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December 9 Rain Today And Turning Mild Then Wednesday Rain May End With Snow
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Forecast
December 9, 2024
Monday Morning Report
An active weather week starts with a few hours of rain today. This report has the live radar and forecast simulation. Mild air will follow with two afternoons in the lower 60s….
Wednesday’s rain will be heavier and may end with a mix or snow… Colder air will follow, including flurries on Thursday. Then another event looks like rain on Sunday.
Our drought includes an 8-inch deficit for the year. The rainfall may total only 1 to 2 inches by Wednesday.
Local Morning Temperatures
LIVE RADAR WIDGET
Morning Surface Weather
The first of two storms will arrive with rain by mid morning, and end this afternoon. Mild air will follow.
There is plenty of colder air available and it will catch up on the tail end of the Wednesday storm.
Radar Simulation: 7 AM to 7 PM
Noon Snapshot
Afternoon Snapshot
Rainfall Total: Part 1
Afternoon Temperatures
CLIMATE DATA: Baltimore
TODAY December 9
Sunrise at 7:15 AM
Sunset at 4:44 PM
Normal Low in Baltimore: 31ºF
Record 4ºF in 1876
Normal High in Baltimore: 49ºF
Record 73ºF 1966
Baltimore Drought Update
7.65 inches BELOW AVERAGE rainfall since September 1st
8.13 inches BELOW AVERAGE rainfall since January 1st
TUESDAY DECEMBER 10
Morning Temperatures
Afternoon Temperatures
Storm Animation: Tuesday To Thursday
The second system will bring heavier rain on Wednesday. The cold air aloft will race eastward and may catch up in the last few hours. This might be a mix or snow…
Snapshots Wednesday Night
ECMWF Model:
This plot shows rain for much of Central Maryland AND I’ve highlighted a key element in the atmosphere that suggests colder air aloft that may produce snow.
GFS Model
This plot has been persistent in showing that transition to snow. This does not promise stickage or accumulation, except for the higher mountains of Western Maryland.
We will watch the cold air race to either catch up for some icing or the ground moisture evaporating first.
Rainfall Total POTENTIAL
Even if we get 1 to 2 inches of rain, this is a small dent in the larger drought, which stands at nearly an 8-inch deficit.
CLOSER LOOK
I posted this on FB Sunday night to explain a little more about the cold air possibly catching up to the storm late Wednesday to end with some snow.
7 Day Forecast
An active weather week starts with a few hours of rain today
Wednesday’s rain will be heavier and may end with a mix or snow… Colder air will follow, including flurries on Thursday. Then another event looks like rain on Sunday.
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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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