Philadelphia Weather: Friday Thunderstorms

Matt Peterson has the latest forecast.

PARK AVENUES JUST AFTER11:00 LAST NIGHT.IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATIONPLEASE CAT PHILADELPHIAPOLICE.SOGGY START TO THE DAYSTART TO GO DRY OUT NOW BUT WECOULD SEE MORE SPRING SHOWERSTOMORROW WITH SOME WARMERTEMPERATURES.METEOROLOGIST MATT PEDERSON ISHERE WITH WHAT WE CAN EXPECT.DEFINITELY LOOKING FOR AWARM, POSSIBLY WET, FIRST FULLDAY OF SPRING.SPRING OFFICIALLY STARTS 11:50TONIGHT AND THEN WE WILLCHANGE OUR MIND SET ANYWAYHOPEFULLY TO TAKE MORE NICEWARM WEATHER ON THE WAY BUTYES COULD BE A WET FRIDAY FORUS.RIGHT NOW IT IS DRY.WE HAVE CLOUD COVER HANGINGOVERTOP OF THE REGION THEENTIRETY OF OUR FRIDAY BUT WEARE ALSO STARTING IT OUT TOSEE OUR WARM FRONT LIFT FROMTHE SOUTH AND WEST.THIS IS LEADING EDGE OF THATFRONT WITH A COUPLE SHOWERSOUT THERE THUNDERSTORMACTIVITY EARLY THIS AFTERNOONACROSS WEST VIRGINIA AND AS ITWORKS BETWEEN SOUTHWESTERNPENNSYLVANIA TOWARDSPITTSBURGH THAT THUNDERSTORMACTIVITY DYING OUT BUT THIS ISA HUGE SYSTEM EXTENDING ALLTHE WAY FROM THE MIDWEST.WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SNOW INWESTERN NEBRASKA TO EVENSEVERE WEATHER FROM AREAS FROMST.

LOUIS AND BACK DOWN IN TOTHE ARKANSAS AREA THROUGHOVERNIGHT HOURS TONIGHT.YOU CAN SEE THUNDERSTORMSAROUND CINCINNATI AS WELL THISWHOLE SYSTEM IS EVENTUALLYMIGRATING EASTWARD AND WILLTAKE THIS WARM AIR THAT RIGHTNOW, OVERTOP OF THE SOUTH EASTWHERE TEMPERATURES IN ATLANTAARE RIGHT AROUND 8O IT WILLMIGRATE UP THE COASTLINE, ANDIT WILL BRING THAT NICE WARMAIR HERE IN THE DELAWAREVALLEY BUT BRING A TOUCH OFHUMIDITY AND THREAT FOR MAYBEA THEN ARE STORM LATE IN THEDAY TOMORROW.TALK ABOUT OUR PRECIPITATIONCHANCES OVERNIGHT TONIGHT,RELATIVELY LOSE.COUPLE SPOTTY SHOWERS HERE ORTHERE AND THAT WILL CONTINUEIN THE MORNING HOURS ON OURFRIDAY, OVERALL FRIDAY WILLNOT BE A WASH OUT OF A DAY ANDJUST AN AFTER NOON WHERE WEWILL BE DODGING A COUPLE OFRAIN DROPS HERE AND THERE.SEES ON FUTURE WET 12ARE 30:00 A COUPLE OF SPOTTYSHOWERS WORKING THEIR WAYACROSS THE REGION.TAKE THE UMBRELLA WITH YOU.I'M NOT SUGGESTING YOU WILLNEED IT ALL DAY LONG BUT JUSTHELPFUL TO YOU HAVE IN YOUHAVE SPOTTY SHOWERS THAT WEWILL SEE, AS WE THEN GETTHROUGH THE DAYTIME HOURSTOMORROW, WE WILL START TOWATCH AS THAT FRONT APPROACHESFROM THE WEST, STARTING AROUNDSEVEN OR 7:30, MOVING IN THEFAR NORTHERN COMMUNITIES ANDTHEN AS WE GET TO THEOVERNIGHT HOURS OR LATEEVENING TOWARDS OVERNIGHTHOURS FRONT ITSELF WILL SLIDEON THROUGH GIVING US THREATFOR A THUNDERSTORM HERE ONI-95 AND COUPLE LINGERINGSHOWERS ON SATURDAY MORNINGDOWN TOWARDS THE SHORE POINTSSATURDAY AFTERNOON, YES, IT ISWINDY, COOLER AND WE WILL HAVENICE CLEAR SKIES FOR NOT JUSTSATURDAY BUT ALSO INTO SUNDAYAS WELL LOOKING LIKE ACOMFORTABLE WEEKEND FOR US.OVERNIGHT TONIGHT MILD, RAINSHOWERS, WINDS SOUTH AND EASTBUT RELATIVELY LIGHT AT FIVETO 10 MILES AN HOUR BUT AS WEGO INTO FRIDAY CHECK THIS OUT78 DEGREES OUR HIGHTEMPERATURE TOMORROW.WE COULD TOUCH AGAIN80 DEGREES IN A FEW SPOTS.WOULDN'T BE OVERLY SURPRISING,TYPICALLY WE DON'T SEE FIRST80-DEGREE DAY IN THE CITY,UNTIL MID-APRIL.WE ARE ALMOST A FULL MONTHAHEAD OF THE SCHEDULE WITHTHESE WARM TEMPERATURESWATCHING FOR THIS LATE DAYTHEN ARE STORM CHANCE.WIND WILL PICK UP TOMORROW.COULD GUST AS HIGH AS 30 TO 35 MILES AN HOUR AND THAT ISNOT IN A POTENTIALTHUNDERSTORM.BEST CHANCE COMES LATE IN THEDAY.IS THERE A MARGINAL RISK FORSEVERE WEATHER FORPHILADELPHIA AND POINTS NORTH.STRONG WINDS POSSIBLE ANDMAYBE AN ISOLATED DOWNPOURTHROWN IN THE MIX.78 DEGREES FOR OUR HIGHTEMPERATURE ON FRIDAY.FIFTY'S OVER WEEK.IT IS COOLER, SATURDAY, ANDSUNDAY.WE HAVE SUNSHINE THERE COUPLESHOWERS TO START.WHAT A WEEK ON MONDAYTEMPERATURES THERE IN THE40'S.