November 8, 2023
Monday Morning Update
We have this pattern of one warm day, then one chilly day, and back. Yesterday reached 73ºF in Baltimore, but should remain in the 50s today.
It is because of a wafting frontal boundary that today is to our south. This has brought back the cooler air for us. We will get one more push of warmer air, then a cold front will arrive Thursday into Friday. This weekend will bring a more consistent cooler trend, but there is more warm air in the pipeline next week.
Sunrise at 6:42 AM
Sunset at 4:58 PM
Normal Low in Baltimore: 39ºF
Record 24ºF in 1960
Normal High in Baltimore: 60ºF
Record 80ºF 1975
If you look closely you can see the winds shift from the colder North today, to a warmer southerly flow Thursday, then back to a colder Northwest flow Thursday night.
The cold front will be weak with only scattered showers. The odds of rain are 20% at best, so don’t change your plans.
There will be an early winter event in Northern New England. The trailing cold front will be more active Friday and bring rain from the mountains to our southern areas. Colder air in the mountains over 2,000 Ft may bring snow to parts of far Western Maryland and West Virginia.
Colder and dry air will arrive behind it this weekend and into early next week.
Rain may expand out of the mountains across the rest of the Mid-Atlantic during the morning into the afternoon.
Slushy snow may show up on the mountains from Wisp to Canaan Valley and Snowshoe in West Virginia.
The next push of cold air will not last long. Next week will bring back another ridge and warm up.
We will get back into a cool weather pattern this weekend and into early next week. The warm-up will follow after that time frame.
Rain is lacking. After Friday, we look dry for most of next week.
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