May 23 Weather Smokey Haze Then Cooler Temps With Rain For The Memorial Day Weekend

May 23 2023

Tuesday Morning Update

Temperatures will be comfortable, but the sky will remain hazy with smoke from the Western Canada wildfires. This is at high altitudes and not affecting air quality here on the surface. But it will dim the sun.

Temperatures at 6 AM

Morning Surface Weather

We don’t see an organized system in our region, but a storm is forming in the Southeast US with the infusion of tropical moisture. That will be our focus for the Memorial Day Weekend.

We continue to have haze in our sky from the Canadian Wildfires, but we will also get a refreshing cooler air-mass from Canada arriving Wednesday night.

Brief showers at night, then only scattered showers over the weekend.

If you have plans for the beaches, the wind off the water will keep temps in the 60s and there will be more showers there.

Smoke Forecast

We continue with that hazy sky. This latest plume is high in the atmosphere and not affecting surface air pollution.

Animation Through Wednesday

The smoke plume from Canada will continue to affect us through tomorrow ahead of a new and cooler air-mass moving in.

Afternoon Temperatures

Comfortable and slightly cooler than average. The partly cloudy sky will be mixed with haze from the smoke.

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CLIMATE DATA

TODAY May 23

Normal Low in Baltimore:  55ºF

Record 39ºF in 1961

Normal High in Baltimore: 77ºF

Record 98ºF 1925

Wednesday Weather

This may be the warmest day of the week. It will be nice during the day, then a brief shower at night will mark the cooler air moving in.

Temperatures

Morning

Afternoon

Radar Simulation: 4 PM to Midnight

The line of showers will be dropping through southern PA and near the Maryland line around sunset.

Radar Snapshot at 8 PM

Wet Holiday Weekend?

Thursday To Memorial Day Monday

Close attention on a tropical disturbance moving up the coast. There are a lot of uncertainties with this, however, it is worth paying attention to for the chance of rain, cooler winds off the ocean, and high water/waves on the coast and into the Chesapeake Bay.

Snapshot Friday

Winds from the ocean will keep cooler temps in place. It will be chilly in the 60s at the beaches. The chance for rain may be slower to move up the coast. This is something worth considering in the forecast with this weekend.

Snapshot Saturday

The best chance for rain, especially for the beaches will be Saturday.

7 Day Forecast

The cooler air will be in place to end this week and the holiday weekend. The coastal storm is still uncertain with the amount of rain we may see. Just a chance each weekend day for now.

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