March 1, 2025
Saturday Morning Report
On the bright side, this new month begins with the first sunset at 6 PM today around Baltimore. If you like the mild air, get out early. A strong cold front will arrive before noon with strong winds AND much colder air. Temps will drop during the afternoon, and wind chills will be noticeable later today and tomorrow.
The other problem is our drought. Baltimore is more than 2 inches below normal precipitation this year, in addition to the 8-inch hole from last year. We need 10 inches of precipitation to get water levels back to normal! The drought is real, even if your soil is soggy from recent snowmelt.
High winds, low humidity, and dry brush are the reasons we have a Red Flag Warning for wildfire danger.
NOAA has released a High Risk 5 days away. That is an indication that we need to be prepared for a very active day in the Mid-Atlantic next Wednesday.
Rainfall Deficit at BWI
Sunrise at 6:39 AM
Sunset at 6:00 PM
Normal Low in Baltimore: 30ºF
Record 5ºF in 1934
Normal High in Baltimore: 50ºF
Record 80ºF 1972
Baltimore Seasonal Snow
12.7”
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A strong cold front will bring in high winds and cold air, but mostly dry for us.
The line of rain will fade and just be a wind machine. A fresh coating of snow will fall over the mountains.
Breezy today with winds stalling and shifting later in the day.
A shift of wind with the line of rain marks the new cooler air mass moving in.
A powerful storm is expected to explode with a high potential for severe storms. This is a rare high risk, so many days away. The energy may provide widespread supercells with large hail and tornadoes.
The timing is subject to change, but we will watch for mid-afternoon/evening for the line of storms.
As often is the case, that line of storms will lose some energy when reaching the East Coast, but this 15% chance now, including Central Maryland, is high for four days away!
The clash of air masses will ignite the severe storm outbreak.
The surge of cold air will be followed by a winter looking pattern.
Strong winds bring colder air in. Warming ahead of a storm outbreak next week.
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Brief Recap Of The Record Snow For Virginia and the abrupt change from the longer range potential track.
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