January 21 2025
Monday Morning Report
Here we go: With fresh snow on the ground and a few days of the Polar Vortex ‘Influence, the core of the cold air is settling in. Tomorrow will be the bottom on the thermometers, and then we will modify into the weekend.
Cold Weather Advisories account for wind chills below zero, and some snow will clip our coastal areas tonight. This may bring flurries into parts of central Maryland.
This morning starts with a rare snowstorm for Houston to New Orleans and an ice storm is on the way to Tallahassee and Jacksonville in North Florida. More on that below.
Ice Pics Of The Day
Yesterday, my friend Jenny sent me these photos of large icicles at Deep Creek Lake in Garrett County, Maryland.
New totals show around 1 Foot has fallen in this area.
Seasonal Total at Wisp Resort = 87 inches.
Cold Weather Advisory
Wind Chills -5F to -15F.
Extreme Cold Warning
Broadly -25F with even colder spots, as the forecast maps below will show.
Low Pressure in the Gulf off of Brownsville, TX, has tapped into the cold air and is producing a once-in-a-lifetime storm.
A NOAA Hurricane Hunter flew into the storm to gather more data, and the updated GFS Model reflects it. If accurate, 8 to 12 inches of snow may fall over Southern Louisiana.
This storm will ride up the coast and may clip southern Maryland and the beaches with accumulating snow tonight.
The core of the Polar Air is still in the Northern Plains and will swing our way tomorrow.
This Morning To Thursday Morning
These suggested snow numbers are supported by multiple computer models and the official local NWS Office Forecast.
These suggested snow numbers are supported by multiple computer models and official local NWS Office Forecasts.
This is using the Hurricane Hunter data AND applying the Kuchera Method. Temperatures are forecast to be in the lower Teens, making for a very dry snow.
If Houston gets 3 inches, it would be the most since 1960.
The city did get 20 inches on Feb 14, 1895.
New Orleans got 8 inches that same day… and this forecast gets them close.
ICE STORM: Northern Florida and southern Georgia could experience over 1 inch of freezing rain and up to 2 inches of sleet.
Flurries may reach as far north as Annapolis.
Accumulating snow may bring a dusting to 2 inches to Southern Maryland and the Beaches.
Sunrise at 7:21 AM
Sunset at 5:15 PM
Normal Low in Baltimore: 25ºF
Record -6ºF in 1985
Normal High in Baltimore: 43ºF
Record 66ºF 1921
Baltimore Seasonal Snow
8.9 inches
Temperatures and Bitterly Cold Wind Chills. There may be some flurries inland as well.
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Dangerously cold for a few days!
Gradual warming trend by this weekend… but only to near freeing.
I expect there will be ice forming into the middle of the Chesapeake Bay.
Click on the maps for that full report.
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