January 8, 2024 | Posted in News
ISSUED ACROSS THE AREA, RIGHT? INDEED. DALENCIA YEAH, SO THE THE WATER COMING DOWN, THE RAINFALL IS GOING TO CAUSE THE LOW LYING AREAS, SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS TO POTENTIALLY FLOOD WHEN YOU GET A COUPLE INCHES OF RAIN, BUT ALSO STRONG WINDS BLOWING UP INTO THE BAY WILL PUSH THE WATER UP INTO THE BAY. AND THAT MEANS HIGH TIDES ARE GOING TO BE RUNNING WELL ABOVE AVERAGE, ESPECIALLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. WE’RE EXPECTING TIDES 4 TO 6FT ABOVE AVERAGE, JUST ON AN AVERAGE STORM MOVING THROUGH. WE GET SOME COASTAL FLOODING, BUT YOU GET REALLY STRONG WINDS LIKE WE’RE EXPECTING TO BE COMING OUT OF THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST, PUSHING THAT WATER INTO THE BAY AND 4 TO 6FT ABOVE NORMAL TIDES. TOMORROW AFTERNOON WILL BE SIGNIFICANT. THAT’S WHY THE BRIGHT GREEN AREA HERE, THIS IS THE WARNING AREA. FLOODING IS LIKELY TO OCCUR IN THOSE AREAS, AND WATCHES ARE UP FOR THE REST OF THE EASTERN SHORE FOR THE DAY TOMORROW. SO THIS IS ALL IN RESPONSE TO THE TIDES COMING IN TOMORROW AFTERNOON. I’LL SHOW YOU SOME OF THE EXPECTED TIMES WHEN SOME OF THESE TIDES WILL BE ROLLING INTO THE AREA FROM SOUTH TO NORTH. I THINK THE AFTERNOON READINGS ARE THE TIMES WHEN WE’LL GET THE WORST OF THE FLOODING ROLLS INTO ANNAPOLIS RIGHT AROUND 4:00 TOMORROW AFTERNOON UP TO KENT ISLAND, 335 OR SO, 5:00 IN THE AFTERNOON AT THE INNER HARBOR. SO INNER HARBOR, FELLS POINT, CANTON, THOSE AREAS COULD WELL SEE SOME FLOODING WITH THE HIGH TIDE TOMORROW EVENING. TOLCHESTER BEACH AT 531, THEN ALL THE WAY UP TOP OF THE BAY AT HAVRE DE GRACE. BY JUST BEFORE 8:00 TOMORROW EVENING. WATCH OUT FOR COASTAL FLOODING. HERE’S THE STORM. IT IS A POWERFUL STORM. IT’S GOING TO GET STRONGER AS IT TRACKS FROM MISSOURI UP TOWARD MICHIGAN. IT’S TRACKING TO OUR WEST. WE’RE ON THE WARM SIDE OF IT. NO SNOW IN OUR FORECAST HERE. THE MOUNTAINS WILL PICK UP A LITTLE SNOW ON THE LEADING EDGE, AND THEN IT WILL EVEN CHANGE OVER TO RAIN THERE. BUT THIS IS A STRONG STORM AND ONE INDICATION OF THE STRENGTH IS THE TORNADO WATCH THAT’S OUT HERE IN JANUARY ON THE GULF COAST OF LOUISIANA AND TEXAS. SOME TORNADO WARNINGS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ISSUED. THE STRONGER THIS STORM GETS, THE WORSE THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE ON THE GULF COAST. WE COULD EVEN HEAR SOME THUNDER HERE. AND THEN ON THE COLDER SIDE OF IT, IT’S BLIZZARD WARNINGS. IN EFFECT FOR THE PLAINS STATES INTO THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS. AND ALL OF THAT MOVING TOWARD THE MID-ATLANTIC. WEATHER PROBLEMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TONIGHT, EVEN EARLY TOMORROW MORNING AROUND 5 A.M., I THINK WE’LL BE JUST FINE. YOU CAN SEE TEMPERATURES ARE STILL IN THE ABOVE FREEZING MODE AROUND BALTIMORE AS THE RAIN ARRIVES. IT WILL BE SNOW IN PARTS OF ALLEGHENY AND GARRETT COUNTY, WESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY. FEW INCHES OF SNOW THERE BEFORE IT BEGINS TO MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN AND THEN RAIN OUT IN THE FAR WESTERN MARYLAND MOUNTAINS, OUR RAIN STARTS TO PICK UP IN INTENSITY BETWEEN 2 AND 4 P.M. TOMORROW, AND THEN BY ABOUT MIDNIGHT, THE BULK OF THE RAIN IS MOVING OUT. THERE MAY BE SOME LINGERING SPRINKLES OR SHOWERS HEADING INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING, BUT THE WORST OF THE STORM WILL BE GONE AND THAT RAIN WILL LIKELY GO BACK OVER TO SNOW. HOWEVER, IN THE WESTERN MARYLAND MOUNTAINS, AS THE STORM IS LEAVING SOME OF THESE PEAK WIND GUSTS THAT ARE COMING IN AROUND 915 TOMORROW EVENING. WE’RE GUSTING OVER 50 MILES AN HOUR IN ANNAPOLIS. HEAD TOWARD 11:00 OR SO. YOU COULD GET GUSTS 55 TO 60, EVEN OVER 60 MILE AN HOUR. WIND GUSTS RIGHT ON THE COAST AT OCEAN CITY, COMING OUT OF THE SOUTH, PUSHING THE WATER UP INTO THE BAY AND CAUSING THAT COASTAL FLOODING. SO THAT’S PRETTY SIGNIFICANT. BY WEDNESDAY MORNING, THE WINDS SHIFT TO THE WEST AND HOPEFULLY THAT WILL START TO PUSH SOME OF THE WATER AWAY FROM THE COAST AND OUT OF THE BAY. 35 TONIGHT MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, RAIN DEVELOPING TOMORROW, BECOMING HEAVY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STRONG WIND GUSTS ARE LIKELY WITH TEMPERATURES WARMING ALL THE WAY INTO THE MID 50S, SO THAT IS AN UNUSUALLY WARM JANUARY DAY, BUT WINDY AND WET AS WELL. CLEARING SKIES ON WEDNESDAY.