The image above is the lighting flash rate Friday morning. Severe weather is not expected out of this, but there could be a couple of thunderstorms developing. Especially down the shore.
Weather Summary
The Philadelphia area will experience a mild, but unsettled stretch of weather over the next couple of days thanks to a slow moving cold front approaching from the west. At the same time a strong southerly flow has developed out ahead of this front transporting warm, humid air northward out of the Gulf. Combined, the two will produce a period of rain and a couple of thunderstorms Thursday night into Friday morning. The heaviest will occur east of the Delaware River across southern New Jersey and Delaware.
The National Weather Service is expecting 1-2 inches of rain across parts of Delaware and southern New Jersey with locally higher amounts possible.
Timing Out The Rain
Spotty showers are likely throughout the day on Thursday. Steadier rain and thunderstorms will begin to move in around 3:00am – 4:00am and linger through late morning, early afternoon.
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