High
pressure is pushing east as a cold front moves out of the Great Lakes, bringing
some showers and a few thunderstorms. The front will slowly move through the
region today, with the high pressure exiting tonight.
On Thursday
the cold front with the low pressure will continue to move through and produce
scattered showers and thunderstorms. Some of these thunderstorms will be strong
to severe. The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has a Marginal Risk for severe
storms for the Delmarva, Maryland, Delaware, Southeastern Pennsylvania and New
Jersey, this includes Washington DC and Philadelphia. So along and east of this
part of the I-95 corridor, the main risk will be damaging wind gust and heavy
rain that could lead to localized flooding. There will also be a slight risk
for some hail.
The Weather
Prediction Center (WPC) has this part of the region at risk for some flash
flooding.
For Friday late afternoon into Saturday low pressure will form along the boundary,
bringing the risk for scattered showers and thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon.
Most of these won’t be severe. But I can’t rule out a few strong to severe
storms across southern Maryland and Delaware, but those with the best chance of
seeing severe storms will be from southeastern Virginia down into central and
coastal areas of the Carolinas. For the rest of the region Friday shouldn’t be
too bad with only the risk for a few isolated showers. Saturday will see this area of low pressure move
north and east, bringing rain showers and some thunderstorms to southern New
England. Then for Monday through Wednesday, we will be dealing with troughs,
keeping things unsettled.
