April 6 Much Needed Rain On The Way With Chilly Temperatures And Another Storm To End The Week

April 6 2025

Sunday Morning Report

This weather report is just what the Doctor ordered. Yes, we are in a severe drought, and much-needed rain is on the way.

Last night brought a round of severe thunderstorms to north-central Maryland and southern Pennsylvania. This was the edge of the slow-moving storm system and long frontal boundary plaguing the nation. Now is our turn, but we will get chilly rain from it—not severe storms this time.

We can not make up our 10-inch deficit at once, nor do we want to. But we will have impulses of rain today and heavier rain overnight.

This will be followed by a chilly midweek and maybe a morning freeze. Then, another storm system will develop at the end of the week, which may bring a few additional days of rain Thursday into next weekend.

CLIMATE DATA: Baltimore

TODAY April 6

Sunrise at 6:43 AM

Sunset at 7:36 PM

Normal Low in Baltimore:  40ºF

Record 24ºF in 2016

Normal High in Baltimore: 63ºF

Record 90ºF 1929; 2010

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Rainfall Deficit at BWI

• Ending 2024 =  -8.00”
• Since Jan 1 =  -3.38”
• We are DOWN -11.38” including last year

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TODAY’S WEATHER

Surface Weather

The cooler air has settled in and will continue to drop south.

Heavy rain and flooding will continue across the Deep South, and more severe weather will be spread across the Gulf Coast.

An impulse of energy will send steady rain our way with a heavy burst tonight.

NOAA Severe Storm Risk

The Level 2 SLIGHT RISK shows the energy from this system is less intense and shrinking in coverage.

Storm Forecast Sunday Morning to Monday Night

ECWMF Model

The band of rain will slide southward later today and overnight…

Rain will persist in our southern areas for much of Monday, while dry air will build north of Baltimore.

LOCAL WEATHER

Sharp Temperature Gradient

8 AM to 7 PM:

 The cooler air will push southward all day, so the afternoon will be cooler AND no severe storms are expected for us.

Afternoon Temperatures

Wind Forecast

A light wind FROM THE NORTH is the source of our cooler air.

Radar Simulation 8 AM to 8 PM

Steady rain to the north will slip south and break into showers, then redevelop into another solid burst of rain tonight.

Snapshot at 4 PM

Heavier Rain Tonight

Radar Simulation 4 PM Sunday to Noon Monday

This system will get a pulse of heavy rain tonight and slowly slip across our southern areas on Monday.

10 PM Snapshot

Heavier rain surges overnight.

Monday Weather

Morning Snapshot

Morning Temperatures

Afternoon Temperatures

The expectation is for the rain to arrive with the colder air mass… temps will be falling all day…

Rainfall Potential Total Through Monday

Jet Stream Monday to Friday Evening

This is a winter-like pattern but modified for early April. It will be chilly, and mornings may drop below freezing in many areas mid-week.

This will then help a new storm develop with needed rain at the end of the week.

Weather Forecast Thursday To Saturday

The next storm will develop in the deep trough across the Eastern US. It has the potential to be a slow-moving system with persistent rain for a few days.

Saturday Snapshot

This is 6 days away and subject to change…. For now, it looks like a strong Low Pressure may bring a chilly, heavy rain to much of our region.

7 Day Forecast

This round of rain will end Monday and will be followed by chilly air midweek.

The next storm will develop on Thursday and last into next weekend.

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