Philadelphia Weather: Taste Of Summer Coming

Meteorologist Lauren Casey has your forecast.

SO IMPORTANT.I'M STEPHANIE STAHL CBS3"EYEWITNESS NEWS."MEMORIAL DAY STARTED OUTCLOUDY AND IN SOME PLACESFOGGY BUT IT'S CLEARED UP TOBE A PRETTY NICE DAY AND WE'REIN FOR A WARMUP.METEOROLOGIST LAUREN CASEYJOINS US LIVE IN HER HOME WITHA LOOK AT THE FORECAST.HI, LAUREN.HEY, JESS.BEAUTIFUL CONDITIONS AFTERCLOUDS THIS MORNING.SUNSHINE BREAKING OUT MAKINGFOR A PERFECT AFTERNOON FOROUR HOLIDAY TO GET OUT ANDABOUT.GETTING A LIVE LOOK RIGHT NOWDOWN THE SHORE, CAPE MAY,THAT'S THE PLACE TO SPEND AHOLIDAY.PEOPLE ARE DOING A PRETTY GOODJOB THERE SOCIAL DISTANCINGTAKING A STROLL ON THE SHORE.LOOKS LIKE NO ONE IS BRAVEENOUGH AT THIS POINT, AT LEASTIN THIS SHOT, YEAH, TO GET INTHAT WATER.STILL QUITE CHILLY WITH OCEANTEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 50'SAND LOW 60'S.BUT OUR AIR TEMPERATURESCERTAINLY NOT CHILLY IN THEPOCONOS, JIM THORPE WE'RE AT77 DEGREES RIGHT NOW, 76 INALLENTOWN, A LITTLE COOLER INTRENTON AT 71 DEGREES.AS WE LOOK AT JERSEYTEMPERATURES, CLEARING OUTTHERE, THE LATEST HOLDINGTEMPERATURES BACK 68 DEGREESRIGHT NOW IN MOUNT HOLLY BUT73 IN CHADDS FORD.73 RIGHT NOW IN PHILADELPHIAAND TEMPERATURES COOL BUTPLEASANT DOWN THE SHORE RIGHTNOW.67 IN WILDWOOD AND 66 DEGREESIN CAPE MAY.WE CERTAINLY HAD A MUGGY STARTTO THE WEEKEND BUT THATHUMIDITY RELAXED YESTERDAY ANDTODAY.DEWPOINTS ARE IN THE UPPER50'S TO NEAR 60 DEGREES SOMIGHT BE FEELING JUST A TAD OFMUGGINESS BUT OTHERWISE PRETTYCOMFORTABLE AND WE'LL KEEPTHAT MORE COMFORTABLE TRENDAROUND TOMORROW EVEN THOUGH WESTART TO WARM TEMPERATURES UP.STORM SCAN3 SHOWING US QUIETCONDITIONS RIGHT NOW.STILL SOME CLOUDS IN PLACEACROSS SOUTH JERSEY THAT WILLCONTINUE TO ERODE.CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS AS WELOOK FAR TO THE NORTH AND WESTOVER NORTH CENTRALPENNSYLVANIA BUT WE AREKEEPING THINGS DRY.BUT WE WILL SEE INCREASINGCLOUDS OVERNIGHT WITH AREAS OFFOG REDEVELOPING I THINK THEFOG TONIGHT WILL BE MOREWIDESPREAD AND WILL BE MOREDENSE, REDUCING OURVISIBILITIES SO LATE TONIGHTAND THROUGH THE EARLY MORNINGHOURS TO ABOUT MID MORNINGTHAT FOG IS GOING TO BEAROUND, SOME LOW CLOUDS, KINDOF SIMILAR TO TODAY AND THENSUNSHINE BREAKING OUT AS WEHEAD INTO MIDDAY MAKING FOR ANICE AFTERNOON ANDTEMPERATURES FINALLY WARMINGUP INTO THE 80'S.81 DEGREES.THOSE 80-DEGREE DAYS HAVE BEENSO SPARSE SO FAR THIS MONTH.AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE IS GOINGTO START TO BUILD ON IN ANDLOCK IN AS WE HEAD INTO THELAST WEEK OF MAY AND THAT WILLPROVIDE FOR US A STRETCH OF 80-DEGREE DAYS SO WE'LL STARTTO CATCH UP ON THAT AVERAGENUMBER OF 80-DEGREE DAYS FORTHE MONTH OF MAY.WE'RE 82 ON WEDNESDAY, 83 BYTHURSDAY, OUR THUNDERSTORMCHANCE RETURNS.BEST CHANCE FOR SHOWERS ANDTHUNDERSTORMS IS GOING TO BEON FRIDAY.THAT DAY IS GOING TO GIVE US ABIG TASTE OF SUMMER.IT'S GOING TO BE DOWN RIGHTHUMID, HIGH TEMPERATURES INTHE MIDDLE 80'S AND THATDOWNPOUR AND THUNDERSTORMCHANCE.COOL FRONT DROPS IN SATURDAYWILL LIKELY GENERATE SOMESHOWER ACTIVITY, MAYBE A FEWTHUNDERSTORMS FOR THE FIRSTHALF OF THE DAY AND THENCLEARING OFF WITH THATHUMIDITY HEADING OFF AS WEHEAD INTO SATURDAY NIGHT ANDAT THE END OF NEXT WEEKEND ISLOOKING BEAUTIFUL AND THE