January 8 Historic Fire And Wind Around Los Angeles And Winter Storm Develops In Texas To Head East

January 8 2025

Wednesday Morning Report

Major weather headlines are across the southern half of our nation, from coast to coast. Southern California is experiencing very dangerous wildfires around Los Angeles, with winds gusting 80 to 99 mph. Meanwhile, a Winter Storm Warning is in place from Dallas and eastward, as a storm will develop through tomorrow.

The deep freeze is all the way down to Central Florida this morning.

Locally: Wind chills are the big story for the next two days! We are also watching the storm track to our south on Saturday and bring us at least light accumulation.

Weather Warnings This Morning Across The Nation

Southern California Fire Tracking Map

Headlines

• STATE OF EMERGENCY: LOS ANGELES CA
• PACIFIC PALISADES 3 DIFFERENT FIRES
• This is 0% contained as of this morning.
• Helicopters grounded due to high winds.
• Countless cars were abandoned as people ran for safety. These needed to be bulldozed to clear a path for fire trucks.
• Water pressure is low.
• Not enough firefighters for the expanse.
• Santa Ana Winds gusted to 83 mph in Los Angeles, and clocked up to 99 mph in Altadena in the foothills north of Pasadena.
• As of this morning, Jan 8, nearly 4,000 acres have burned, according to Cal Fire.  That number is expected to be much higher in the next report.
• 30,000 people have been evacuated: 10,000 homes and 15,000 other structures.

California Fire Photos

CLIMATE DATA: Baltimore

TODAY January 8

Sunrise at 7:26 AM

Sunset at 5:01 PM

Normal Low in Baltimore:  26ºF

Record 4ºF in 2018

Normal High in Baltimore: 43ºF

Record 74ºF 1907

Baltimore Drought Update

8.00 Inch Deficit For 2024

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Morning Temperatures

Wind Chill will be a factor through tomorrow.

Morning Surface Weather

Deep Freeze in the Deep South.

There are snow showers across the Great Lakes that may reach parts of our area with flurries today.

The next Winter Storm is getting organized in New Mexico. It will truly get cranking for East Texas. This will track across the Deep South and just clip our area on Saturday.

Weather Today

Wind Forecast

7 AM to Midnight

Afternoon Winds

Gusts 30 mph

Afternoon Temperatures

Wind Chills

Thursday Weather

Another Cold Day

Morning Temperatures

Morning Wind Chills

Afternoon Temperatures

Afternoon Wind Chills

Looking Ahead

Atmospheric memory may try to do this again. There is no agreement on the extent yet.

Saturday:

I am sticking with the European Model and the lighter snow solution. This is based on a storm that will track a little farther south.

Here is my comparison from last night. The latest maps are below.

Last Night’s Storm Analysis

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Latest ECMWF Model

Friday Morning To Saturday Night

Saturday Morning Snapshot

This looks like a morning event with 1 to 2 inches of snow.

GFS Model

This model shows a stronger system tracking farther north. I will not get into the snow totals from this yet… but they will be higher.

My Take:

This will be a morning event but may last into the early afternoon.

Higher snow totals will be across the same areas that got over 6 inches of snow on Monday.

It will be gone by the Ravens home playoff game at night.

7 Day Forecast

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January 6 Snow Report

Previous Snow

November 22 Snow Report

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Arctic Outbreak For January

If you missed it, here is my detailed report from December 30 about why this IS A BIG DEAL!

MY WINTER OUTLOOK

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