Philadelphia weather: Active weather night as storms move into the region

PHILADELPHIA - Thunderstorms are rolling across the Delaware Valley Wednesday night and will extend into early Thursday morning. The storms are bringing heavy rain, damaging wind gusts and some hail.

The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm watch for nearly the entire region, with the exception of the southernmost counties of New Jersey until midnight.

Forecasters anticipate these storms could bring damaging wind gusts, heavy rain and could also bring some hail. 

The sizzling summer temperatures will be replaced by much more comfortable temperatures Thursday, after the storms roll through, with Thursday's highs anticipated to be in the upper 80s, but cooler still Friday.

Comfortable and sunny summer conditions will continue Saturday, but the chance of rain will increase over the weekend. 

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Wednesday: P.m. storms. Low: 75

Thursday: Showers to sun. High: 88, Low: 72

Friday: Sunny, pleasant. High: 84, Low: 67

Saturday: Storm chance. High: 86, Low: 69

Sunday: Humid, p.m. storm. High: 91, Low: 79