May 4 Chilly And Wet Weekend: Live Radar

Saturday May 4

Morning Report

May the 4th Be With You! There is a definite change in the Force we all will notice this morning. A band of rain has moved into parts of the region overnight. This is part of the cool and damp air mass with a wind from the Atlantic. The result will keep our temperatures cool and periods of rain in place.

After two days with record highs this past week, thermometers today will remain lower all day than some of the morning lows this last week. That will add to the chilly feel!

So, if you are planning to visit the Towson Festival or another event, dress to stay dry and warm.

Morning Temperatures 

Most of the region is in the 50s, with cooler 40s along the New Jersey coast. This is a signal of the damp east wind, which should keep our temperatures nearly steady most of the day.

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Morning Surface Weather

The band of rain today is across a boundary between two stubborn areas of High Pressure. Today, the air mass centered in New England has brought in an East Wind… This is why we are chilly and damp.

The pattern may remain stuck most of the week ahead with more impulses of rain, even with a little warming each day.

Coastal Flood Advisory

The EAST WIND has again raised the water level in the Chesapeake Bay. At high tide this afternoon and again overnight, the most prone flooding areas are near Annapolis.

Annapolis High Tides:

• 2:47 PM Sat
• 3:34 AM Sun

Radar Simulation 8 AM to 10 PM

NOTE: This is UNDER-REPRESENTING! We will likely see more rain on radar than shown here.

4 PM

Periods of rain will continue much of the day. 

Wind Forecast

The east wind of 5 to 15 mph will keep the cool and damp air from the Atlantic flowing in.

Afternoon Temperatures 

Remaining Chilly

CLIMATE DATA: Baltimore

TODAY May 4

Sunrise at 6:04 AM

Sunset at 8:03 PM

Normal Low in Baltimore:  50ºF

Record 34ºF in 1957

Normal High in Baltimore: 73ºF

Record 91ºF 2018

Sunday Weather:

Morning Temperatures

Afternoon Temperatures

Storm Simulation: Sunday to Thursday

The rainy pattern continues. Sunday may end up more wet west of the Bay, but we can’t rule out showers at any time of the day. 

Most of next week will have a chance of rain almost every day. 

Snapshots

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Thursday 

7 Day Forecast

This pattern is still looking wet!

There will be warming next week, which will shift us to more afternoon and evening thunderstorms.

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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.

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