April 30 Clearing Today Then Showers Returning Tomorrow Night And Rainy Pattern Starts This Weekend

Wednesday, April 30, 2025

April will end on a quiet note for us. A cold front will be moving south, taking the wind and clouds with it, so clearing is expected this afternoon.

That same boundary will move back our way tomorrow, bringing some heat and humidity by Friday.

This will come with showers and thunderstorms.

Then the pattern will change and stall with an Upper Level Low in the Midwest, which will pump in a moisture flow and rainy days here in the Mid-Atlantic. We can expect this to begin Saturday afternoon and last until the middle of next week. This type of thing can make a dent in our drought!

Storm Reports From Yesterday

The bulk of the impact was in Western Pennsylvania and in the form of Wind Damage.

Drought Reminder

Rainfall Deficit at BWI

• Ending 2024 =  -8.00”
• Since Jan 1 =  -3.89”
• We are DOWN -11.89” including last year

CLIMATE DATA: Baltimore

TODAY April 30

Sunrise at 6:09 AM

Sunset at 7:59 PM

Normal Low in Baltimore:  48ºF

Record 32ºF in 1961

Normal High in Baltimore: 72ºF

Record 92ºF 1910

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Morning Temperatures

Surface Weather

Wind Forecast: 8 AM to 8 PM

A breeze this morning will settle to near calm with clearing this afternoon.

Radar Simulation: Noon to Midnight

Rain showers get pushed to Southern Virginia and North Carolina.

Afternoon Temperatures

THURSDAY

Morning Low Temps

Afternoon High Temperatures

Radar Simulation: Noon to Midnight

T’storms may build in the mountains during the afternoon, then rain showers cross Central Maryland at night.

LOOKING AHEAD

A large upper-level Low will stall over the Midwest for a few days. This will create a moisture flow from the Gulf and Atlantic up the Eastern US.

The timing is expected to begin Saturday and last into the middle of next week.

Jet Stream: Saturday to Tuesday

Surface Weather: Saturday to Tuesday

Snapshots:

Sunday

Tuesday

7 Day Forecast

There will be one more surge of heat and T’storms on Friday, and then a rainy pattern will begin this weekend and into next week.

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