October 30th: Now it's getting warmer with the Halloween heat, then another cool weekend and warm again next week

October 30, 2024

Wednesday morning report

It's déjà vous again! We remain stuck in this repeating pattern with high pressure on the East Coast and warmer winds moving in from the Southwest. Active weather and colder air will continue across the western United States.

Temperatures will approach record highs in some areas, but will likely be just below in Baltimore.

The weekend will bring another cool down, followed by ANOTHER warm up next week! The pattern change will take more than a week, meaning late summer temperatures have not yet been reached.

Morning temperatures

Morning surface weather

Here is our warm-up! High pressure continues to build off the East Coast, bringing warmer winds from the southwest. The next cold front will be active with strong to severe thunderstorms. The colder air on the other side will make a brief visit this weekend.

Weather forecast for the afternoon

Warming into the mid and upper 70s.

CLIMATE DATA: Baltimore

TODAY, October 30th

Sunrise at 7:33am

Sunset at 6:07 p.m

Normal low in Baltimore: 41°F

Record temperature of 26°F in 1965

Normal high temperature in Baltimore: 63°F

record 83ºF in 1946; 2016

Drought update

Baltimore only recorded significant rain on October 1st. On the 2nd it was barely measurable and on the 4th there was a trace. So essentially it's been about 4 weeks since we've had rain:

• Oct 1 = 0.35 inches
• Oct 2 = 0.01
• Oct 3 = 0.00
• Oct. 4 – Trace…

Baltimore stats:

Rainfall down -5.75 inches since September 1st

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31: HALLOWEEN

Morning low

Afternoon high

Wind forecast

It's thanks to the winds from the southwest that they pumped in the heat.

Bigger view

High pressure off the East Coast and the cold front to the west will help channel the warm winds into…

This cold front could be responsible for severe weather in the Midwest…

FRIDAY MORNING

Rain showers? Radar forecast: midnight to 2 p.m

Snapshot sunrise on Friday

Animation: Halloween from Thursday to Sunday evening

The rain from the front spreads over the mountain. The downside of the weekend's cooling will be a warm front with showers moving into our north on Sunday evening.

Sunday evening

A warm front will bring a band of rain that will most likely keep the showers to our north. But we all experience above average temperatures…

Jetstream animation: Saturday to Tuesday

Next week: repeating the ridge and warming up!

Snapshot: Tuesday

The peak temperatures may challenge the record temperatures.

NOAA Temperature Outlook

It will be ANOTHER WEEK of very warm temperatures.

7 day forecast

Rain showers on Friday will not necessarily have an impact. Only the leading edge of the weekend is cooling down.

Next week it will be warm again!!!

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FIRST FROST DATES

Here is the average data across Maryland, and it matches the evidence we saw last week.

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I understand that there are some spelling and grammatical errors, as well as occasional other errors. I take responsibility for my mistakes and even the computer errors I may miss. I've made a few public statements over the years, but if you're new here you may have missed it: I have dyslexia and found out about it in my sophomore year at Cornell University. However, that didn't stop me from getting my degree in meteorology and being the first to receive the AMS CBM in the Baltimore/Washington area.

One of my professors told me that I had made it this far without knowing it and that I shouldn't let it be a crutch for the future. That was Mark Wysocki, and he was absolutely right! I miss my mistakes when proofreading myself. The automatic spell checker on my computer sometimes misses the mark and makes the problem worse. I can also make mistakes in forecasting. Nobody is perfect at predicting the future. All maps and information are correct. The “wordy” stuff can get sticky.

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