April 24 Aurora Photos And Weather Brings Late Season Frost Late Week Rain

April 24, 2023

Monday Morning Update

You may be waking up to clouds and rain showers, but we did get enough clearing last night to allow for some viewing of the Aurora into The Mid Atlantic US.  The severe geomagnetic storm that flushed Earth did live up to expectations. I gathered a few photos locally and around the world to share before our weather report. More pics may be available later today.

Note that the weather has frost in southern PA this morning and will expand that to inland Maryland tomorrow. Then we will set up a rainy pattern for the last half of this week.

Aurora Update

Planetary K-index

The Severe Storm did peak at 8, which is on the threshold for a bright event to push the Northern Lights farther south in latitude.

Stonehenge Aurora

One of the more spectacular views was seen over Stonehenge in the UK. This may end up on a widely distributed poster or high gloss photo near you.

UPDATE:

Click here to see Photos Aurora  From Maryland, Delaware, and Virginia.

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Aurora pillars from just west of St Louis, MO at 10pm. #mowx pic.twitter.com/2LIX1LaitU

— Peter Forister ⚡️🌪️⚡️ (@forecaster25) April 24, 2023

New Jersey Aurora

This glowing view was captured by…

Maryland Aurora Lights

Central Maryland did get a faint view as shown by James Wilinghan. He identified that there was clearing after sunset.

Aurora over central Maryland April 23rd. Clouds blocked the view after sunset and once cleared activity seemed to be calming down this far south, but there was still some activity to be pulled out with the camera. @JustinWeather pic.twitter.com/ZjGWEqZD31

— James Willinghan (@JamesWillinghan) April 24, 2023

St. Louis Aurora Lights

This is at a similar altitude to Baltimore and has a wonderful display seen here.

Aurora pillars from just west of St Louis, MO at 10pm. #mowx pic.twitter.com/2LIX1LaitU

— Peter Forister ⚡️🌪️⚡️ (@forecaster25) April 24, 2023

Kaleidoscope Aurora in Montana

Cory Mottice captured what looked like a tied-eye shirt at a Grateful Dead Concert at times.

Quite the impressive show tonight from Billings, MT! Unfortunately my tripod broke so I had to make due with what I had, but still got some pretty cool shots. Easily the brightest #aurora I have seen so far. Lit up the ground brighter than a full moon for a time! #mtwx pic.twitter.com/UTcp6eNRgb

— Cory Mottice (@EverythingWX) April 24, 2023

WEATHER REPORT

Morning Surface Weather

A disturbance has brought a cluster of clouds and rain showers to southern Maryland and Delmarva… and it’s moving away.

High Pressure is building in from Illinois and will help to bring more sun with chilly temps.

Temperatures

Morning Observations

Look at the cold! 20s in the mountains and 30s have reached the inland suburbs. It will be colder tomorrow morning.

Afternoon Forecast

Most areas in the 50s, to near 60ºF for Baltimore and around Delmarva.

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CLIMATE DATA

TODAY April 24

Normal Low in Baltimore:  47ºF

Record 32ºF in 2003

Snow: Trace in 1930

Normal High in Baltimore: 70ºF

Record 93ºF in 1960

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Tuesday Temperatures

Morning

Inland Frost! An Advisory is likely to be issued for counties west and north of Baltimore. Milder 40s likely from the city and around the Bay.

Afternoon Temperatures

Another chilly afternoon with mid 50s to near 60s.

Storm Forecast Animation

Wednesday Afternoon to Sunday Night

A stormy pattern will bring a few rounds of chilly rain our way for the last half of the week. Yes, this will affect the weekend.

Snapshots: There will be some adjustment as we get closer, but this looks like a few systems will affect us with rain almost every day after Wednesday to the weekend.

Thursday Evening

A larger storm will be arriving from the west. Rain arrives late in the day and sticks around for a while.

Friday Evening

The storm moving well off the coast, but upper level disturbance will keep the unsettled, cool and wet weather in place.

Sunday Afternoon

This may bring heavier rain and a thunderstorm with the cold front.

7 Day Forecast

The over-correction I have been mentioning will be felt this week. After a late season frost tomorrow morning, the end of the week will feature a rainy pattern. This will be a chance to make a dent in our drought.

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