Philadelphia weather: Windy and raw for St. Patrick's Day Parade, but sun and 70s arrive later this week
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Don't forget to spring forward this Sunday! Thanks to Daylight Saving Time, sunrise today will be at 7:19 a.m. and sunset will be at 7:02 p.m., giving us 11 hours and 43 minutes of daylight.
Windy St. Patrick's Day Parade forecast
The 2024 Philadelphia St. Patrick's Day Parade will be mostly dry, but if you're marching or watching along the parade route, bundle up and hold onto your hats.
High temperatures won't make it out of the upper 40s today, and the wind chill will feel like the upper 30s at times. Our winds will increase from the west-southwest with gusts reaching 30-50 mph. Colder air arrives with these winds and partly sunny skies will turn mostly cloudy as fair-weather clouds fill in.
Because of these winds a two-day High Wind Advisory is in effect for the entire area through Monday night at 8 PM. Wind gusts up to 40 mph are possible in the city by 2 p.m., and could reach 50 mph closer to the Poconos Monday morning.
On the heels of a soggy few days combined with the wind, there's concern that trees with loose roots could topple. Scattered power outages are also possible with any branches or powerlines that are blown down.
As another area of low-pressure swirls through this afternoon isolated instability sprinkles will develop near Philadelphia. Snow showers and snow squalls are expected in the Poconos and Lehigh Valley with several inches of snow possible. Low visibility is expected with any of those brief snow squalls.
A Coastal Flood Advisory also remains in effect until 7 p.m., with up to one foot of inundation possible along low-lying areas near shorelines and tidal waterways.
The week ahead
The week ahead will be dry with plenty of sunshine. Temperatures will climb from the 50's on Monday to possibly the 70's by mid-week. These would be the first 70's this year and the first since November 9th.
7-day forecast
Sunday: High of 49, windy and partly sunny
Monday: High of 54, low of 34, partly sunny and breezy
Tuesday: high of 66, low of 39, sunny and mild
Wednesday: High of 70, low of 44, partly sunny and warm
Thursday: High of 71, low of 46, warmest day and sunny
Friday: High of 70, low of 48, chance for PM showers
Saturday: High of 65, low of 54, chance for rain at night