October 9, 2023
Monday Afternoon Update
The wide-view weather map looks a lot like a winter storm in Canada. This has snow around it, well to our north, and Lake Effect Rain. It is also what has been governing our cool temperatures, and Fall feel to the air.
The upper-level winds around this storm will help steer a quick-moving, clipper-like rain event for our region later today and tonight. I want to address this with Live Radar and then leap ahead to the next weather event this weekend.
I have had a lot of questions about the next storm, and I always caution against promising anything 5 days away. But what I do see is the more likely timeframe the bulk of any rain may affect us. More on that with the maps below.
Low Pressure spinning in Canada is the core of cold air flowing over the eastern part of North America.
I’ve annotated Lake Effect rain and the upper-level winds steering the small Low-Pressure system in the Ohio Valley that will move our way later today.
This helps show the circulation flowing around the larger Low Pressure.
Clouds are on the increase, with rain not far behind spreading across the mountains.
Use the controls to zoom in or pan. Rain will show up better on the radar as it crosses the highest mountains. The distant and rugged environment does not allow for the most reliable returns on radar.
There will be a few hours of showers, and some may be moderate at times. It could be enough to affect after-school sports.
Rain will be approaching Frederick from the west. It should be over I-81.
Rain reaches the western suburbs of Baltimore and Washington.
Urban areas and surrounding get wet between Annapolis and the PA boarder.
Showers for a few hours.
Friday should be DRY!
This is a weather system that will build in on Saturday morning, and then the bulk of the rain will fall through the afternoon and evening.
Sunday will likely taper to cool winds and showers across Delmarva AND to the west in the Mountains. The population center around Baltimore and Washington are likely to be in the middle, with maybe a few isolated showers.
Rain building in across central Maryland early, then expanding East.
I plan to be part of over 4,000 cyclists in the Seagull Century 100-mile bike ride between Salisbury and Assateague Island. 
Scattered showers may be more prominent across Delmarva AND in the western mountains. While urban areas in central Maryland may be mostly dry, we can’t rule out some isolated showers as well with the cool, unsettled winds.
Following our first true Fall airmass, there will be more sun and some warming midweek. The next weather system is shaping up to be a storm with rain next weekend.
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