October 30, 2023
Monday Morning Update
The change is on the way. The weekend ended with 70s in central Maryland and we will continue to step down the temperatures today and tomorrow. There will be a wide spread of readings as northern areas get into the colder air today and the rain with that boundary may break up as it pushes through central Maryland later in the afternoon.
Halloween will be windy and colder! The rain may linger in Southern Maryland while snow showers will arrive in the Western Maryland mountains. There is a chance some flurries may reach farther east by Wednesday.
We remain on the mild side.
While still mild, there is a strong cold front draped across the nation and it will finally be on the move. There is plenty of rain with this system, but most may hop over our area as it passes. I expect showers to cross central Maryland later today, but they will be in a diminished form. Then resurge to our south.
On the other end, much colder air from the Northern Plains will arrive for Halloween. This may bring record cold to the Southern US and frost or freeze advisories locally.
Rain from Pennsylvania and the Western Maryland Mountains will finally be on the move.
3 PM Radar: Showers near and north of Baltimore as this line of rain finally moves south and east.
Sunrise at 7:32 AM
Sunset at 6:08 PM
Normal Low in Baltimore: 41ºF
Record 26ºF in 1965
Normal High in Baltimore: 63ºF
Record 83ºF 1946; 2016
The front will stall and keep the showers through evening across Southern Maryland/Lower Delmarva.
Central Maryland will be DRY, but rain will continue across the Lower Eastern Shore.
A disturbance may bring showers farther east with a chance of flurries or snow showers in the mountains of Frederick County.
The cold air will sweep in mid week, then modify getting us back near or slightly above average by the end of the week.
The core of the cold air will be Wednesday into Thursday morning. We may have more frost and freeze alerts for the mornings.
The flip side will arrive for the weekend with a warming trend.
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