January 9, 2024 | Posted in News
NOW YOUR WBAL TV 11 WEATHER FORECAST WITH METEOROLOGIST AVA MARIE. WELL, IT REALLY WAS NICE TO DRY OUT TODAY AND GET A LITTLE BIT MILDER. TEMPERATURES ARE NOW HOLDING IN THE 40S. IF YOU WANT TO HEAD OUT ON THIS SUNDAY EVENING. FEELS DECENT OUTSIDE. WE’RE AT 45 AROUND BWI 40 WOODSTOCK, 41 WESTMINSTER, BUT IT’S COLDER IN WESTERN MARYLAND WHERE IT’S BELOW FREEZING AROUND MOUNTAIN LAKE PARK. FRIENDSVILLE AT 33. SO WATCH FOR SLICK SPOTS IN THAT ZONE WHERE IT’S NEAR FREEZING AND ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS KEEP COMING IN TO WESTERN MARYLAND. SO THESE LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS ARE SHOWING UP ALONG 68. AND AS THEY CONTINUE TO DAMPEN THE ROAD, THAT WILL THEN CREATE THOSE SLICK SPOTS. BUT THAT’S ABOUT IT. IT IS DRY ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE STATE. JUST A LIGHT SPRINKLES SOUTH OF SAINT MARY’S CITY. SO WE’RE GOING TO BE GLAD TO GET SOME REALLY QUIET WEATHER FOR TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW. BUT I’M WATCHING THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM. IT’S ALREADY GOING TO BE MOVING OUR WAY WITHIN A DAY OR SO, AND SO IT’S ALREADY CAUSING SNOW ACROSS THE FOUR CORNERS. BUT BY THE TIME IT GETS HERE, IT’S PRIMARILY BRINGING RAIN. SO I WANT TO FAST FORWARD THROUGH THE FUTURECAST. WE’LL GET THROUGH MONDAY WITH REALLY QUIET WEATHER. THE LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL TAPER OFF IN WESTERN. MARYLAND THROUGH ABOUT FIVE TOMORROW MORNING, WHERE IT’S ONLY IN THE 20S. HERE WILL BE IN THE 30S TOMORROW MORNING AND THEN IT’S DRY. THE REST OF MONDAY. WE’LL ENJOY SUNSHINE AND THEN THE CLOUDS WILL INCREASE. MONDAY NIGHT AHEAD OF THAT NEXT STORM SYSTEM. NOW, OF COURSE, IN THE MOUNTAINS TOWARDS OAKLAND. THIS WILL BE MORE WINTRY AS IT STARTS ON TUESDAY MORNING. BUT THEN EVEN THERE, IT’S GOING TO LEAN MORE TOWARDS THE RAIN AS THE DAY GOES ON. YOU JUST HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT. MAYBE A PERIOD OF ICE IN THOSE HIGHER ELEVATIONS, INCLUDING UP THROUGH PENNSYLVANIA AS WELL, BUT THIS IS MAINLY RAIN ARRIVING IN BALTIMORE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND IT’S GOING TO GET REALLY HEAVY THROUGHOUT A TUESDAY NIGHT. AND THAT’S WHEN SOME REALLY STRONG WINDS COULD SHOW UP AS WELL. IT’S THAT COMBINATION. NOT FUN TO BE OUTSIDE, BUT MAYBE YOU EVEN WANT TO DO SOME PREPARATIONS TAKING THINGS INDOORS IF THEY CAN’T GET WET AND SECURING THINGS IF THEY MIGHT BLOW AWAY WITH GUSTS 40 TO 50MPH. SO SOME REALLY HEAVY RAIN OVER TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING, AND THEN A LOT OF THAT TAPERS OFF. IT WILL GO BACK TO SNOW SHOWERS IN WESTERN MARYLAND AND WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA, AND THEY’LL BE QUIET AGAIN ON THURSDAY. UNTIL YET, THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM IS ARRIVING, SO WE’RE ON A BUSY TRACK HERE, BUT WE’RE STAYING JUST MILD ENOUGH THAT A LOT OF THESE EVENTS LOOK LIKE RAIN HERE. OF COURSE, THIS TIME OF YEAR, YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO THINK ABOUT TIMING. EVEN IF RAIN WERE TO START EARLY IN A DAY, IT CAN CAUSE ICY WEATHER. BUT AT THIS POINT, PRIMARILY WE’RE LOOKING AT RAIN FOR MULTIPLE EVENTS COMING UP THIS WEEK. SO LET’S TAKE YOU THROUGH THIS EVENING WHERE WE’VE GOT THE DRY WEATHER. MAYBE YOU WANT TO RUN SOME ERRANDS BEFORE YOU CLOSE OUT. THE WEEKEND WILL BE IN THE 30S THROUGHOUT THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS, DROPPING INTO THE LOW TO MID 30S TONIGHT WITH CLEAR SKIES AND JUST A LIGHT COOL BREEZE. WE’LL SEE THE SUN COME UP TOMORROW MORNING JUST AROUND 730. TEMPERATURES TONIGHT SHOULD BE IN THE LOW TO MID 30S. BUT AGAIN REMEMBER WESTERN MARYLAND WHERE IT’S IN THE 20S AND THOSE LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL KEEP SOME SLICK CONDITIONS FOR MONDAY HERE IN THE BALTIMORE REGION. A LOT OF SUNSHINE DURING THE DAY. TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT KNOWING THAT THE REST OF THE WEEK COULD BE MORE ACTIVE. WE’LL BE IN THE 40S TOMORROW AFTERNOON WITH A LIGHTER WIND, SO ALL IN ALL, FAIRLY PLEASANT FOR A JANUARY DAY. TUESDAY IS THE DAY TO WATCH FOR BECAUSE HEAVY RAIN COULD CREATE AREAS OF FLOODING, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THE GROUND IS ALREADY SO SOGGY FROM THE LAST RAIN EVENT THAT WE GOT. AN EASTERLY WIND COULD ALSO PUSH UP THE TIDES ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT, AND THAT COULD CREATE AREAS OF FLOODING IN THOSE TYPICAL SPOTS LIKE ANNAPOLIS AND THEN STRONG WINDS WILL BE COMING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING, AND THAT WILL CREATE THE RISK OF ISOLATED DAMAGE. SO SECURE THINGS MAYBE PUT THINGS AWAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THAT’S OUR NEXT IMPACT WEATHER. AND THEN WE’LL HAVE TO WATCH THE WEEKEND. WITH RAIN DEVELOPI