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Weather Philadelphia: Rain Chances and Cooling Temperatures

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Grab your umbrella, we’re watching some chances of rain around Philadelphia in the weather forecast on Saturday. A cold front will approach from the west with clouds and scattered afternoon showers. It will also be muggy with highs below average in the mid-70s.

Cool Down and Sunny Days Ahead

Then grab the extra blankets for Saturday night and jackets for Sunday morning. Behind the cold front, skies will clear quickly as much cooler and drier air arrives. Temperatures over the next few days and nights may be the chilliest since last May with lows in the city between 52-55 degrees and mid to upper 40s in the Lehigh Valley, upper PA suburbs and the Pine Barrens of South Jersey.

• Saturday: Scattered showers. High 76
• Sunday: Sunny, cool and breezy. High 71, Low 53
• Monday: Chilly start to the workweek. High 79, Low 52
• Tuesday: Sunny. High 84, Low 58
• Wednesday: Sunshine again! High 86, Low 59
• Thursday: Sunshine streak continues. High 87, Low 60
• Friday: Sunny and nice. High 85, Low 62

Also, plan on some static electricity shocks the next few days as very low humidity combines with breezy northwest winds. Sunday marks the start of an eight-day sunny stretch that extends through next weekend with temperatures climbing to the 80s by Tuesday.

With this taste of fall on the way, it’s hard to believe we are still in the summer season. The autumnal equinox (start of fall) is two weeks from Sunday on Sept. 22 at 8:44 a.m. here in Philadelphia. On that day, we have equal hours of daylight and darkness, but our hours of daylight will quickly become shorter after Sept. 22.