{"id":81287,"date":"2026-01-08T13:03:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T13:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/81287\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T13:03:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T13:03:08","slug":"philadelphia-weather-rainy-start-to-weekend-will-clear-in-time-for-eagles-playoff-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/81287\/","title":{"rendered":"Philadelphia weather: Rainy start to weekend will clear in time for Eagles playoff game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ty0ajoivbs0uz5sp.jpg\" alt=\"Weather Authority: Thursday forecast\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-4292be72=\"\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">PHILADELPHIA &#8211; Forecasters say a rainy start to the weekend isn&#8217;t expected to impact the Eagles-49ers playoff game at The Linc on Sunday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTXF\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Temperatures will remain mild on Thursday, climbing into the 50s in Philadelphia and surrounding areas with partly cloudy skies.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">The balmy temps will near 60 degrees on Friday, but forecasters say rain showers will sweep across the region during the afternoon rush hour.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">A second and more substantial round of rain will move into the Philadelphia area on Saturday morning and become more widespread as the day continues.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">FOX 29&#8217;s Scott Williams says heavier showers will impact Philadelphia and parts of South Jersey during the mid-afternoon before tapering off during the evening.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Forecasters expect most areas to receive an inch of rain, with slightly higher rainfall totals in Philadelphia and areas along the I-95 corridor.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTXF\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">What&#8217;s next:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Fans headed to The Linc on Sunday for the Eagles&#8217; playoff game against the 49ers should brace for dry and blustery conditions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Seasonable temperatures in the 40s will feel much colder around 4:25 a.m. kick-off due to blustery wind gusts up to 30 MPH.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">The chilly wind is expected to last throughout the game as temps drop into the 30s.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox29.com\/tag\/weather\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Weather<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox29.com\/tag\/news\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHILADELPHIA &#8211; Forecasters say a rainy start to the weekend isn&#8217;t expected to impact the Eagles-49ers playoff game&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":81288,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[139,69,71,70,1133],"class_list":{"0":"post-81287","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia","8":"tag-news","9":"tag-philadelphia","10":"tag-philadelphia-headlines","11":"tag-philadelphia-news","12":"tag-weather"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81287","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=81287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81287\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}