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Area Forecast Discussion
Issued by NWS Mt. Holly, NJ
Issued by NWS Mt. Holly, NJ
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570 FXUS61 KPHI 170212 AFDPHI Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ 1012 PM EDT Tue Jul 16 2024 .SYNOPSIS... A thermal trough will remain in place over the East Coast through Wednesday as Bermuda high pressure remains offshore. A cold front will move across the region on Wednesday night into Thursday and stall to our south through the weekend. High pressure briefly builds into the area Friday through Sunday before another front approaches the area into early next week. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... As of 10 PM, the Severe Thunderstorm Watch has been cleared from southeastern Pennsylvania and most of northern New Jersey. The remainder of New Jersey as well as Delaware and Maryland remain in a watch until 11 pm. A line of convection continues to propagate to the east-southeast and is now southeast of the I-95 corridor. Storms are beginning to show signs of weakening as low-level lapse rates decrease with increasing influence from the marine layer. However, as the cold-pool has surged out ahead, gusty to possibly damaging winds remain possible as the storms continue to progress southeastward. Overall, showers and thunderstorms are expected to pass offshore/taper off by midnight across the region. Warm and humid again tonight with lows in the 70s, though not much below 80 in and around Philadelphia. Dangerous heat continues into Wednesday again with many locations seeing heat index values over 100 by the afternoon. While cloud coverage and possible storms (severe weather and hydro discussion below) may limit temperatures from getting too out of hand, dew points will likely increase a bit and linger in the low 70s during the afternoon hours, leading to continued oppressive heat. As a result, heat headlines will be carried into Wednesday given the compounded effect from numerous days with dangerous heat. For the storms on Wednesday, a slow-moving cold front will create a marathon of severe weather and hydro concerns beginning early afternoon through the late night hours. Abundant instability and PWAT values over 2 inches will fuel the potential for training thunderstorms across the region. Much of the storms during the afternoon will stay north and west of the I-95 corridor with storms in the afternoon and nighttime largely impacting areas south and east. SPC currently has a Slight Risk of severe weather across much of the region with a Marginal across much of the Jersey Shore and Delaware Beaches. The WPC has a Slight Risk for excessive rainfall for the urban corridor with a Marginal Risk for the rest of the CWA. && .SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/... Scattered thunderstorms are expected to continue through the first half of Wednesday night ahead of the advancing cold front. Heavy rain and locally gusty winds will be the main threats as the line of storms work their way through the area. Storms should eventually give way to just some residual showers before tapering off from northwest to southeast overnight. Low temps will fall in the upper 60s to low 70s. The cold front should fully cross through the region by Thursday morning but will begin to slow down as it passes to our south and east. So while, the northern half of the area will begin to see some clearing, the southern half of the area (especially near the coast), will see cloud cover linger throughout the day. Isolated showers and storms may hang up along the coast as well, but overall, this chance remains uncertain/low. On the bright side, this cold front will knock down temps with highs in the low to mid 80s. By Thursday night and Friday, the cold front will slide far enough to our south, allowing the drier airmass behind the front to fully filter into the region. Skies will become mostly clear at night with just a few fair weather clouds during the day on Friday. Temps will be very close to normal with highs in the mid to upper 80s and lows in the 60s. The biggest change is that with the drier airmass, dew points will be back in the 50s, so it will feel much more comfortable outside compared to earlier this week. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/... The long term will encompass a much more seasonable, sensible and comfortable weather period compared to the previous two weeks. Broad high pressure will build in from the north and west through much of the weekend with just a stationary boundary located near the southern Delmarva. A few impulses will transverse along the boundary which may cause a few isolated to scattered showers/storms through the weekend but this will primarily be confined to the Delmarva and southernmost New Jersey. Elsewhere, a dry weekend is anticipated with a mix of clouds and sun. Some better energy and forcing then approaches on Monday and Tuesday, which brings the threat for a more widespread potential for showers