Friday Midday Weather Update: Improving Over The Weekend

Matt Peterson has the latest forecast.

SPACE STATION WHERE THEY WILLDOCK AND STAY FOR BETWEEN 1 ANDTHREE MONTHS.WELL, WE ARE TRACKING SEVEREWEATHER THAT'S HEADED OUR WAYTHIS AFTERNOON.LET'S GET ANOTHER CHECK ON THEFORECAST WITH MATT WHO IS ATHOME.HELLO MY FRIEND.WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON, THERE,JIM.GOING TO BE A HOT AND STICKYONE TODAY.STEAMY AND STORMY AS I'VE BEENLIKING TO CALL IT MOST OF THEMORNING AND OVERALL, YES, WHILEWE ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING FORTHOSE UNCOMFORTABLE CONDITIONSTO PERSIST FOR ONE MORE DAYTHERE IS RELIEF IN SIGHT.IT WILL BE COMING BY THE END OFTHE WEEKEND SO WE ARE GOING TOBE LOOKING AT THAT SILVER LININGTHAT KIND OF LIGHT AT THE END OFTHE TUNNEL BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON.TAKE A LOOK OUTSIDE RIGHTNOW.NEIGHBORHOOD NETWORK UP INBETHLEHEM NORTH OF THE CITY OFCOURSE IN THE LEHIGH VALLEYWHERE WE COULD POTENTIALLY SEETHAT SEVERE WEATHER LATER THISAFTERNOON.WHILE IT'S STILL CLOUDY IN THECITY YOU SEE THAT SUNSHINESTARTING TO BREAK THROUGH THECLOUDS NORTH OF THE CITY IN THEBETHLEHEM AREA.THAT'S GREAT YOU SEE THESUNSHINE.BUT UNFORTUNATELY, USUALLY WHENWE HAVE THAT KIND OF SUNNYWEATHER, THAT ACTUALLY LEADS TOA SOME DESTABILIZATION ANDUNFORTUNATELY INSTABILITY IN THEATMOSPHERE LEADING TO THOSETHUNDERSTORMS CHANCES.HEAR CURRENT FORCES FOR USALREADY TO 80 DEGREES INATLANTIC IS THE CITY AND INPHILLY.SEE A LOT OF 70'S, BUT BEGUNSUNSHINE BREAKING THROUGH MOUNTPOCONO AND WILDWOOD THAT WILLCONTINUE TO DESTABILIZE THINGS.HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY GOING TOBE IN THE 80'S FOR A LOT OF US.HIGH 70'S THAT FOR THOSE THATDON'T REACH THE 80'S, SOMESUPPOSE CLOSE TO THE SHOREPOINTS AND MAYBE UP IN THEPOCONOS BUT WHEN YOU ADD IN THEHIGH HEAT AND HUMIDITY WE GET ALOT OF THOSE INGREDIENTS THATYOU KNEES FOR THUNDERSTORMS.WE THAT THUNDERSTORM FUEL THATINSTABILITY THAT WE ALSO KNOWNABOUT.CINECIENTA TERM.KATE.CON AFFECTED AVAILABLE ENERGY WELOOK FOR HIGH KATE VALUE TO FEEDTHE THUNDERSTORMS.SO WE'RE TAKING A LOOK AS WEGOING TO THE MORNING ANDAFTERNOON, YOU SEE LOTS OFORANGES AND REDS THAT'SINDICATIVE OF HIGH KATE VALUES,HIGH ININSTABILITY.WE LOSE DAYTIME HEATING, SLIGHTRISK OF SEVERE WEATHER NORTH ANDWEST OF THE CITY.HIGHEST WIND DAMAGE POTENTIALFOR HAIL FLASH FLOOD OUT THEREAND TORNADO THREAT IS NOT ZEROKEEP AN EYE OUT STAY AWAREESPECIALLY NORTH CAN WEST OF THECITY.POP UP THUNDERSTORMS ARE OUTTHERE NORTH CENTRAL PARTS OF THECOMMONWEALTH AS WE GO THROUGHTHE AFTERNOON MOST TODAY FOR THEMOST PART GOING TO BE TRY BUT BYTHE TIME OF 6:00 OR SO, SEE THETHUNDERSTORMS MOVE INTO THEWESTERN AREAS GOING TO CONTINUETHROUGH THE EVENING AND IN SOMEOVERNIGHT HOURS AS WELL.ONCE WE GET PAST MIDNIGHT THESHOWERS START TO FIST WILL.COULD GET LIGHT SPRINKLESTOWARDS THE SHORE TOMORROW.WEEKEND OUTLOOK LOOK PRETTY GOOD70'S BY SUNDAY VERY COMFORTABLEAND A LOOK AT OUR SEVEN-DAY