October 30 Warming Now Through Halloween Heat Then Another Chilly Weekend And Warm Again Next Week

October 30, 2024

Wednesday Morning Report

It’s deja vu all over again! We remain stuck in this repeating pattern with High Pressure dominating the East Coast pumping in warmer winds from the Southwest. The active weather and colder air remain in the Western US.

Temps will approach record territory in some areas but likely just miss in Baltimore.

The weekend will bring another cool down, only to be followed by ANOTHER warm up next week!  The pattern change is more than one week away, so late summer temps are not done yet.

Morning Temperatures

Morning Surface Weather

Here is our warm-up! High Pressure continues to set up off the East Coast and pump in warmer winds from the Southwest. The next cold front will get active with strong to severe thunderstorms. The colder air on the other side will make a brief visit this weekend.

Afternoon Forecast Temperatures

Warming up into the mid and upper 70s.

CLIMATE DATA: Baltimore

TODAY October 30

Sunrise at 7:33 AM

Sunset at 6:07 PM

Normal Low in Baltimore:  41ºF

Record 26ºF in 1965

Normal High in Baltimore: 63ºF

Record 83ºF 1946; 2016

Drought Update

Baltimore only recorded significant rain on October 1. Barely measurable on the 2nd and a trace on the 4th. So essentially, it has been about 4 weeks since we had rain:

• Oct 1 = 0.35”
• Oct 2 = 0.01
• Oct 3 = 0.00
• Oct 4 – Trace…

Baltimore Stats:

Rainfall DOWN -5.75” since Sep 1

THURSDAY OCTOBER 31: HALLOWEEN

Morning Low

Afternoon High

Wind Forecast

We can thank the winds from the Southwest for pumping in the heat.

Wider View

High Pressure off the East Coast and the cold front to the west will help funnel the warm winds in…

That cold front may be responsible for severe weather in the Mid-West…

FRIDAY MORNING

Rain Showers? Radar Forecast Midnight to 2 PM

Snapshot Sunrise on Friday

Animation: Halloween Thursday to Sunday Evening

The rain from the front dissipates across the mountain. The back side of the weekend cooling will be a warm front with showers passing to our North on Sunday evening.

Sunday Evening

A warm front will bring a band of rain, most likely keeping the showers to our north, but we all get into above-average temperatures…

Jet Stream Animation: Saturday to Tuesday

Next Week: A repeat of the ridge and warm-up!

Snapshot: Tuesday

The peak temperatures may challenge the record-high temperatures.

NOAA Temperature Outlook

It will be ANOTHER WEEK of very warm temperatures.

7 Day Forecast

Rain showers on Friday will not necessarily have an impact. Just the leading edge of the weekend cool down.

Next week warms up again!!!

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