March 12th, 2008 Forecast

Now and This Evening: A nice afternoon with temperatures that are generally in the upper 40's to around 50...and a mild 53 in Millville to be the warm spot as of 2 PM. We should see a mix of more clouds with occasional sunny breaks continue through the afternoon and into the evening.

Tonight: With mainly cloudy skies temperatures will not drop much, generally into the mid and upper 30's. We might see a brief sprinkle or light rain shower later tonight as a weak area of low pressure tracks by to the north.

Wednesday: The weak clipper intensifies in the Atlantic and we get the aftertaste of breezy weather tomorrow around here. Skies should clear somewhat during the day and temperatures will respond by cracking 50 in Philadelphia and points south and east, with temperatures around 50 expected north and west of the city. Winds will be from the west and gust up to around 25 mph. Air behind this clipper should not be that much colder so we'll continue to see more of the same weather through Thursday.

After tonight's sprinkle the next chance for a shower will be on Friday afternoon with another weak disturbance moving east. We could see temperatures jump into the low and mid 60's on Friday afternoon in advance of the cold front. This front crosses the region and serves as the highway for Saturday's rainfall to track east. The question is still in how far north that rain gets -- most of the weather forecast model guidance from this afternoon keeps the rain south of Philadelphia, including both the EURO and GFS. Another storm, possibly a bit stronger than Saturday's low, will impact us late Tuesday or Wednesday. This storm could be responsible for severe weather across the Plains and Ohio Valley...too early to say about around here, yet, but it might be the first widespread Spring severe weather event of the season for the US.

Buoy Of Tsunami Safety: The final two buoys in the US Tsunami Warning Network have been released, effectively launching the tsunami warning system of 39 stations across the Atlantic, Pacific, and Caribbean.

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