Philadelphia Weather: Severe Storm Threat This Weekend

Lauren Casey reports.

THEIR PAIN.IN CONSHOHOCKEN, HOWARDMONROE, CBS-3 "EYEWITNESSNEWS."TURNING TO WEATHER, WHAT'STURNING OUT TO BE A HOT ANDSTORMY SATURDAY.METEOROLOGIST, LAUREN CASEY INTHE CBS-3 WEATHER CENTERTRACKING THE LATEST ON THESESTORMS, HI, LAWYER GLENN HEY,JOE, HOT AND STEAM TOY KICKOFF OUR WEEKEND.AND SOME STORMS ARE FEEDINGOFF ALL OF THIS ENERGY, SEVERETHUNDERSTORM WATCH IT EFFECTFOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURSFOR ALL OF OUR PA SUBURBSINCLUDING PHILADELPHIA ANDMANY OF THE NEW JERSEYSUBURBS, AREAS SHADED IN PINK,UNTIL THE 8:00 HOUR.BUT GETTING A LIVE LOOK ATCENTER CITY PHILADELPHIA, ALLIS QUIET RIGHT NOW.WE DO HAVE CHANCE AT SEEINGMAYBE POP UP THUNDERSTORM OVERTHE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.BUT WE MAY HAVE ESCAPED SOMEOF THE STORM ACTIVITY RIGHTNOW THE STORMS THAT WE DO HAVEON THE BOARD ARE WIDELY SCATNERDS NATURE.THEY ARE POTENT STORMSPRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL ANDSOME GUSTY WINDS.SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGJUST DROPPED FOR THIS CELL BUTSTILL QUITE STRONG AS ITTRAVERSE CENTS THROUGHDELAWARE, MOVING OFF TO THEEAST AT ABOUT 30 MILES PERHOUR, THE POTENTIAL FOR SOMEGUSTY WINDS, AND EMBEDDEDLIGHTNING IS CROSSING OVERROUTE ONE CHEST OLD, IN THEKENTON AREA RAIN COMING DOWN,MOVER NEWSPAPER PORTIONS OFPENNSYLVANIA, LOWER BUCKSCOUNTY SEEING CELL COMINGTHROUGH, YOU JUST HAD A STRONGSTORM, AND NOW ANOTHER ONEMOVING ON THROUGH, OFF TO THESOUTHEAST.AND WILL ENTER BURLINGTONCOUNTY BUT RIGHT NOW PUTTINGDOWN SOME HEAVY RAINFALL, INPORTIONS OF BUCKS COUNTY,UPPER MAKEFIELD, STRETCHINGDOWN INTO NORTHAMPTON,LIGHTNING EMBEDDED WITHIN THATCELL AS WELL.TAKING A LOOK OFF TO THE NORTHAND WEST, EXITING LEHIGHCOUNTY AND INTO UPPER BUCKSCOUNTY, A DOWNPOUR CONTINUINGTO MAKE ITS WAY EAST SOUTHEASTBOUNDED, NOLL SELL INTO CONDERP.M.

COUNTY, CEDAR VILLE AREA,CEDAR VILLE AREA EXCUSE ME,WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OFF TOTHE EAST.CURRENT CONDITIONS RIGHT NOW,WE ARE HOT AND STEAMY.79 DEGREES IN ALLENTOWN WITHSOME CLOUDS LINGERING FROM THETHUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THAT DIDMOVE THROUGH.WE ARE AT 88 IN PHILLY.ZERO NINE RIGHT NOW INWILDWOOD.AND CLOSE TO THAT 90 DEGREESMARK IN DOVER.DEW POINTS THEY TELL USABOUT THAT STICKY FACTOR, ANDWHEN ERR THEY'RE UPPER 60S TONEAR 70 DEGREES IT IS QUITESTICKY, HUMID, AND STEAMY.THAT IS IMPACTING OURFEELS-LIKE TEMPERATURES, SAVEFOR THE AREAS WHERE WE'VE SEENSOME RAIN COOLED AIR AS INTRENTON, BUT IN PHILLY FEELINGLIKE 91, FEELING LIKE 91 INDOVER, AND SAME CASE INREADING.AND OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, MAYBE ASPOTTY THUNDERSTORM EARL THINKEVENING, THEN DRY TONIGHT,PARTLY CLOUDY, WARM AND MUGGYONLY FALLING BACK TO73 DEGREES.AND FOR OUR DAY TOMORROW,MOSTLY SUNNY, HOT, UP TO 90,WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF SOMEWIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMSTORMS HEADED INTO THEAFTERNOON.NOT EVERYONE IS GOING TO SEETHE RAINFALL.BUT OTHER STORMS THAT DO FORM,FEW COULD BE ON THE STRONGERSIDE DO, HAVE THE MARGINALRISK CATEGORY ONE OUT OF FIVEOF SEVERE WEATHER FOR THEENTIRE AREA TOMORROW.AND OUR BEST CHANCES WILL BELATE AFTERNOON, AND INTO THEEVENING HOURS, TO SEE FEWTHUNDERSTORMS POPPING ON UP.OTHERWISE, ANOTHER HOT ANDHUMID DAY, AND DOWN THE SHORECOULD YOU SEE SOME SPOTTY LATEDAY THUNDERSTORMS OTHERWISEMOSTLY SUNNY HIGH TEMPERATUREOF 88 DEGREES.QUICKLY WALK YOU THROUGHFUTURE WEATHER.HEADED INTO THE OVERNIGHTPERIOD, PRETTY QUIET.THEN YOU WILL START TO SEESOME SCATTERED STORMSDEVELOPING AS WE HEAD INTO THEAFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.AFTER SUNSET THAT THREATCOMING TO AN END, AS WE HEADINTO MONDAY, SUNSHINE, AND NOSTORMS IN THE FORECAST, BUT WEDO HAVE A LOT OF HEAT TO UP 92 DEGREES ON MONDAY.SCATTERED STORMS BACK IN THEFORECAST BY TUESDAY, JOE,SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMSLOOKING LIKELY WEDNESDAY.THEN HOT, DRY CONDITIONS AS WEHEAD INTO THURSDAY.AND AT THIS POINT, THERE ISTHE FOURTH OF JULY AND IT IS