October 28, 2023
Saturday Morning Update
A second record high in a row was reached in Baltimore yesterday. BWI hit 82ºF at 11:18 AM matching the mark set in 1963. Temps today will be just as warm, but the record will be out of reach. It was 87ºF on this date in 1919.
We are watching a slow-moving cold front that will gradually spread rain our way. On Sunday that rain will be north across PA with showers across the Maryland mountains and possibly into metro Baltimore. They will expand south on Monday, but southern Maryland may remain dry until Tuesday.
Halloween will be noticeably colder for all of us and we might have the first coating of snow of the season in the western Maryland mountains.
Important to note that numbers this morning are higher than some afternoons next week.
This weather map has almost everything on it. While the air is still warm locally and across most of the Eastern US, the cold front that will bring the change has a narrow band of rain in the Ohio Valley. Behind this, much colder air will continue to push East and South.
In that cold air, snow is falling with a new storm in Colorado and is expanding into the Central Plains.
This will be our last warm day for a while. No records expected locally…
Baltimore hit 87ºF on this date in 1919.
Sunrise at 7:30 AM
Sunset at 6:11 PM
Normal Low in Baltimore: 42ºF
Record 27ºF in 1976
Normal High in Baltimore: 64ºF
Record 87ºF 1919
Still mild across Maryland with the signal of colder air in central Pennsylvania.
Cooler air will settle in with the rain to the north. This will reach near metro Baltimore while it remains dry and mild in Southern MD and Virginia.
The gradual shift of rain with the cold front may take a few days. Then colder air will open up the first opportunity of snowfall for the season in Western Maryland.
Steady rain will be falling across central Pennsylvania with showers reaching into Central Maryland. Farther south may still remain dry.
Halloween will be windy and chilly. The rain will be slowly shifting south as showers may linger near Annapolis and rain will be more likely across Southern Maryland/Virginia/Delaware.
The coldest air in the stretch will be in place with Lake Effect Snow reaching the mountains of Western Maryland. Garrett County could have its first coating of snow.
The core of this cold air will reach us mid-week, then modify heading into Next Weekend!
Windy and chilly. Afternoon temperatures may end up colder than the mornings this weekend.
A dramatic change this week after a few days in the 80s, today will be the last one. We will watch that band of rain slowly shift south, bringing in colder air.
Halloween will be windy and cold, the coldest air settles in on Wednesday. That may be the day the first snow of the season hits the mountains of western Maryland.
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