Friday Afternoon Update
Another potential force of energy in this cool weather pattern will swing through and ignite heavy rain across our region. With the sun finally breaking out and a hint of humidity in the air, this is allowing additional energy to feed into the line of storms that will swing our way this evening.
In anticipation of the storms, The Baltimore Orioles moved up the start time of their evening game to 4:30 PM.
A Tornado Watch is in effect for most of our region through Midnight. Wind Sheer aloft will allow for storm cells to rotate. These can produce tornadoes and also straight line wind damage plus large hail!
7 PM Friday is the start of the Flood Watch as this will be when we watch for the flare up of storms entering the metro areas. This will continue for a few hours.
Low Pressure associated with this event will bring a second round of rain overnight, and should be gone by daybreak.
Alerts To Consider:
A WATCH will be issued when there is a greater POTENTIAL for severe storms. This will list counties and cover a 4 to 6 hours time window.
A WARNING will be issued when A STORM FORMS AND IS BEING TRACKED! This will list towns in the path and usually a 45 minute window.
The Tornado Watch is for the leading line of storms that will swing through metro areas this evening.
Expected NEW rainfall of 1 to 2 inches with some slow moving cells over repeating areas could reach between 3 and 4 inches.
Low Pressure is crossing the mountains of West Virginia and Virginia. This will be responsible for the line of strong to severe thunderstorms that develop mid afternoon and evening, plus the second round of heavy rain overnight.
The final push of cooler air is with a cold front along the Great Lakes and arrive from Canada with additional showers Saturday afternoon.
Isolated showers will pop up after 4 PM. Widespread thunderstorms will develop and cross metro areas this evening and tonight. A lull is expected in the big cities for a couple of hours, then another push of heavy rain after midnight.
The push of thunderstorms will be mid-afternoon from south central Maryland to the beaches. Additional showers will develop in the Pennsylvania mountains mid-afternoon and slide near the Maryland line late afternoon and evening.
Summer heat is expected to show up by the middle of NEXT WEEK.
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