Residents of Philadelphia should bundle up today, as temperatures hover around the freezing mark. The National Weather Service reports that with the mercury topping out at a mere 30 degrees under sunny skies, calm winds from the northwest may render the chill a tad more bearable. However, as evening approaches, those same skies will shift somewhat, partially obscuring the stars and letting temperatures dip back down to a low of 21 degrees. Calm conditions early in the night will give way to a southwest breeze after the midnight hour.
Looking forward to tomorrow, the city can expect a rise in temperature, with highs predicted to reach a more temperate 43 degrees, as stated by the NWS. A southwest wind picking up speed at 5 to 10 mph could bring with it gusts strong enough to reach 20 mph. Tomorrow won’t tuck the sun away just yet, rendering the night mostly clear and temperatures taking a slight drop to a low around 24, with a restful west wind that will soothe itself into calmness as the evening progresses.
The warmth trend continues into Thursday, with forecasts showing a good amount of sun and highs soaring upwards to 53 degrees. A moderate southeast wind will make a gentle entrance in the afternoon, yet the calmness is slated to be disrupted by Thursday night, when rain is expected to sweep in, heavy enough to contribute between half and three-quarters of an inch, and with it, a 100% certainty of precipitation enveloping the low of 44 degrees.
Friday offers Philadelphians a mixed sky with chances of rain before the afternoon peaks; the day still promises a half-decent high near 50 degrees, with the chance of precipitation standing at an undecided 50%. The sky will clear up as night sets in, ushering in cooler air that will take temperatures down to an evening low of 25 degrees, setting the stage for a weekend of partly sunny days and varying highs and lows—from a pleasant Saturday high near 40 to a nighttime companion of clouds smudging the lows around 33, an echo of this pattern reasserting itself through the cycle of Sunday’s height and Monday’s relative lull near 40 degrees.
