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Phillies Opening Day postponed: Rain impacted for Phils vs. Braves on Thursday

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The Philadelphia Phillies announced they are postponing Thursday's Home Opener against the Atlanta Braves to Friday.

As we enter mid-week, we'll begin seeing changes with the weather.

A cold front crossed our region Tuesday night and then practically stalled out along the coast.

This brought the initial batch of showers to our area throughout some of the day on Wednesday and should be light in nature.

A low-pressure system will develop across the southeast on Wednesday and then lift northeastward through Thursday night along the stalled front.

Rain will begin late Wednesday night and become widespread and steady by Thursday morning.

The system and rain will depart late Thursday and Thursday night.

Rainfall amounts at this time would be .5 to one inch for far interior areas of eastern Pennsylvania and northwest New Jersey. Areas along Interstate 95 could see one to 1.5 inches of rain with the coast possibly seeing two inches.

It's important to remember that we could see this fluctuate especially given the drier solutions some models have recently been giving us.

Meanwhile, Friday is looking sunny, dry and windy with temperatures in the mid-50s and winds northwest at 15 to 25 miles per hour.

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