Philadelphia Weather: Heavy Rain Likely

Kate Bilo reports.

WOW, WELCOME HOME.DO YOU LIKE THIS WEATHER.YES.LET CHECK WITHMETEOROLOGIST, KATE BILO.WOULD YOU GO UP THERE.MAYBE.I WOULDN'T BE THE FIRST GROUPGOING TO MARS, MAYBE THE THIRDOR FOURTH, LET THEM WORK OUTTHE KINKS FIRST BUT NICE DAYTO ESCAPE THIS ATMOSPHERE WEHAVE GOT GOING ON.IT IS A MESS.IT WILL GO GET WORSE.IT HAS BEEN RAINY ALL DAY ANDWE HAVE MORE RAIN LIFTING FROMTHE SOUTH, AND WEST.ALL OF THIS RAIN LIKE ACONVEYOR BELT OF MOISTUREDIRECTLY FROM THE GULF OFMEXICO ACROSS GEORGIA,CAROLINAS AND UP INTO OURREGION.WE WILL TAP INTO THAT HEAVIERRAIN OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.LOOKING LIKE HEAVIEST RAINWILL STAY ACROSS SOUTH JERSEYAND DELAWARE.THESE ARE AREAS THAT HAVE THEBEST THREATS FOR FLOODINGOVERNIGHT TONIGHT BUT RAIN ISAT LEAST MODERATE ACROSS THEREGION RIGHT NOW.SEE HEAVIER POCKETS THROUGHSUSSEX COUNTY, DELAWARE WEHAVE POCKETS OF THE HEAVIERRAIN, SLOW DOWNS ON SCHUYLKILLAS WELL.EXPECT IT TO BE A VERY SLOWEVENING COMMUTE AFTER THISFIRST BATCH MOVES OUT WE MAYGET A BREAK.ANOTHER ROUND COMES THROUGHAND THEN ANOTHER ONE AFTERTHAT.WAVES OF HEAVY RAIN THROUGHTONIGHT AND TESTIMONY MORNING.RIGHT ABOUT NOW WE HAVE GOTPOCKET OF THE HEAVIER RAINMOVING THROUGH.THAT WILL CLEAR.ANOTHER ROUND COMES IN LATERTONIGHT BETWEEN ABOUT11:00 O'CLOCK AND 2:00 A.M.POCKETS OF THE HEAVIER RAINACROSS SOUTH JERSEY, DELAWARE.ACTUAL COLD FRONT WILL, COMEUP UNTIL MID-MORNING TOMORROW,SO YOUR MORNING COMMUTE LOOKSWET ONCE AGAIN HERE'S 9:15.VERY QUICKLY WE WILL SEE COLDAIR MOVING IN AND VERY STRONGGUSTY WIND AS THIS SYSTEMMOVES AWAY, THERE MAY BE ABRIEF PERIOD OF SNOW IN THEPOCONOS TOMORROW MORNING.WE WILL CLEAR THAT OUT.SATURDAY A DRY DAY.SUNDAY MORNING A WEAKDISTURBANCE RIGHT HERE COULDBRING RAIN OR SNOW SHOWERS TOTHE AREA EARLIER IN THE DAY.RECAPPING OUR FLOOD WATCH INEFFECT NOW UNTIL 4:00 O'CLOCKTOMORROW AFTERNOON.IT IS MAINLY FOR CITY ON SOUTHAND EAST WHERE HEAVIEST RAINWILL BE BUT TAKE A LOOK ATTHESE WIND.WIND NOT THAT BAD TONIGHT.BY TOMORROW MORNING 6:00 A.M.WE ARE START TO GO SEE GUSTSUPWARDS OF 30 MILES AN HOUR.BY MID MORNING LOOK AT THESEGUSTS 34 IN MILLVILLE.THIRTY-TWO IN ATLANTIC CITY.BY 10:45 TOMORROW MORNINGGUSTS NEAR 40 MILES AN HOUR INTHE CITY.THAT WILL LAST RIGHT THROUGHMID AFTERNOON BEFORE WINDGRADUALLY DIE DOWN.WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUEDIN EFFECT THROUGHOUT THE DAYTOMORROW FROM 8:00 A.M.

TO4:00 P.M.

GUSTS A HIGH AS ONMILES AN HOUR POSSIBLEANYWHERE IN THAT TAN SHADEDAREA WHICH DOES INCLUDE THECITY OF PHILADELPHIA TONIGHTTEMPERATURES HOLD STEADY,RISING INTO THE 50'S.HEAVY RAIN WITH A CHANCE FORFLOODING.AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW RAINHEAVY EARLY AND THEN TURNINGVERY WINDY.THE HIGH OF 55, EARLY ANDTHEN, TEMPERATURES WILL DROP,SOME SPOTS MAY GET CLOSE TO 60TOMORROW BEFORE THAT COLDERAIR WILL MOVE IN.42 DEGREES ON SATURDAY, WEWILL DRY IT OUT.SUNSHINE SUNDAY WITH MORNINGSNOW SHOWER, IN SPOTS, ANDTHEN MILDER NEXT WEEK, AGAINBUT WE WILL HAVE SOME RAINSHOWERS, MONDAY, TUESDAY, ANDKEEPING AN EYE ON WEDNESDAYTHERE IS A SYSTEM THAT COULDBRING US A CHANCE FOR SOMERAIN, SNOW SHOWERS, THERE ASWELL, AND THEN BUSY WEEK NEXTWEEK BUT STILL DOESN'T LOOK