May 2, 2023
Tuesday Morning Update
If you like cloudy, chilly, and wet weather, you are going to love this. If you felt like we missed out on March, it’s Back! This is a weather pattern and temperatures we would have expected two months ago. The net result of a large block and locked in cold core Low in the Great Lakes is producing this unusual pattern for a few days. There may be record snow in the mountains as well.
I want to start with the snow because, well, it’s my obsession. But also because it is so rare. This will include ways you can track the snow today, then our regular weather report below.
This is an Omega Block across North America. It looks like the Greek letter Omega with two deep or closed troughs on the West and Eastern US, with a large Ridge in the middle.
This keeps our region very chilly and will be responsible for the mountain snow.
This pattern will be stuck for a few more days. It will gradually break as we head into the weekend.
A large pinwheel of showers is pivoting around the Upper Level Low. The mountain snow is not showing well on radar now, but it’s there and will be expanding today.
Rain showers will be on tap for the rest of us.
Winter Weather Advisory
Garrett County, MD
Above 2,000 Ft: 1 to 3 inches
Winter Storm Warning
Total Snow: 4 to 6 inches, between 8 to 12+ on higher elevations. Winds gust to 45 mph.
Snow will be in full form in the mountains, while a large field of rain showers will expand into metro areas.
This model assumes all snow will stick through Wednesday. I believe if we consider melting and compaction, we can cut this in 1/2 as a top expectation.
Peter Forister is at Snowshoe, WV. The elevation is 4,848 Ft and he could see a foot of snow. Here is his Twitter Account:
I’m in Snowshoe, West Virginia for a potentially historic May snowstorm.
The forecast is calling for snow amounts not seen in May since 1923. More video and photos to follow! #wvwx pic.twitter.com/hNbtx691NG
— Peter Forister ⚡️🌪️⚡️ (@forecaster25) May 2, 2023
Live Web Cam: Deep Creek Lake MD
Note that the lake itself may warm the surrounding areas, but you may see snow stick on the slopes of Wisp.
This webcam is positioned at The Greene Turtle Deep Creek Lake and shows Wisp Resort, including a zoomed-in view of Squirrel Cage, The Face, the terrain park, Boulder, the mountain coaster, the tubing park and a shot of McHenry Cove at Deep Creek Lake!
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Snow will become more prominent today, while rain showers expand farther east. Most of us will have periodic showers today.
Rain showers for most, but snow in Garrett County and West Virginia, mainly above 2,500 Ft elevation.
The westerly wind will continue with an average of 10 to 20 mph. A few gusts may push up close to 30 mph again.
With the wind and rain showers, even if you get close to 60ºF it will be chilly. Many areas stay in the 50s.
TODAY May 2
Normal Low in Baltimore: 49ºF
Record 36ºF in 1878
Normal High in Baltimore: 72ºF
Record 90ºF 2018
Rain showers for most of us with mountain snow continuing.
These numbers are still almost 20 degrees below average for May 3.
The rain showers and mountain snow will gradually break up by Thursday and Friday.
This March weather will begin to break later in the week. While we may continue to see isolated showers at the end of the week, we will gradually get more sun and warmer temps. At this point the weekend looks better and back to spring.
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