January 10, 2024 | Posted in News
FLOODING UP TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN COULD FALL ACROSS THAT REGION. LET’S BRING IN 11 NEWS METEOROLOGIST DALENCIA JENKINS. AND WE ARE PREPARING FOR TOMORROW. WHAT’S IT GOING TO BRING? OH, IT’S GOING TO BRING A LOT OF WIND AND A LOT OF RAIN TO A LOT OF PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY HERE IN THE BALTIMORE METRO. RIGHT NOW. IT’S IN THE CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE STATE OR THE NATION. AND WE’RE SEEING ALL THE RAIN AND EVEN SNOW THERE BY THE TIME IT MAKES ITS WAY INTO OUR REGION AND KNOCKS HIGH PRESSURE OFF THE COAST, WE’RE GOING TO SEE A LOT OF RAIN. AND WESTERN MARYLAND WILL EVEN TAP IN ON A LITTLE SNOW. SO LET’S GET RIGHT TO IT AND LOOK AT THE WATCHES AND WARNINGS. BASICALLY, THE ALERTS THAT ARE ALREADY ISSUED FOR MUCH OF THE AREA. FLOOD WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE STATE. THIS WILL GO IN EFFECT ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND STICK AROUND INTO WEDNESDAY. WE CAN EXPECT A HALF AN INCH AND A HALF TO TWO INCHES AND A HALF OF RAIN. THIS IS JUST A LOT OF RAIN ON TOP OF THE FLOOD WATCH. WE HAVE A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH, WHICH MEANS THAT WE’RE EXPECTING TIDES TO BE 2 TO 4FT ABOVE NORMAL. SO AGAIN, THAT’S JUST GOING TO ADD ANOTHER ANOTHER MESS ON TOP OF THE FLOODING THAT WE CAN EXPECT. AND THEN WE HAVE A WIND ADVISORY THAT WILL GO IN EFFECT TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT WHERE WE’LL SEE THE WORST OF THE WIND. WE CAN EXPECT WIND GUSTS TO MAKE IT TO 50 PLUS MILES PER HOUR. SO YOU WANT TO START PREPARING TODAY WHILE IT IS NICE. AND THIS IS FOR OUR WESTERN COMMUNITIES, THERE’S EVEN AN ADVISORY, A WINTER WEATHER OR WINTER STORM ADVISORY OUT IN GARRETT COUNTY SNEAKING INTO ALLEGHENY COUNTY AS WELL. SO LET’S TIME IT OUT HERE ON FUTURECAST. THIS IS THE REST OF THE DAY AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT WE’RE GOING TO INCREASE IN CLOUD COVER. IT’S GOING TO BE DRY. BUT NOTICE HOW WE’RE GOING TO START BRINGING IN THAT LOW. IT’S GOING TO START MOVING CLOSER STARTING AS SNOW OUT IN WESTERN MARYLAND. SO GARRETT COUNTY, ALLEGHENY COUNTY, EVEN INTO WASHINGTON, YOU’RE STARTING TO SEE SOME SNOW SHOWERS EARLY IN THE MORNING FOR TUESDAY. BUT NOTICE HOW THE MAP IS GOING TO QUICKLY FILL IN WITH RAIN SHOWERS AS WE PROGRESS THROUGH THE MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON, YOU’LL START SEEING THE YELLOWS AND REDS MOVING IN BY LUNCHTIME, MEANING THAT HEAVY RAIN IS GOING TO START, UM, POURING OVER THE BALTIMORE METRO AND THEN THAT’S GOING TO CONTINUE UNTIL DINNERTIME AND EVENTUALLY TAPER OFF INTO THE OVERNIGHT WHERE WE COULD SEE US FLOW 3 OR 2 LINGERING AND MAYBE EVEN FOR OUT WEST AND THEN SOME RAIN SHOWERS LINGERING INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS FOR WEDNESDAY. SO THE COMMUTE YOU DO WANT TO TAKE YOUR TIME. WIND IS ALSO GOING TO BE AN ISSUE, AS WILL AGAIN SEE THOSE WIND GUSTS, ESPECIALLY INTO THE EVENING. AND OVERNIGHT FOR TUESDAY. GETTING UPWARDS OF 50MPH. WEDNESDAY IS GOING TO BE ANOTHER BREEZY DAY, EVEN THOUGH IT’S GOING TO BE ON THE DRIER SIDE. AND THEN WE’LL SEE THAT WIND SUBSIDE. TODAY IS A GREAT DAY RIGHT NOW WE’RE STICKING AROUND THE 40S. GOING TO BE WARMING UP TO THE UPPER 40S TO LOW 50S BY THIS AFTERNOON. AND AGAIN, JUST PREPARE FOR WHAT WE CAN EXPECT. TOMORROW IS GOING TO BE VERY WINDY. MAKE SURE YOU ARE TYING DOWN ANYTHING THAT CAN BE EASILY TOSSED AROUND IN YOUR BACKYARD