Wednesday January 30

The infamous Polar Vortex is sending a lobe across Chicago and Detroit today, the lifts into eastern Canada. It is sending bitterly cold air our way, which will arrive with a snow squall along the arctic front mid day. This burst may look like a blizzard for 15 to 30 minutes, and then you wil feel the difference. So as cold as it is this morning, it will be painful this afternoon and more so Thursday morning.

Advisories:

Wind Advisory Today: Wind Gusts to 50 mph

Wind Chill Advisory Into Thursday Morning: Wind Chills to -20ºF. Frostbite can occur in less than 30 minutes.

A Lot Of Info Here

This post has a lot of information! I wanted to highlight that here before you scroll down. First, we need to look at the current set up. This will include at look at the core of the cold near Chicago where frostbite can occur in minutes. Locally, it is cold and still icy in some of the snow zone areas that were not treated enough.

We will check out the temperatures at the core of the cold air near Chicago. Then we time out the arctic blast with three sliders. They include:

The Snow Squall
Temperatures
Wind Chills

Please consider your pets. It will be dangerous for them to go on walks or stay outside.

A cold as it feels this afternoon, we bottom out Thursday morning. Then we coined back up quickly to near 60ºF next week.

Polar Vortex

Technically this is one piece of the Polar Vortex with a lobe that is crossing Chicago and Detroit. But the core will lift into eastern Canada. So we are getting cold air on the edge, but not the main event.

Core Of Cold Air:

While Baltimore is at 16ºF and we have some single digits nearby, compare to the MidWest

Chicago had a temperature of -20ºF, with a Wind Chill of -45ºF.

Frostbite in Minutes

This graphic is from NWS Chicago to give a better perspective

Local Weather Stats For January 30, 2019 in Baltimore

Average High: 42ºF

Record High: 72ºF in 1914

Average Low: 25ºF

Record Low: -4ºF in 1873

*Record Snow: 9.0″ in 1930

Sunrise: 7:15 AM

Sunset 5:24 PM

*Daylight = 2:01 longer than yesterday

*Bay Water Temperature = 36ºF at Thomas Pt. Light House

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Morning Set Up

Most of our region starts in the teens. The single digits locations to the north are places with 2 to 4 inches of snow on the ground.

It will get COLDER!

Arctic Front Tracking Today

Snow Squall —> slider

The burst of snow may last 15 to 30 minutes and briefly look like a blizzard. It will be enough to coat the ground with a dusting to 1 inch. The snow will be very dry and like powder, blowing around easy, but not melting.

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Temperature Timeline —> slider

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Wind Chill Timeline —> slider

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FITF Gear To Stay Warm

Thursday Morning

It will be dangerously cold. I expect many schools will consider this for delays or cancellations.

Jet Stream Animation

Watch how quickly this lifts away and we being to thaw by Friday and this weekend. The temperature outlook below shows us near 60ºF next week, before cooling down again.

Temperature Outlook