Tuesday, December 30, 2025
All the attention to the wind lived up to expectations. Many areas in our region exceeded 60 mph, which included both mountain locations and even BWI airport yesterday. This morning, Camp David already popped at 71 mph!
A Wind Advisory remains in effect today through Noon. The wind will not stop, but it will be less intense during the afternoon.
With the cold and unstable air, some flurries and snow showers have reached our region. A few more impulses will keep some confetti flakes around through New Year’s Day, and some areas may get a coating of snow.
Looking Ahead: The overall pattern into January supports more cold and perhaps a storm or two along the East Coast in the middle of the month.
Sabillasville/Camp David hit 68 mph
BWI hit 61 mph
See my post on Facebook for the full list of top winds across the region.
The other highlight is the change in temperatures. This morning, there is a noticeable drop of 22 degrees in 24 hours.
We remain under the influence of this cold and windy pattern flowing across the Great Lakes. This will keep the air unsettled with periods of clouds and flurries or snow showers… especially inland North and West of the cities.
Tracking the potential for flurries or light snow.
This is not color-coded for snow, but there may be snow flurries or snow showers reaching parts of Northern Maryland and Southern PA.
WESTERN MARYLAND
Wind is still in full force in this region. A fresh coating of a few inches of snow has blanketed the region.
This webcam is positioned at The Greene Turtle Deep Creek Lake and shows Wisp Resort, including a zoomed-in view of Squirrel Cage, The Face, the terrain park, Boulder, the mountain coaster, the tubing park and a shot of McHenry Cove at Deep Creek Lake!
Yesterday: Low 31°F; High 57°F
Precipitation: 0.01″
Season Snow Total: 2.0″
Snow Depth: 0″
Top Wind Gust: 60 mph
Sunrise at 7:26 AM
Sunset at 4:53 PM
Normal Low in Baltimore: 27ºF
Record Low: -3ºF in 1880
Normal High in Baltimore: 44ºF
Record High: 68ºF in 1990
Rainfall Deficit at BWI
Cold air will be fully established as gusty winds remain, but not as strong.
With Arctic air already in place, a clipper system is forecast to cross the region, bringing a chance for light snow Wednesday evening through Thursday morning.
At this point, I am focusing on the ‘confetti’ falling from the sky and am using the word ‘light’. I would not change any plans at this time. But after the front crosses today, I will have a better idea of what may fall and accumulate.
There are signals across global patterns that support an active weather pattern and potential storm(s) off the East Coast for the middle of January.
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In case you missed it, click this image for brief summary of the final snow totals from the last event.
In case you missed it, click this image for brief summary of the final snow totals from the last event.
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This was issued October 9, as expected: A weak and short-lived event to start winter may play a different role this winter.
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