April 1, 2023
Saturday Morning
Today is our storm day and considering the eruption of severe weather yesterday, I need to make this statement first: Locally we are are expecting high winds, however the risk for tornadoes is very low. I will get in to the timeline and expectations below.
The Storm Prediction Center posted 65 preliminary Tornado Reports yesterday. This was concentrated in the Midwest and turned deadly in urban areas of Chicago and Little Rock.
There has been a lot of destruction reported. This one video clip helps shows how powerful the storms have been. This was in Iowa.
short preview clip of a tornado near Ottumwa, Iowa at 3:45pm this afternoon – DM for licensing – full video yet to come – pic.twitter.com/9pNF5BgBU8
— Michael Marz (@MichaelMarz1) March 31, 2023
Tornado Destruction
One of the examples of the destruction is seen in this drone video over Arkansas.
NEW VIDEO: Already devastating scenes coming out of Wynne, AR of some serious #tornado damage. Search and rescue efforts are already underway. #ARwx pic.twitter.com/1IrAjMw05Z
— WeatherNation (@WeatherNation) March 31, 2023
This alert for wind gusts to 60 mph has been expanded to include all of Central Maryland and Southern Pennsylvania!
I can see this as confusing as this area is projected to have lower wind speeds, however, a slight risk for storms to turn severe.
The timing of the squall line has varied. I would consider between 5 PM and 8 PM for metro areas.
NOAA Storm Prediction Center has the Slight Risk for storms to turn severe on Delmarva. The prime line will arrive this evening and given the warm temperatures this may get some enhancement. See the simulation below.
We may still have lightning, pockets of hail, and possibly hear of isolated tornadoes to our North and East.
Showers and some rumbles of thunder have started early.
8 AM to 2 PM
We will get a break in the rain that may allow the sun to come out and push temps into the 70s.
4 PM to Midnight
TODAY April 1
Normal Low in Baltimore: 39ºF
Record 15ºF in 1923
SNOW: 9.4” in 1924
Normal High in Baltimore: 61ºF
Record 88ºF in 1978
8 AM to 8 PM
Strong morning gusts FROM the Northwest, then easing later in the day.
It will be cooler.
Winds will be brisk with cooler temperatures Sunday. Then we get back to the warm temps next week. Orioles Home Opener on Thursday may have some leftover showers.
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I have made a few public statements over the years, but if you are new here you may have missed it:
I have dyslexia, and found out during my second year at Cornell University. It didn’t stop me from getting my meteorology degree, and being first to get the AMS CBM in the Baltimore/Washington region. One of my professors told me that I had made it that far without knowing, and to not let it be a crutch going forward. That was Mark Wysocki and he was absolutely correct!
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