Philadelphia is bracing for varied weather conditions as the National Weather Service reports a mix of cloud coverage and rain chances starting today with a 50% possibility of precipitation after 3pm and new rainfall amounts expected to be less than a tenth of an inch. The high is anticipated to be near 56 degrees while winds remain light and variable, shifting to southerly breezes of 5 to 10 mph as the day progresses.
Tonight, rain chances dwindle to 40% before 8pm as the clouds persist and temperatures drop to a low around 44 degrees, the southwest wind turning northwest post-midnight; despite the overcast skies and wind change, the additional accumulation of rain won't likely surpass a modest tenth of an inch, the persistence of humidity lends a clingy weight to every drab stretch of city space.
Heading into the weekend, the weather forecast becomes decisively drearier with a calm wind turning east at about 5 mph tomorrow morning and a surge to 100% chance of rain, this time with heftier expected totals between a half and three quarters of an inch; such relentless rain will usher in highs around 49 degrees, saturating streets and setting the tone for a soggy weekend.
The rainfall is anticipated to extend into the night before tapering off around 1am, with lows settling near 41 degrees and east winds making a shift to the west after midnight, a consistent rhythm of switching winds, saturating moisture, which might accumulate to amounts ranging between a quarter and half an inch, it seems the city will witness no immediate respite from the rain's embrace.
By Sunday, rain shower probabilities decrease to 30% primarily before 1pm as the skies gradually clear to partly sunny conditions, the lingering showers may not end the dampened spirits of Philadelphians but the gusty west winds reaching 30 mph might just sweep away some of that moisture with a high near 46 degrees presenting a brief respite before the week steers us back towards sunnier skies on Monday.