and thunderstorms back to the area. In terms of temperatures, a very comfortable airmass will be in place for mid-July. Temps will generally be in the mid to upper 80s with dew points in the 60s. This will keep heat indicies in close proximity to the actual air temperature, so no heat headlines are expected in the near future. && .AVIATION /02Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... The following discussion is for KPHL, KPNE, KTTN, KABE, KRDG, KILG, KMIV, KACY and surrounding areas. Tonight...Mainly VFR overall but a line of thunderstorms continues to progress southeastward towards KMIV/KACY. Wind gusts in excess of 40 kt and VSBYs less than 1SM in heavy rain possible in the strongest storms. SHRA/TSRA taper off by 02-04Z. SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Moderate confidence. Wednesday...VFR in the morning before showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon and into the evening could result in sub-VFR conditions. Winds mainly out of the southwest around 10 kts. Moderate confidence. Outlook... Wednesday night...Sub-VFR conditions likely with scattered thunderstorms. A few storms may be severe with locally damaging winds. Thursday through Sunday...Primarily VFR. A chance of a thunderstorm at KACY/KMIV on Thursday with a slight chance of a thunderstorm over the weekend. Otherwise, no significant weather expected. && .MARINE... Although conditions may approach Small Craft Advisory criteria tonight, it looks like conditions will fall just short. SW winds 15 to 20 kt this afternoon, then diminishing to 10 to 15 kt tonight. Seas 3 to 4 feet. SCA conditions possible later on Wednesday as gusts near 20-25 kts with seas building near or just shy of 5 feet. Showers and thunderstorms may produce winds in excess of 40 kts. Outlook... Wednesday night...SCA conditions likely. S-SW winds around 10-20 kt and seas around 4-6 feet. Thursday through Sunday...No marine headlines expected. Winds will generally range between 5-15 kt with seas of 2-4 feet. Rip Currents... For Wednesday, the south-southwest flow will increase to around 15-20 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Wave heights in the surf zone are again forecast to be around 1-3 feet with a 5-7 second period. Therefore, a MODERATE RISK for the development of dangerous and life threatening rip currents is again in place for the Jersey Shore in Ocean, Atlantic, and Cape May counties, and a LOW risk for the Jersey Shore in Monmouth county and Delaware Beaches. Late day showers and thunderstorms are possible along both the Jersey Shore and Delaware Beaches. Some areas of fog at times will cause reduced visibility along the shoreline. For Thursday, winds will turn more offshore out of the west to northwest and decrease to around 10 mph. Wave heights will mainly remain around 1-2 feet with a 5-7 second period. As the winds should be weaker and directed offshore across the region, the risk for the development of dangerous and life threatening rip currents is forecast to decrease to LOW on Thursday for all coastal zones. For specific beach forecasts, visit weather.gov/beach/phi && .CLIMATE... Georgetown and Reading tied their record highs for yesterday July 15th. Georgetown also tied its record warm lowest temperature for Monday with 75 degrees. For today and Wednesday, near record breaking temperatures (both highs and lows) are possible. We`ve included the records for our climate sites below. Record High Temperatures (today) July 16 Site Record/Year Allentown (ABE) 101/1988 AC Airport (ACY) 100/1983 AC Marina (55N) 100/1983 Georgetown (GED) 97/1953 & 1992 Mount Pocono (MPO) 93/1988 Philadelphia (PHL) 102/1988 Reading (RDG) 100/1900 Trenton (TTN) 102/1988 Wilmington (ILG) 100/1983 Record Warmest Low Temperatures (today) July 16 Site Record/Year Allentown (ABE) 76/1983 AC Airport (ACY) 77/1983 AC Marina (55N) 80/2013 Georgetown (GED) 80/1955 Mount Pocono (MPO) 70/1955 Philadelphia (PHL) 80/2013 Reading (RDG) 78/1955 Trenton (TTN) 78/1983 Wilmington (ILG) 77/2013 Record High Temperatures (Wednesday) July 17 Site Record/Year Allentown (ABE) 99/1999 AC Airport (ACY) 99/2012 AC Marina (55N) 95/1937 Georgetown (GED) 100/2019 Mount Pocono (MPO) 91/1999 Philadelphia (PHL) 102/1988 Reading (RDG) 102/1988 Trenton (TTN) 100/1988 Wilmington (ILG) 100/1988 && .PHI WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... PA...Excessive Heat Warning until 8 PM EDT Wednesday for PAZ060>062- 070-071-101>106. Heat Advisory until 8 PM EDT Wednesday for PAZ054-055. NJ...Excessive Heat Warning until 8 PM EDT Wednesday for NJZ007>010- 012-013-015>023-027. Heat Advisory until 8 PM EDT Wednesday for NJZ001-014. DE...Excessive Heat Warning until 8 PM EDT Wednesday for DEZ001>003. Heat Advisory until 8 PM EDT Wednesday for DEZ004. MD...Excessive Heat Warning until 8 PM EDT Wednesday for MDZ012-015- 019-020. MARINE...None. && $$ SYNOPSIS...DeSilva/Robertson NEAR TERM...AKL/MJL SHORT TERM...DeSilva LONG TERM...DeSilva AVIATION...AKL/DeSilva/MJL MARINE...AKL/DeSilva/MJL CLIMATE...WFO PHI