Monday September 30, 2024
Morning Report
The work week starts off wet with bands of rain from central Maryland and westward, while there is drizzle and fog around the bay and eastward.
The remaining energy from Helene will move through today and tomorrow, expanding the rain to the east. More rain will fall tomorrow, which may affect the Baltimore Orioles’ first home game.
The pattern will break, and the sun and warmer temps will be back for the end of the week.
Looking farther ahead, there is a chance for another tropical storm forming in the Gulf of Mexico next weekend, but this one is NOT the same.
Monday morning starts with mist and fog, along with spotty showers. They may not all show on radar, but we can see some of the rain.
The remains of Helene are still spinning across The Ohio Valley. Bands of rain are steady farther inland and pivoting into Central Maryland. The larger circulation is still pulling tropical moisture up along the East Coast to the North.
This will take two more days to finally move through and off the East Coast.
The large-scale circulation shows the spin of the Remnant Low from Helene (merging with the Upper-Level Low) and the influence of clouds across the Eastern US.
TODAY September 30
Sunrise at 7:02 AM
Sunset at 6:50 PM
Normal Low in Baltimore: 53ºF
Record 39ºF in 1888
Normal High in Baltimore: 74ºF
Record 92ºF 1986
The small range from morning to afternoon is a result of the added moisture in the air.
The morning is likely to start off wet.
More rain will expand east, and may be heavy at times.
Tuesday Afternoon to Friday Afternoon
After this storm moves off the coast, it will open up a warmer flow from the Jet Stream.
This may be the best day of the week. The upper air flow supports sunshine and temps back to the 80s.
As of this morning, there is still a 50% chance that ‘something’ will develop in the next 7 days! This is the same region where Helene came from, but it is NOT the same thing!!
NOTE: It is IMPOSSIBLE to plot a tropical event BEFORE there is a central Low Pressure identified and plotted on a map. So, any forecast tracks you may have seen are bogus.
This shows something off Florida’s west coast, moving EASTWARD and crossing Florida.
This shows something in the central Gulf of Mexico, less organized, farther away, and leading ahead of the primary low….This is also moving EASTWARD crossing Florida.
The remains of Helene are still affecting us with rain for a few days.
The steady and even heavy rain will be more widespread and shift eastward on Tuesday. Then it will break up, and with the sun returning, temps will warm up to end the work week.
Note this may affect the playoff game schedule for the Orioles at Camden Yards.
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