May 31 Sun With Smoke Haze Again Plus Needed Rain Outlook

May 31, 2023

Wednesday Update

Most of our region has started with a chill under a clear sky. However, even with the sun expected, we once again have smoke in the atmosphere. This time it is from wildfires in Eastern Canada and is flowing in from the winds over the ocean.

That same wind will keep the beaches chilly and with more clouds. We will get more of those clouds overnight and early tomorrow morning, then they will burn off as we build in more heat to end the week.

We NEED rain and the next chance will be Saturday. Then showers become more favorable next week.

Morning Temperatures

An unseasonably cool start to the day.

Morning Surface Weather

We seem locked in with High Pressure to our North and that compact storm off the Carolina coast.

In between winds are getting funneled from the East off the ocean. This keeps the beaches chilly AND has tapped into the smoke from the Canadian wildfires. So you may have that orange sun this morning and again this afternoon.

Smoke Forecast

Morning

Afternoon

Wind Forecast

Noon

Animation 8 AM to 8 PM

Afternoon Temperatures

Warmer inland and cooler by the beaches.

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CLIMATE DATA

TODAY May 31

Normal Low in Baltimore:  58ºF

Record 38ºF in 1996

Normal High in Baltimore: 80ºF

Record 97ºF 2011

Thursday Weather

Cloud Forecast

We may start mostly cloudy across Central Maryland to the Beaches, then those clouds erode with more afternoon sun.

Temperatures

Morning

Clouds will keep temps mild overnight.

Afternoon

Lighter winds will allow temps to warm up more in urban areas.

7 Day Forecast

The warmer weather will arrive in a few days, but will not last long.

We need rain and the first chance will be Saturday. Then the pattern becomes more favorable early next week.

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