Hurricane Helene is set to make landfall as a category 4 hurricane in Florida and could bring cloudy, rainy conditions to the Philadelphia region.
According to the National Hurricane Center, Helene is forecasted to become a Category 4 hurricane before it makes landfall.Get top local stories in Philly delivered to you every morning.
While our region won’t see any direct impact from the hurricane, First Alert meteorologist Michelle Rotella says the moisture from the remnants of the storm on Friday through the weekend could make it into our area. Extensive cloud coverage could keep conditions gloomy and bring some rain to our area by Friday afternoon.
At this time, the highest amounts of rain we could see between now and through Sunday would be around 1-2” mainly south of Philadelphia.Not all of this rain will be due to Helene, we also have a front swinging through our area late in the week that will also bring clouds and on-and-off rain showers.
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