December 8, 2024
Sunday Morning Report
This Sunday will be nice. More sunshine and warmer temps signal the change for a little bit in our weather.
One thing I have noticed is that recent weather systems have tended to arrive sooner than first thought. The rain on Monday is looking more like a morning event.
The second storm will be the stronger one and might have some showers on Tuesday. The focus will be on Wednesday with heavier rain, followed by colder air than earlier thought.
We are in a drought that now has Baltimore in a deficit of 8 inches. The rainfall we expect will be over 1 inch. That will help, but we still have a long way to go to get back.
We have a nice Sunday with more sun developing. The next storm will be racing in from Texas and ride the wave of warmer air in the middle of the week.
The sunset on Saturday was spectacular, and I received over 500 photos. Here is a selection of the top 14.
Sunrise at 7:14 AM
Sunset at 4:44 PM
Normal Low in Baltimore: 31ºF
Record 10ºF in 1882
Normal High in Baltimore: 50ºF
Record 74ºF 1980
A wet start in Western Maryland. The rain will develop by the end of the metro commute and last through lunchtime.
The heaviest rain for most of us will be before noon.
The storm track will bring us rain by Monday morning AND a stronger system on Wednesday.
The colder air will follow after this passes… but the snow end of the storm will be limited to the mountains and north.
This will be followed by colder air than earlier expected.
Even if we get 1 to 2 inches of rain, this is a small dent in the larger drought at nearly an 8-inch deficit.
Two rain events on the way. On Monday it will last a few hours. The Wednesday storm is larger and will end with colder air.
The rain we receive will be a small dent in the larger drought.
Temps are trending colder than earlier, expected to end the week.
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