October 27, 2024
Sunday Morning Report
Our exceptionally dry weather has helped produce wide temperature swings. This weekend is chilly, followed by a big warm-up midweek, with a cooldown expected next weekend.
This time, we have a Freeze Warning for parts of Maryland, Delaware, and Virginia on Monday morning. However, the temperature forecast shows that it will be inland, away from the water and urban centers.
The next Ridge of High Pressure will bring in late summer heat for Halloween. It does not look like a record, but a comfortable costume for the weather is worth considering now.
We remain stuck in this dry pattern and are on the cooler side of a new air mass today. This morning, it is cold enough for snow in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The warm-up in the middle of the nation will arrive by Tuesday.
Afternoon Forecast Temperatures
Many areas will stay in the 50s.
Sunrise at 7:29 AM
Sunset at 6:11 PM
Normal Low in Baltimore: 42ºF
Record 29ºF in 1962; 1988
Normal High in Baltimore: 64ºF
Record 82ºF 1963
This map was updated this week.
The conditions are very dry for much of the region. A Severe Drought has been developing in the mountains from Western Maryland to West Virginia.
There is a gap on the map in Central Maryland, but locals dispute that, saying their ground is very dry as well.
Extremely dry conditions on Delmarva will grow in the week ahead.
Baltimore Stats:
Rainfall DOWN -5.39” since Sep 1
FOUR SUPERMOONS OF 2024
I need to point out that NOT ALL OF THESE AREAS WILL BE THAT COLD!
The temperature forecast shows more likely to have temps stay warmer in urban centers and by the water.
A large ridge will dominate the Eastern US this week. That keeps us very warm and still very dry!
Very warm temps cross all of the Eastern US.
The next cold front will arrive to start November.
A better chance for showers will be north of Baltimore in the hills near and north of the PA line.
It might be another week until we can get a pattern change.
Another big swing from the potential inland freeze Monday morning to near 80ºF on Halloween.
Here are the average dates across Maryland, and they match the advisories we saw last week.
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