Weather Columnist: Showers threaten Fling plans on Thursday and Friday, but weather clear by Saturday
Students at Penn spend a year looking forward to Spring Fling, but weather forecasts suggest that the weekend may not go as hoped.
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Students at Penn spend a year looking forward to Spring Fling, but weather forecasts suggest that the weekend may not go as hoped.
A major winter storm is predicted to roll into Philadelphia on Monday and Tuesday.
Philadelphia has seen temperatures of 70 degrees or warmer four days this month. Seven days of the month have been warmer than 60 degrees — and it’s only February.
In the last 24 hours, we’ve seen rain and temperatures upwards of 60 degrees. Now, the possibility of six inches of snow or more is quite high.
We have seen little to no snow this winter season, but that may finally change on Thursday morning.
Philadelphia has three chances of snow between today and next weekend.
It’s that time of year again when weathermen and women around the country try to forecast how much snow and cold their respective cities will receive this upcoming winter. Although it may seem that many people just pick a number out of a hat and go with that as their snow total or look at a similar years and draw exact parallels between now and then, there is actually a complex science behind long-range forecasting.
A high pressure system has parked itself over the middle of the country after some showers moved through on Thursday. We are currently in need of rain, but Thursday's light rain did very little to help our drought situation.
Thursday will be the warmest at a high of 70 degrees.
This weekend marks the four year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, but this weekend's weather will be filled with anything but heavy wind and rain.
Highs will be mostly in the 50's.
This past week, Philadelphia has been engulfed by record warmth with temperatures soaring into the mid-80’s. That’s almost unheard of for this time of year, especially when the average high temperature is in the low-60’s.
Campus will feel more like August than October this week due to a high pressure system.
After a cool and wet weekend, a sunny forecast lies ahead this week.
Two weeks ago, a tropical disturbance formed in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Many forecasters were aware of its formation, but few put much thought into what it may become in just a week’s time.
The wet weather from the last several days is finally on its way out as the low pressure system that just sat near the region for almost a week will move out, leading to sunny skies and average temperatures. We shouldn't see much in the way of rain or showers this week, but there is a small chance of showers on Tuesday morning. All in all, the pre-Fall Break week looks beautiful.
This past week was a drastic, wet change from what we've gotten used to seeing, but it was much needed.
With fall in full swing, temperatures will continue to get cooler over the next several weeks.
With the official start of fall coming on Thursday, you'd expect temperatures to dip to more comfortable, sweater-like weather.