Philadelphia Weather: Spring Begins With Rain

Kate Bilo has the latest forecast.

AREN'T ON TV GET THE LATESTUPDATES ON OUR STREAMING SIGHTCBSN PHILLY OR OUR WEB SITECBSPHILLY.COM.LET'S CHECK THE FORECAST ANDGET READY FOR A SOGGY START TOSPRING.HERE'S INDICATE TRACKING RAIN.MOVING IN PRETTY QUICKLY UKEEDRY FOR NOW AND MOST OF THE DAYWAS BEAUTIFUL BUT YOU CANNIE SEWBEHIND ME HERE OVER THE CITY OFPHILADELPHIA, WE'VE GOT SOMECLOUDS NOW STARTING TO ROLL INAND TEMPERATURES ARE ALREADYBEGINNING TO DROP.NOW, THE SUN HAS GONE BEHINDTHOSE CLOUDS, IT'S 54 DEGREESRIGHT NOW IN THE CITY, WINDS OUTOF THE SOUTH SOUTHWEST OUT AHEADOF THIS SYSTEM, A MILD BREEZEFROM THE SOUTH SOUTHWEST BUT DEWPOINTS ARE RISING AND THE AIR ISSTARTING TO SATURATE AS THE RAINSTARTS TO PUSH IN FROM THE WEST.IN FACT, YOU CAN JUST START TOSEE THE FIRST COUPLE OF SHOWERSEDGING IN THERE AT THE VERYWESTERN PART OF THE REGION BACKTOWARD CENTRAL AND SOUTHERNPENNSYLVANIA.NOT GOING TO GET HERE FOR QUITESOME TIME.BUT THE LEADING EDGE OF THISWILL LIKELY GET HERE BY AFTER9:00 OR 10:00 O'CLOCK TONIGHT.THE HEAVIEST RAIN, THOUGH, COMESTHROUGH OVERNIGHT.THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE SEEING RIGHTNOW IN OHIO, AND KENTUCKYPORTIONS OF CENTRAL MICHIGAN ASWELL AND WE WILL SEE POCKETS OFHEAVY RAIN MOVE THROUGHOVERNIGHT INTO EARLY TOMORROWMORNING.46 THE OVERNIGHT LOW, PERIODS OFRAIN, HEAVY AT TIMES, WINDSSOUTHEASTERLY OVERNIGHT AT FIVETO TEN MILES PER HOUR, TIMINGTHIS OUT, THIS IS 2:00 A.M.

WHENSOME OF THE HEAVIEST RAIN BEGINSTO HIT.IT WILL START TO MOVE IN ALITTLE BIT SOONER THAN THAT, IFYOU'RE OUT AND ABOUT THISEVENING, WATCHING US HERE ATCBS3 11:00 O'CLOCK LETTING THEDOG OUT BEFORE BED YOU MAY STARTTO FEEL RAIN DROPS BUT IT STARTSTO COME DOWN HEAVILY OVERNIGHT,YOU CAN SEE TOMORROW MORNING,5:30 A.M.

YOU'RE GOING TO WAKEUP TO VERY DREARY AND WETCONDITIONS.GOOD NEWS, THOUGH, IT DOES STARTTO DRY OUT A LITTLE BIT.BY MIDMORNING EVEN, BY 10:45LEFT WITH A FEW LINGERINGSHOWERS, THOSE MOVE OUT ANDWHILE I DON'T THINK WE SEE AFULL DAY OF SUNSHINE IN THEAFTERNOON, THERE MAY BE SOMECLEARING.STILL CAN'T RULE OUT A STRAYSHOWER HERE OR THERE TOMORROWAFTERNOON OR EVENING.AND THEN ON FRIDAY ANOTHERSYSTEM TO CONTEND WITH.THIS ONE, TOMORROW NIGHT INTOFRIDAY MORNING WILL LIFT NORTHWITH A WARM FRONT AND THEN THECOLD FRONT PASSAGE DOESN'THAPPEN UNTIL LATER FRIDAYIN THE MEANTIME, EVEN THOUGHFRIDAY LOOKS RELATIVELY CLOUDY,IT WILL BE VERY, VERY WARM WITHTEMPERATURES SURGING TO NEAR 80DEGREES.BUT BETWEEN TOMORROW AND FRIDAYWE'LL END UP WITH LIKELY OVER ANINCH OF RAIN ACROSS THE VASTMAJORITY OF THE REGION SO THEGROUND WILL BE SOGGY AND MUDDYIF YOU'RE LETTING THE KIDS RUNAROUND IN THE BACKYARD, THINGSCOULD GET A LITTLE BIT DAMP OUTTHERE.THE SHOES WILL GET A LITTLEDIRTY.HEAVIEST RAIN TONIGHT, SCATTEREDSHOWERS TOMORROW AFTERNOON ANDAGAIN ON FRIDAY, BUT TONIGHTANYWHERE FROM THREE-QUARTERS OFAN INCH TO AN INCH AND A HALF,PONDING LIKELY ON THE ROADS ANDTHEN THAT ISOLATED SHOWER ORTHUNDERSTORM ON FRIDAY.TOMORROW, NOW AFTER THE RAINMOVES OUT IN THE MORNING, MILDTEMPERATURES, MAYBE EVEN A FEWBREAKS OF SUN, BUT STILL CAN'TRULE OUT A FEW SPOTTY SHOWERS.THE HIGH 62.FRIDAY IS WHEN WE SURGE TO NEAR80 DEGREES.USUALLY OUR FIRST 80 DEGREE DAYIS APRIL 19TH, WE'RE GOING TOGET CLOSE HERE ON FRIDAY, BUTTHEN WE KNOCK IT RIGHT BACK FORTHE WEEKEND, A CHILLY WEEKEND ONTHE WAY WITH HAD SERIOUS WINDCHILL ISSUES ESPECIALLYSATURDAY.SO FRIDAY IS VERY WARM, SATURDAYMORNING 25 DEGREES COLDERTURNING SUNNY BUT VERY WINDY,