TODAY: PARTLY CLOUDY AND STILL RATHER MILD LO: 29 HI: 49
WEDNESDAY: PARTLY CLOUDY BUT MUCH COOLER LO: 32 HI: 44
THURSDAY: PARTLY CLOUDY WITH INCREASING CLOUDINESS DURING THE AFTERNOON LO: 29 HI: 39
FRIDAY: CLOUDY BUT WINDY AND VERY COLD WITH SNOW THAT MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES (THE SNOW SHOULD BEGIN LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE THRU THE DAY ON FRIDAY WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF SIX OR MORE INCHES OF HEAVY WET SNOW) LO: 32 HI: 33
FRIDAY SNOWFALL UPDATE: FOR VERY LATE THURSDAY NIGHT (ABOUT 3 AM) EXPECT ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET TO MIX WITH AND CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN SHORTLY AFTER DAWN (ABOUT 8 AM) WITH ICE ICREATIONS TO NEAR ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH POSSIBLE THRU NOON FOLLOWED BY UP TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF JUST PLAIN RAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS AS TEMPS WARM ONLY TO THE MID 30'S CAUSING SOME ICY AREAS TO REMAIN MOST ESPECIALLY TO THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN PARTS OF THE BALTIMORE AREA BEFORE AN AREA WIDE REFREEZE IS LIKELY WEST OF THE BAY FOR MOST OF NORTH AND CENTRAL MARYLAND FRIDAY NIGHT WITH TEMPS THAT ARE FORECASTED TO DROP INTO THE MID AND UPPER 20'S AS THE CLOUDINESS DECREASES … ALSO NOTE THAT THE RAINFALL TOTALS FROM SUNDAY THRU MONDAY ARE STILL FORECASTED TO BE NEAR OR OVER ONE INCH COMBINED WITH ANY SNOW OR ICE MELT AND A PARTIALLY FROZEN GROUND SOME LOCAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE !!! (UPDATED AT 500 AM EST ON 01/21/10)
SATURDAY: PARTLY CLOUDY BUT BREEZY AND NOT AS COLD AS THE MELTING BEGINS LO: 28 HI: 42
SUNDAY: CLOUDY BUT BREEZY AND RATHER MILD WITH RAIN THAT MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES (TOTAL RAINFALL FROM LATE SUNDAY THRU MONDAY SHOULD BE NEAR ONE INCH) LO: 32 HI: 46
RAINFALL UPDATE: TOTAL RAINFALL SHOULD RANGE BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES AREA WIDE WITH SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING POSSIBLE FROM SUNDAY THRU MONDAY (UPDATED AT NOON EST ON 01/23/10)
NOTE: A VERY COLD AND WET FIRST HALF OF FEBURARY IN STORE FOR THE BALTIMORE AREA WITH COLD ABOUT AS LONG AND STRONG AS THE EARLY JANUARY OUTBREAK BUT THIS TIME POSSIBLY WITH AS MUCH SNOW AS WE HAD BACK IN DECEMBER JUST MORE LIKELY SPREAD OVER A FEW DIFFERANT WINTER STORMS … BUT IF I WERE YOU I WOULD NOT RULE OUT THE ONE BIG DADDY STORM JUST YET !!!
"WEATHER OR NOT"
FORECASTER: SCHLEY