case.   Regardless, it will be a good 20-25 degrees cooler in many locations as this front puts an end to a rather short, but noticeable warm up.

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Tonight's Storms Primer

A warm afternoon across the Delaware Valley will give way to a rather warm night -- with temperatures hard pressed to drop below 60 in many locations overnight as increasing clouds and gusty winds from the south help maintain warmth through the Delaware Valley.   Radar is showing a couple of bands of thunderstorms across Pennsylvania -- generally across Northern and Western Pennsylvania -- ahead of the cold front that is still back in Ohio.  Those thunderstorms...and the ones along the front...are moving northeast and it will take much of the night for the storms to reach the Philadelphia region.

Radar simulation from the Storm Prediction Center is suggesting storms should not reach the Philadelphia region until the early morning -- generally after 2 AM in Berks and the Lehigh Valley, after 4 AM in the Philadelphia region.   Thunderstorms will bring gusty winds with them -- perhaps to over 50 mph in the strongest of storms and a few severe warnings can't be ruled out late tonight or early tomorrow morning.

Storms will move through until midday -- ending from west to east.   The warmth that will last through the night will end quickly tomorrow morning with the frontal boundary crossing the region.   Temperatures will drop from the lower 60's to perhaps the middle and upper 40's before temperatures rebound somewhat in the afternoon hours as the sun tries to return.    Our "Spring Fling" will be short lived...and end with a rumbling.

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