June 2 Hot Today And Air Quality Alert With Wildfire Smoke From NJ

June 2, 2023

Friday Update

If you smelled smoke yesterday, it was from a more local source. In the last month, we had wildfire smoke high in the atmosphere from western Canada, and more recently from Eastern Canada in Nova Scotia. Yesterday, a 5,000-acre fire in central New Jersey was the source. With winds from the Northeast, it helped to push that lower-level smoke into Delaware and Maryland.

We will have more on the way as the atmosphere has trapped the pollution on this hot day ahead. Then with cooler winds this weekend, it will continue from that source region.

Morning Surface Weather

High Pressure is in control and has trapped pollutants in the lower atmosphere. If you have smelled smoke, this is due to a wildfire in New Jersey. There will be more of that heading our way.

Air Quality Alert: Code Orange for central Maryland, Delaware, and New Jersey,

Today will bring more widespread temps into the lower 90s, for just one day. Cooler air is on the way tomorrow.

Wildfire Smoke

The local source region has been New Jersey with over 5,000 acres burning. At the last check, this has been 50% contained but is still sending smoke at lower levels into Delaware and Maryland.

Smoke Forecast Friday to Saturday

We still see the smoke pulse and the winds will continue to send some into our region.  The more it is contained will determine when this will stop.

Afternoon Temperatures

These will be our highest temperatures of the year (so far).

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CLIMATE DATA

TODAY June 2

Normal Low in Baltimore:  59ºF

Record 44ºF in 1993

Normal High in Baltimore: 80ºF

Record 96ºF in 1923

Saturday

Morning Temperatures

This may be the warmest part of the day.

Wind Forecast: 8 AM to 8 Pm Saturday

A backdoor cold front will bring another push of cooler winds from the East! This may bring in cooler temps for the afternoon.

Snapshot at 4 PM

We will see winds between 10 and 30 mph, with a stronger push on Delmarva and by the beaches. That is where temps may drop into the 60s.

Afternoon Temperatures

The modeling does appear to be very cool and I question if this is truly valid. We may end up with warmer temps in the morning. The 60s may not be as widespread as this but are more likely near the water.

NEXT WEEK

Storm Animation: Tuesday to Thursday

While we remain under the influence of cooler air with a storm off the New England coast, we only seem to generate a small chance for showers on Wednesday.

7 Day Forecast

After one day of heat and poor air quality, we will have a cool down this weekend. I am not optimistic for rain and our drought will be building! Next week temperatures will be holding near or slightly cooler than average.

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