Conditions: Baltimore, Maryland, 05/11/2024 07:00:04 am
Temperature

47°

Mostly Cloudy

45°

Dew Point
Relative Humidity

93%

Feels Like

45°

Wind (NW)

5mph

Air Pressure

29.85

Sun
Sun Rise

05:56 AM

Sun Set

08:09 PM

Day Length

14:13 Hours

Difference

1 min 55 sec gain

Moon
Moon Rise

08:27 AM

Moon Set

07:00 PM

Next: First Quarter

May 15,2024

Moon Phase

Waxing Crescent

Climate
Average Low

50°

73°

Average High
Record Low

32°


(1966)

94°


(1896)
Record High
Conditions

December 29 Some Sun Then Rain Tonight Followed By Colder Ravens Game And New Years Day

Maryland Weather
climate data
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Forecast

December 29, 2023

Friday Morning Update

Let’s start with the good news! The daylight today will be 1 minute and 49 seconds LONGER than the Winter Solstice. With the clouds thinning, we may see some of it.  However, one disturbance will arrive tonight with some rain.

The weekend will bring a return to seasonally colder air. This will include a quiet pattern for the Ravens game and into New Year’s Day.

Morning Temperatures

December 29 weather temperatures Friday afternoon

 

Morning Surface Weather

We are still mild and affected by plenty of clouds. There will be some thinning of the overcast sky during the day, allowing breaks of sun.

The disturbance to the west will arrive tonight with rain showers. It will more likely be wet farther south… but some split in the modeling affects central Maryland.

This will be followed by the pattern changing back to seasonably cooler temps.

December 29 weather Friday morning

Afternoon Temperatures

December 29 weather forecast temperatures Friday afternoon

Radar Simulation: Noon to 10 PM

Heavier rain is expected from central Virginia into Southern Maryland. This model shows rain expanding into metro Baltimore.

December 29 weather forecast radar rain Friday

 

10 PM Snapshots

Here, we see a discrepancy between the short-range high-resolution HRRR and the GFS Model (I’ve been giving this more credit this season).

The modeling has actually been underestimating the rain we have had recently. That is why I am leaning towards the HRRR bringing the rain north into central Maryland tonight.

 

HRRR Model

December 29 weather forecast rain tonight HRRR

 

GFS Model

May be missing the northern fringe.

December 29 weather forecast rain tonight GFS

 

CLIMATE DATA: Baltimore

TODAY December 29

Sunrise at 7:25 AM

Sunset at 4:52 PM

Normal Low in Baltimore:  27ºF

Record 2ºF in 1917

Normal High in Baltimore: 45ºF

Record 77ºF 1984

Saturday Weather

Morning Temperatures

December 29 weather forecast temperatures Saturday morning

 

Afternoon Temperatures

December 29 weather forecast temperatures Saturday afternoon

Weather Forecast Jet Stream

Monday Jan 1

The New Year will begin with a cooler pattern that brings us back to seasonal expectations.

December 29 weather forecast jet stream New Years Day

 

 

Animation Mon Jan 1 to Sun Jan 7

A few more impulses next week are showing the trend for colder air. This may include a storm with winter precipitation mid-week. That is still not certain, but the support for something to develop is there for Wednesday and Thursday. There is not true arctic air… yet.  It will be coming.

December 29 weather forecast jet stream

 

 

7 Day Forecast

Still uneventful, which is good, I guess. After the disturbance tonight, the quiet and seasonally cooler air mass will last into next week. The only hint of winter weather might arrive towards the end of next week.

December 29 weather forecast 7 day Friday

 

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RESTATING MY MESSAGE ABOUT DYSLEXIA

I am aware there are some spelling and grammar typos and occasional other glitches. I take responsibility for my mistakes and even the computer glitches I may miss. I have made a few public statements over the years, but if you are new here, you may have missed it: I have dyslexia and found out during my second year at Cornell University. It didn’t stop me from getting my meteorology degree and being the first to get the AMS CBM in the Baltimore/Washington region. One of my professors told me that I had made it that far without knowing and to not let it be a crutch going forward. That was Mark Wysocki, and he was absolutely correct! I do miss my mistakes in my own proofreading. The autocorrect spell check on my computer sometimes does an injustice to make it worse. I also can make mistakes in forecasting. No one is perfect at predicting the future. All of the maps and information are accurate. The ‘wordy’ stuff can get sticky.  There has been no editor who can check my work when I need it and have it ready to send out in a newsworthy timeline. Barbara Werner is a member of the web team that helps me maintain this site. She has taken it upon herself to edit typos when she is available. That could be AFTER you read this. I accept this and perhaps proves what you read is really from me… It’s part of my charm.

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