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FXUS61 KPHI 120208
AFDPHI
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1008 PM EDT WED MAR 11 2026
WHAT HAS CHANGED
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL HAS DIMINISHED.
KEY MESSAGES
1. FOLLOWING THE INITIAL ROUND OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EARLIER
IN THE EVENING, ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE
THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING WITH THE
PASSAGE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT.
2. TURNING WINDY AND MUCH COLDER ON THURSDAY IN THE WAKE OF A
STRONG COLD FRONT.
3. GUSTY WINDS CONTINUE ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, INCREASING THE
RISK FOR FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.
4. A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH DURING MONDAY BRINGING
PRECIPITATION FOLLOWED BY A SURGE OF COLDER AIR.
DISCUSSION
KEY MESSAGE 1...FOLLOWING THE INITIAL ROUND OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS EARLIER IN THE EVENING, ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS
AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING
WITH THE PASSAGE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT.
THE INITIAL ROUND OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EARLIER IN THE EVENING
HAS NOW SUBSIDED. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND A FEW EMBEDDED
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT, BUT THE SEVERE THREAT HAS
GREATLY DIMINISHED. THE COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH THE REGION
THURSDAY MORNING, AND WITH IT, ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS WITH
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY IMPACT THE AREA AROUND THAT TIME.
THE SEVERE THREAT WILL BE MINIMAL HERE AS WELL, BUT A FEW
RUMBLES OF THUNDER ARE POSSIBLE.
KEY MESSAGE 2...TURNING WINDY AND MUCH COLDER ON THURSDAY IN
THE WAKE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT.
THE COLD FRONT WILL BE MOSTLY OFFSHORE ON THURSDAY, BUT IT MAY
BE CLOSE ENOUGH FOR CLOUDS AND RAIN TO IMPACT MOST OF NEW JERSEY
AND DELMARVA. FARTHER INLAND, WITH STRONG COLD AIR ADVECTION
DEVELOPING BEHIND THE COLD FRONT, THERE MAY BE SOME SNOW MIXING
WITH THE RAIN BEFORE ENDING. ANY SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL BE
MINIMAL AT BEST. WINDS ABRUPTLY SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AND WILL
RANGE FROM 15 TO 20 MPH WITH 25 TO 30 MPH GUSTS. THE HIGH
TEMPERATURE WILL LIKELY OCCUR JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT, THEN WILL
FALL INTO THE 40S AND 50S BY DAYBREAK THURSDAY, BEFORE FALLING
FURTHER INTO THE UPPER 30S TO LOW 40S LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
KEY MESSAGE 3...GUSTY WINDS CONTINUE ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY,
INCREASING THE RISK FOR FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.
A STRENGTHENING LOW PASSING TO OUR NORTH ACROSS SOUTHERN CANADA
FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT WILL KEEP A STRONG GRADIENT ACROSS OUR
AREA TO END THE WEEK AND START THE WEEKEND.
AS A RESULT, SOUTHERLY WINDS ON FRIDAY WILL POTENTIALLY BE
AROUND 15-25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 30-40 MPH POSSIBLE. ROBUST MIXING
WILL ALSO ALLOW FOR RHS TO DROP TO 30-40% ACROSS MUCH OF THE
AREA. ON SATURDAY, WINDS WILL TURN TO THE WEST AFTER THE PASSAGE
OF A FRONT AND LIKELY REMAIN ELEVATED AROUND 15-20 MPH WITH
GUSTS OF 25-30 MPH. THE WESTERLY WINDS WILL ALSO BE ADVECTING IN
MORE DRY AIR, WITH MINIMUM RHS ON SATURDAY OF 20-30% ACROSS THE
REGION.
THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RHS WILL LEAD TO AN
INCREASED RISK OF FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. THE MAIN LIMITING
FACTOR WILL BE FUEL MOISTURES. THE ENTIRE REGION IS EXPECTED TO
RECEIVE A WETTING RAINFALL (0.1 INCHES OF RAIN OR MORE)
WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY SO THE THREAT WILL BE DEPENDENT
ON HOW QUICKLY THE STRONG WINDS AND LOW RHS DRY OUT THE FUELS.
THE PASSING FRONT MAY BRING A FEW SHOWERS TO OUR AREA FRIDAY
NIGHT BUT AN ADDITIONAL WETTING RAINFALL IS NOT EXPECTED WITH
ITS PASSAGE.
KEY MESSAGE 4...A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH DURING MONDAY
BRINGING PRECIPITATION FOLLOWED BY A SURGE OF COLDER AIR.
AS LOW PRESSURE TRACKS JUST TO OUR NORTH SUNDAY NIGHT INTO
MONDAY, A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CROSS OUR AREA LATE MONDAY INTO
MONDAY NIGHT. A PLUME OF DEEPER MOISTURE AND STRONGER FORCING
FOR ASCENT SHOULD RESULT IN A PERIOD OF RAIN AHEAD OF THE COLD
FRONT ITSELF LATER SUNDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH MONDAY. A
MILDER AIR MASS SHOULD BE IN PLACE, THEREFORE RAIN IS EXPECTED.
