Residents of Philadelphia should keep their umbrellas close by as the National Weather Service predicts variable weather conditions for the upcoming week. According to the National Weather Service Philadelphia, today’s forecast includes “a chance of showers, mainly before 5pm,” with an overcast sky maintaining a high near 57 degrees. Light precipitation is likely, and the air will swirl with an east wind around 10 mph, and could witness gusts as high as 20 mph.
Tonight, the uncertainty of the weather intensifies—anticipate “a chance of showers and thunderstorms before 2am, then a slight chance of showers.” The dark hours will hold mostly cloudy skies and a low around 51 degrees, with calmer northeast wind around 5 mph, according to the National Weather Service Philadelphia. Although the chance of precipitation stands at 50%, thickness in the clouds above could yield rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, possibly more if thunderstorms occur.
As tomorrow dawns, showers become more assertive, “likely, mainly between 7am and 8am,” according to the National Weather Service forecast. The day remains persistently cloudy with a modest peak at 60 degrees, with winds making a shift from west 5 to 10 mph to north in the afternoon. With an escalated chance of precipitation at 70%, though new precipitation amounts might be less than a tenth of an inch…