Wednesday April 11 2018

One year ago today we set the record high in Baltimore at 87ºF. Today we are just climbing back closer to average. This is the season where we can get a bunch of seasons wrapped into one week. We had light snow Monday and flurries on Tuesday. Today we begin the transition closer to normal and then rise above with 70s and 80s by the end of the week. This will come with a lot of energy and moisture that will result in a severe storm outbreak across the Ohio Valley and Deep South this weekend. For us, the timing will be key, but worth watching. Sunday is when the showers may creep in, but more likely to hit the mountains. If we hold it off, we could squeeze out one more warm day, along with strong winds. Sunday night into Monday morning looks like our best chance for storms, which may save us from the worst of it. But it will be a bumpy ride.

Stats For April 11

Average High: 63ºF

Record High: 87ºF in 2017

Average Low: 41ºF

Record Low: 26ºF in 1960

Snow Record: 2.0″ in 1894

Seasonal Snow To Date (at BWI): 15.2

Sunrise: 6:36 AM

Sunset 7:39 PM

*Daylight = 2:30 longer than yesterday

*Bay Water Temperature = 46ºF at Thomas Pt. Light House

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This Morning

Focus On The Important Thing…

While there may be extra clouds and some sprinkles on the north side tomorrow, I do not see anything substantial

High Temperatures

The trend up is a guarantee over the next three days. How high we get is the debate. The models now agree with what I wrote a few days ago… Temps will aim for 80ºF by Friday. We often end up warmer than first thought.

Today

Thursday

Friday

Wild Weekend

The warm air surging in is in part charged by a deep trough across the central US.

This pumps in a lot of moisture from the Gulf of Mexico as seen here on the Total Precipitable Water (dark green). We get in on the action late Sunday into Monday morning.

Upper level energy charged by a clash of cold air behind…

…to trigger a large band of heavy rain and severe storms. The peak activity appears to reach us Monday morning. Should that be the case, this will arrive with less atmospheric energy after nighttime.

Potential Storm Animation

Here is the ICON Model that keeps us dryer on Sunday than the GFS Model. I chose to show this since rain and storms often get hung up in the mountains longer in situations like this. It may and up being a windy and warm day for us with storms in the mountains… that move east to reaches Monday morning.

Temperature Outlook: Warm Spell Ends Sunday With Storms

Often we end up warmer than models first show, so I think we have a good chance for the 80s both Friday and Saturday.

The outlook next week may end up colder than shown here as the model trends towards average. But all model indications are reinforcing cold surges.

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