AS SOME COLD AIR BEGINS TO POUR IN LATER MONDAY A TRANSITION TO
SOME SNOW BEFORE ENDING IS POSSIBLE IF ENOUGH MOISTURE REMAINS.
THE AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION AND ANY SNOW WILL BE HIGHLY
DEPENDENT ON THE TIMING OF THE SYSTEM, HOW MUCH MOISTURE IS WITH
IT AND HOW QUICKLY THE COLDER AIR MOVES IN.
A ROBUST PERIOD OF COLD AIR ADVECTION MAY FOLLOW INTO THE
MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK, RESULTING IN A MUCH COLDER AIR MASS ACROSS
OUR AREA. THIS MAY RESULT IN HIGH TEMPERATURES TUESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY STRUGGLING TO REACH 40 DEGREES ACROSS MOST OF OUR
AREA.
AVIATION /01Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/
THE FOLLOWING DISCUSSION IS FOR KPHL, KPNE, KTTN, KABE, KRDG,
KILG, KMIV, KACY AND SURROUNDING AREAS.
REST OF TONIGHT...MAINLY VFR IN THE WAKE OF THE FIRST ROUND OF
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE EVENING. LLWS CONCERNS THROUGH THE NEXT
SEVERAL HOURS. ANOTHER ROUND OF SHRA/TSRA ARE POSSIBLE AFTER
08Z AS COLD FRONT APPROACHES. LOW CONFIDENCE IN SUB-VFR
CONDITIONS FOR THE SECOND ROUND. S-SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT WITH 20
TO 25 KT GUSTS, VEERING TO THE W, THEN TO THE NW AT 15 TO 20 KT
WITH 25 KT GUSTS LATE TONIGHT. MODERATE CONFIDENCE OVERALL.
THURSDAY...MVFR CIGS IN THE WAKE OF THE FROPA. CONDS IMPROVE TO
VFR AT KRDG/KABE, BUT MVFR CIGS REMAIN FOR THE OTHER SITES
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. MVFR VIS POSSIBLE WITH RAIN IN
ILG/KMIV/KACY. NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT WITH 25 TO 30 KT GUSTS. LOW
CONFIDENCE.
OUTLOOK...
THURSDAY NIGHT...VFR WITH NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER.
FRIDAY...VFR. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WIND GUSTS 25-35 KNOTS,
DIMINISHING SOME AT NIGHT.
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...VFR OVERALL.
SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...SUB-VFR CONDITIONS LIKELY WITH RAIN
EXPECTED.
MARINE
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR ALL WATERS THROUGH
THURSDAY.
SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 20 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 KT WILL VEER TO THE
SOUTHWEST AS THE NIGHT PROGRESSES, THEN WILL ABRUPTLY SHIFT TOT
HE NORTHWEST THURSDAY MORNING BEHIND THE PASSAGE OF A STRONG
COLD FRONT. 25 TO 30 GUSTS THEN EXPECTED ON THURSDAY. SEAS 3 TO
5 FT THIS EVENING WILL BUILD TO 5 TO 7 FT ON THURSDAY.
SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING, THEN
ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY
MORNING. SHOWERS MAY PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY.
OUTLOOK...
THURSDAY NIGHT...SUB-SCA CONDITIONS EXPECTED.
FRIDAY...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS LIKELY BEGINNING IN
THE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
SATURDAY...THE CONDITIONS SHOULD BE LOWERING BELOW SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY CRITERIA.
SUNDAY AND MONDAY...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS PROBABLE,
ESPECIALLY FROM SUNDAY NIGHT ONWARDS.
CLIMATE
7 RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES AND 6 RECORD WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURES
WERE SET TODAY, MARCH 11TH. RECORDS FOR OUR CLIMATE SITES ARE
LISTED BELOW:
RECORD WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURES: MARCH 11
SITE............................RECORD/YEAR
ALLENTOWN (ABE).....................44/2006
AC AIRPORT (ACY)....................48/1955
AC MARINA (55N).....................51/2016
GEORGETOWN (GED)....................55/1955 & 1986
MOUNT POCONO (MPO)..................47/1955
PHILADELPHIA (PHL)..................54/1955
READING (RDG).......................51/1955
TRENTON (TTN).......................51/1955
WILMINGTON (ILG)....................48/1955
RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES: MARCH 11
SITE............................RECORD/YEAR
ALLENTOWN (ABE).....................73/2021
AC AIRPORT (ACY)....................79/1967
AC MARINA (55N).....................70/1879
GEORGETOWN (GED)....................77/2021
MOUNT POCONO (MPO)..................66/1977
PHILADELPHIA (PHL)..................74/2021
READING (RDG).......................77/2021
TRENTON (TTN).......................73/2021
WILMINGTON (ILG)....................74/2021
PHI WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
PA...NONE.
NJ...NONE.
DE...NONE.
MD...NONE.
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM EDT THURSDAY FOR ANZ430-431-
450>455.
DISCUSSION...AKL/GORSE/MPS/STAARMANN
AVIATION...AKL/MJL/MPS
MARINE...AKL/MPS
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