February 6, 2025
Thursday Report
There is a lot to cover this morning. The ice is thick and dangerous for some, marginal in other places, and just wet further south and near the water. We will explore and the thaw will not be simple, but it will happen this morning.
We have another freezing rain event Saturday evening AND then snow expected Tuesday. That Polar Vortex is forecast to split bringing more cold next weekend. So it will be busy AND NOT THE SAME impact across our region. I am trying to help navigate expectations.
Some areas have begun to thaw or have mostly wet roads. There are still pockets of ice, and it is more likely to be icy on cars and elevated surfaces/steps/decks. Please BE CAREFUL. It may be wet by you, but icy around the corner.
There is never a perfect forecast but this ice event did play out mostly as expected. The most challenging things have been put on display this morning, especially in Central Maryland and the wide area surrounding Baltimore.
The thaw has begun near the water.
Some areas have wet roads, but there is ice on cars, trees, and maybe your steps and elevated deck.
Driving can quickly turn wet to icy on an overpass, bridge, or around a corner.
Walking may be more icy where the afternoon had shade (it’s colder).
Maryland Public Schools are County-Wide, so a call for delay or closing is based on THE WORST WEATHER IN THE COUNTY! Some areas may be wet, and it seems like a BUST, but the SAME COUNTY can be very icy just one or two towns away.
DROUGHT UPDATE
Rainfall Deficit at BWI
Ending 2024 = -8.00″, since Jan 1 = -1.96
So we are down -9.96″, including last year!
Sunrise at 7:08 AM
Sunset at 5:34 PM
Normal Low in Baltimore: 26ºF
Record 1ºF in 1895
Normal High in Baltimore: 45ºF
Record 72ºF 2008
Baltimore Seasonal Snow
8.9”
The ice is wedged in the cold air damming between the mountains and I-95 cities. It is thawing by the Chesapeake Bay and south.
Thunder has mixed with sleet and freezing rain in the mountains of west-central Pennsylvania.
The thaw will happen this morning, and we will be dry and melting this afternoon.
Staying Above Freezing
Freezing Rain will develop Saturday Evening and Night. This will end Sunday morning and no weather worries for your Super Bowl party plans.
This is just a guide…. We need to watch the temperatures for where the ice will set up.
These are guides and NOT PERFECT! There will need to be more refining with timing and location.
Snow is expected to develop during the day but warm at night.
Overnight the snow will mix with rain south and freezing rain inland/north. This should end by daybreak on Wednesday morning.
Mostly Rain, Freezing Rain North
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