July 23 Hot And Humid With Storms Tonight And Sunny Improvement This Weekend

Tuesday, July 23 2024

Morning Report

Bands of rain set up yesterday, bringing heavy rain to some areas where slow-moving storms seemed nearly stationary. Meanwhile, other areas ended up nearly dry again! This may be repeated with more rain tonight in spots.

A larger push of rain will ignite storms, arriving with a cold front on Thursday. This will be followed by a fresh Canadian air mass bringing sun and lower humidity this weekend.

Rain Total Estimated By Doppler Radar

Heavy bands of slow-moving rain sat over North Central Maryland between Hagerstown and Northern Baltimore County, with some other cells over the Eastern Shore.

In between, many metro areas remained dry.

Summer Hot Day Totals At BWI

6 Days at or above 100ºF

30 Days total at or above 90ºF

Morning Surface Weather

This nearly stationary front is still in place, but the wave of energy has moved out, and the next one will arrive tonight. In between, we will have another very humid day. When the sun does break out, it will be a steamy day, feeling hotter than the actual temperatures.

Afternoon Temperatures

Radar Simulation Suggestion

4 PM to 9 PM

9 PM Snapshot

Periods of rain and thunderstorms may continue overnight into Wednesday morning.

CLIMATE DATA: Baltimore

TODAY July 23

Sunrise at 6:00 AM

Sunset at 8:26 PM

Normal Low in Baltimore:  68ºF

Record 57ºF in 1977

Normal High in Baltimore: 89ºF

Record 102ºF 1991; 2011

Record Highs Recently Tied

Sunday July 14: 101ºF in 2024 tied 1895 AND 1954

Monday July 15: 102ºF in 2024 tied 1995

Tuesday July 16: 104ºF in 2024 tied 1988

Not a Record

Wednesday July 17: 100ºF

WEDNESDAY JULY 24

Morning Temperatures

Afternoon Temperatures

Radar Simulation Suggestion: Noon to Midnight

Snapshot Suggestions:

6 PM Radar Simulation

10 PM Radar Simulation

LOOKING AHEAD

Daily Showers and Thunderstorms will peak on Thursday evening with the cold front. By Friday and the weekend, a fresh Canadian Air Mass will arrive with seasonal temperatures and lower humidity.

Thursday Evening

Friday Evening

7 Day Forecast

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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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