PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — The sunny stretch of weather is over for now as skies cloud up across the Delaware Valley Tuesday.
High temperatures in Philadelphia will make it into the upper 70s today and it’ll be a bit humid. Some areas could get some light sprinkles of rain, but the better chance for scattered showers comes Wednesday.
Overnight a band of showers moves in and could make for a soggy Wednesday morning commute.
How long will the rain last?
Steady rain is slated to return by late Tuesday evening into Wednesday, with a stalled-out frontal boundary to our south. Potential Tropical Cyclone #8 is now moving over the Carolinas, giving some areas historic flooding. This will move inland and bring much-needed rain to the East Coast and the Appalachians. For us, it will mean rain, but likely not near the amount the mid-Atlantic states are seeing.
By late Wednesday, some of the energy from the storm will transfer to a new low off the coast of New Jersey, enhancing the potential for rain in our area. Showers with some localized downpours appear likely late Wednesday along the coast, with increasing rain chances further inland into Thursday. There remains a fair amount of uncertainty in the forecast through this time, but the trend signals toward bringing back the chance of rain to a good portion of the area Wednesday through Friday.