November 12, 2023
Sunday Morning Update
Yesterday, Baltimore reached 61ºF, which is close to average. Normal highs have slipped into the 50s and we will drop to slighter cooler than average for most of the week ahead.
There is an expanding drought in our region and I expect the next report will show it getting worse. This will be due to the lack of rain most of the week ahead.
If we want to look for the next pattern, it may be with rain most likely on Friday (again).
Note: I am aware the reservoirs are low and it is very dry in Pennsylvania as well.
High Pressure to our North will continue to send us a light and chilly wind, keeping temperatures below average.
A stalled boundary to our south has record heat on the other side of it in Florida.
A rainy pattern has been setting up and may persist all week from East Texas across the South to the Carolinas. This is looking like a more typical El Niño storm track we may see evolve this winter.
Light air flow from the North will make today a little cooler.
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Chilly
Still Cooler Than Average.
This may be a preview of a type of weather pattern we could get during the winter. It is NOT the precise weather, but check this out:
While we remain dry this week, a persistent storm track will set up from East Texas to the Carolinas. A more organized Low Pressure will form across the Gulf States, then redevelop off the Southeast US Coast. This will team up with the Northern branch of the jet stream to enhance rain for us on Friday.
A cold front will move from the Great Lakes/Mid-West with steady rain.
The best chance for rain in our region will be later Friday and overnight.
This storm system will get pulled off the coast with Low Pressure. It will be followed by another chilly air mass.
Short and simple: Remaining Chilly and Dry most of this week. The next chance for rain will be on yet another Friday, then drying out and cooling next weekend.
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