{"id":188146,"date":"2026-05-09T16:50:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T16:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/188146\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T16:50:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T16:50:07","slug":"rain-cool-to-give-way-to-sunny-warm-mothers-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/188146\/","title":{"rendered":"Rain, cool to give way to sunny, warm Mother’s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Saturday\u2019s dreary, cool and wet conditions will give way to comfortable weather for outdoor Mother\u2019s Day\u2019s activities early Sunday afternoon, according to the latest forecast<\/a> from the National Weather Service in Mount Holly, NJ.<\/p>\n

The few hundredths of an inch of rain predicted for Saturday, along with moderate winds, cloudy skies and temperatures barely breaking into the 60s might be enough to dampen outdoor plans for the day, but not enough to overcome the four-inch rainfall deficit<\/a> the Lehigh Valley has experienced over the last six months.<\/p>\n

Saturday night is expected to be cool, with lows in the 40s and patchy fog.<\/p>\n

\"This<\/p>\n

National Weather Service<\/p>\n

This county map of Pennsylvania and lower New York state shows the departure from normal precipitation amounts recorded over the last 180 days. The Lehigh Valley has had about 17 inches of precipitaion, four inches below normal.<\/p>\n

Sunday will be more suitable for outdoor fun, but there is a chance of more sprinkles later in the day, along with a mid-afternoon thunderstorm. The high temperature will be 76.<\/p>\n

The remainder of the week looks to be a parade of cool and damp days with spotty showers almost every day.<\/p>\n

Here is the extended forecast from the National Weather Service.<\/p>\n

Saturday: Showers, mainly before 3 p.m. High near 63. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.<\/p>\n

Saturday night: Patchy fog after midnight. Otherwise, increasing clouds, with a low around 49. Calm wind.<\/p>\n

Sunday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m., then a slight chance of thunderstorms after 5pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 76. Light and variable wind becoming west 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.<\/p>\n

Sunday Night: Showers likely, mainly after 2 a.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 47. Calm wind becoming north around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.<\/p>\n

Monday: Showers likely, mainly before 8 a.m. Partly sunny, with a high near 63 and a low around 41. Calm wind becoming north around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.<\/p>\n

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 64. Becoming partly cloudy at night, with a low around 44.<\/p>\n

Wednesday: Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 64. Chance of precipitation is 70%. More showers expected Wednesday night with a low around 48. Chance of precipitation is 80%.<\/p>\n

Thursday: Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 65. Chance of precipitation is 70%, decreasing to 40% at night, with a low around 48.<\/p>\n

Friday: A chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 69. Chance of precipitation is 30%.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Saturday\u2019s dreary, cool and wet conditions will give way to comfortable weather for outdoor Mother\u2019s Day\u2019s activities early…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":178292,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120,1133],"class_list":["post-188146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188146"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188146\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/178292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}