Another Nice Day!
By Geoff Bansen
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - If today has a similar feel to yesterday, that's because it is.
Thursday will be a carbon copy of Wednesday, weather-wise. Sunshine will mix with a few afternoon clouds with comfortable highs in the mid 70s. It will once again be an excellent day to have lunch outside, go for a run, or just sit on the patio and soak up the rays.
A weak cold front will be swinging through the northeast later today, and although we won't see any precipitation from this front, you'll feel the difference in it's wake during the day tomorrow. Temperatures will reach 70 at best; most places will stay in the 60s for the majority of the day! Certainly well below average for mid September. Remember, it is technically still summer.
The weekend will be dry as well, with sunshine mixing in with varying amounts of clouds at times. Temperatures will also rebound from Friday, rising several degrees each day. After 10 straight days in the 70s, the mercury should reach 80 on Sunday. A cold front will approach from the west on Sunday night, but should be gone before noon on Monday.
Next week looks tranquil once again.
Autumn officially begins on Monday at 10:22 PM!
Today's Highs:
Philly - 76
Shore - 76
Poconos - 67
On this day in weather history...
1936 - minimal hurricane NE of Puerto Rico on the 10th deepened to a Category 3 storm late on the 14th as it moved toward the Carolina coast. By the 16th, the swath of winds force 6 or greater (on the Beaufort Scale) was about 1,000 miles in diameter, one of the largest tropical cyclones on record. The storm impacted the northeast coast on the 18th, dumping 1.06" of rain in Philadelphia and 3.92" in NYC, a daily record. The Delaware Breakwater had a gust of 77 mph from the NE, and Atlantic City reported a measured gust to 120 mph from the N.
1945 - An former hurricane became extra-tropical depression over MD. The depression passed through SE PA and N NJ on its way to the Nova Scotia. PHL received 0.87" of rain on the 17th, with an additional 1.61" falling on the 18th. This hurricane was nick-named "Kappler's Hurricane" after its discoverer, 2nd Lt. Bernard J Kappler.
