Thursday December 28 2017

This month and year are going out in style. We are just a few days into a two week stretch of sub freezing temperatures. We did not set a record this morning, but it is cold enough and temps won’t move much today. This is the type of cold that will ice up the Chesapeake Bay likely beyond the Bay Bridge. There is a lot more to go… For starters, today’s Military Bowl in Annapolis will have temperatures in the lower 20s and wind chills in the teens. There is plenty more where that came from. This may further chase people indoors from the Ravens game (later start) and you might want to reconsider any outdoor plans to celebrate New Year’s Eve. In between, the ‘light snow’ event on Saturday is still on, and we may have something next next week. But like the others, I would not get excited about any potential storm that far away.

Here’s the break down:

Stats For December 28

Normal High: 42ºF

Record High: 74ºF in 1946

Normal Low: 26ºF

Record Low: 10ºF in 1950

Snow Record: 2.0″ in 1993

Sunrise: 7:25 AM

Sunset 4:52 PM

*Daylight = 7 seconds longer than yesterday

*Bay Water Temperature = 40ºF at Thomas Pt. Light House

Snow To Date (at BWI): 3.8″

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Today:

Temperatures are expected to only reach the lower 20s. Here, the focus is on Annapolis for the Military Bowl.

Wind Chills: Teens

Weekend: Light Snow Saturday

This event has more support to back up this Canadian GEM Model. This looks like a daylight event that has the moisture to produce a dusting to 2 inches. I will have a first call snowfall map later today.

New Year 2018: Re-think Being Outside

This may be the coldest New Year’s Eve in over 50 years. The Baltimore temperatures will be in the lower teens.

Times Square: Maybe Another Time

The New York City forecast is around 10ºF

Coastal Storm And Reinforcing Arctic Cold Core:

The final push from this pattern will be next Wednesday and Thursday. This does depend on a possible coastal storm.

I do not want to put much weight in a storm next week. It is too early and I DO NOT trust modeling this season. The Canadian Model here still has it, but shifted the storm 100 miles east in the latest run overnight. The European Model still has a large event for us, but the GFS Model does not even show it forming.

Arctic Cold Core

January 4th will be the final push of the arctic air. It will be that cold core that will feed the storm but also determine if it stays close enough or gets pushed off of the coast… Regardless, our sub freezing air stays for the entire first week of January and then some.

Temperature Outlook

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