January 3 Snow Burst Later Today Cold Winds For Ravens Game And Larger Winter Storm Monday

January 3 2025

Friday Morning Report

Today, we will get one fast-moving system that will bring a burst of snow in the afternoon and evening. This is the next phase in lowering temperatures as the Arctic pattern settles in.

The snow amounts have lowered a little in metro areas, and where the band of light accumulation sets up will help identify how the models may handle the next storm. That one will be a larger impact winter storm for the region on Monday.

In between, the Ravens home game on Saturday will be very cold.

Let’s take a look:

CLIMATE DATA: Baltimore

TODAY January 3

Sunrise at 7:26 AM

Sunset at 4:57 PM

Normal Low in Baltimore:  27ºF

Record 0ºF in 1879

Normal High in Baltimore: 44ºF

Record 69ºF 2023

Baltimore Drought Update

8.00 Inch Deficit For 2024

Local Morning Temperatures

Seasonably cold air in place.

Winter Weather Alerts Today

The Winter Weather Advisory is for the potential to get up to 1 inch of snow and affect road travel. One factor may be snow falling late afternoon and melting, then temps tank below freezing after dark to freeze up anything wet.

Winter Storm Warning for the high mountains where 6 to 10 inches of snow are expected.

Snow Arrival Time

Morning Surface Weather

Mid-Atlantic Slider is like an Alberta Clipper, just tracking almost directly over Central Maryland.

Snow Radar 7 AM to 9 PM

Snapshots

Noon

3 PM

Temperatures

4 PM

5 PM

6 PM

Snow Forecast

This has dropped a little, with the local snow zone up to 1 inch.

Evening Temperatures

Dropping Below Freezing

SATURDAY JANUARY 4

Cold winds all day.

Morning Temperatures

Afternoon Temperatures

Wind Forecast

Wind Chill

Ravens Game Weather

It will get colder into the evening in Baltimore.

NEXT WEEK STORM

ECMWF Model

This model is still leading the charge… the latest data keeps the storm track south with the heavy snow band into Central and Southern Maryland.

I reserve the refining with a possible shift north, considering the history of events like this.

The storm is just entering the Western US today, so we will have more data ingested into the Computer Models to help narrow down the numbers.

European Model Sunday 7 AM to Tuesday 7 AM

The snow will arrive after midnight on Sunday…

Be in place Monday morning and affect travel/schools…

This should move out by evening.

Snapshot: Monday Morning

Snapshot Monday Afternoon

ECMWF Model Ensemble:

There are high odds for OVER 3 inches or more.

There is potential for OVER 6 inches. I will make my first call for snowfall for you today.

Arctic Outbreak For January

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