May 17 Clouding Up Ahead Of A Soggy Preakness Saturday Then We Warm Up

Friday May 17

Morning Report

Today may end up mild, but it will bring an increase in clouds ahead of our next storm. If you are heading to the mountains, you may run into rain this afternoon. This will try to reach metro areas tonight. Then…

This weekend will be our 16th of 20 this year with rain. This time around, it may all be contained to Saturday, but it will be soggy and chilly for Preakness in Baltimore. This will affect many other plans, including mine, so on a personal note, I am not happy as well.

However, Sunday is looking better. A gradual improvement will bring in some sun and a warm-up that will last into next week.

Morning Surface Weather

While High Pressure is in control, the next weather system will bring a fresh batch of clouds our way during the day! Temps will start mild and end up in the 70s.

The rain is expected to reach our local mountains this afternoon. This will push east tonight and be here on Saturday.

Temperatures at 4 PM

Radar Simulation: Noon to 8 PM

A rainy afternoon in the high mountains. This will slowly advance EAST all day.

Some may get into parts of metro Baltimore tonight, but for now, the Orioles game looks OK.

CLIMATE DATA: Baltimore

TODAY May 17

Sunrise at 5:51 AM

Sunset at 8:15 PM

Normal Low in Baltimore:  54ºF

Record 33ºF in 1956

Normal High in Baltimore: 76ºF

Record 93ºF 1896; 2017

Preakness Saturday Weather

This will be our 16th of 20 weekends with some wet weather. In this case, it may all be confined to one wet day! This weather system will be chilly as well. As rain moves in during the morning, temps will hold nearly steady all day. This includes race time late afternoon/evening.

Temperatures: Morning

Rain Forecast: Morning

Developing rain. If you do not wake up to a wet scene, it will be on the way in a hurry…however it may stay dry for a few extra hours on the Lower Eastern Shore.

Rain Animation: 6 AM to Midnight

As the rain builds in, it looks to hold around Baltimore and central areas ALL DAY!!!

Noon Snapshot

Rain continues to slowly expand to the EAST.

Afternoon Snapshot

Soggy weather continues.

Afternoon Temperatures

Temperatures are expected to remain nearly steady all day thanks to the rain.

Preakness Race Time Weather

Expect the rain showers to continue, but they may break up and become more spotty.

Rain Total POTENTIAL

Weather Trend

Storm Simulation: Saturday To Monday

• Saturday: A soggy and chilly Preakness.
• Sunday: The latest trend has been holding:  The system suppressing rain to our south. I am expecting a mostly dry day, and starting to warm up.
• Monday: High Pressure and a change in our weather pattern will bring more sun and a warm up!!!!

Snapshot Sunday

The trend has been holding: Improved weather, with any chance of showers suppressed in Southern Virginia. At best, we get breaks in the clouds with some sun…

7 Day Forecast

• Another weekend with rain, but not both days.
• Soggy Preakness, Then Better Sunday.
• Next week we get back to more sun and a warm up!!!!

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RESTATING MY MESSAGE ABOUT DYSLEXIA

I am aware there are some spelling and grammar typos and occasional other glitches. I take responsibility for my mistakes and even the computer glitches I may miss. I have made a few public statements over the years, but if you are new here, you may have missed it: I have dyslexia and found out during my second year at Cornell University. It didn’t stop me from getting my meteorology degree and being the first to get the AMS CBM in the Baltimore/Washington region.

One of my professors told me that I had made it that far without knowing and to not let it be a crutch going forward. That was Mark Wysocki, and he was absolutely correct! I do miss my mistakes in my own proofreading. The autocorrect spell check on my computer sometimes does an injustice to make it worse. I also can make mistakes in forecasting. No one is perfect at predicting the future. All of the maps and information are accurate. The ‘wordy’ stuff can get sticky. 

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