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April 6, 2005

The day we've waited for

This is it, boys and girls. The day we've been waiting for all winter. Blue skies, afternoon temperatures well into the 70s, with a chance to reach 80 in some spots.

This not not record-setting weather, although it is unusually warm for this time of year. The normal high for an April 6 in Baltimore is 61 degrees, so today's predicted 75-degree high at BWI would be 14 degrees above normal. But the record, set in 1929, is 90 degrees. We won't go there.

If we make it to 75, it will be the warmest day we've seen since Halloween, when the mercury topped out at 76 degrees. The record low for this day, by the way, is 26 degrees, set in 1878.

Tomorrow will be nearly as warm, at 72. But rain and even thunderstorms are possible as a storm approaches from the south and west, and Friday will be rainy again, and cool, with a high around 58. Happily, the weekend looks great - sunny, with seasonable highs near 60 degrees. Enjoy.

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About Frank Roylance
Frank Roylance is a reporter for The Baltimore Sun. He came to Baltimore from New Bedford, Mass. in 1980 to join the old Evening Sun. He moved to the morning Sun when the papers merged in 1992, and has spent most of his time since covering science, including astronomy and the weather. One of The Baltimore Sun's first online Web logs, the Weather Blog debuted in October 2004. In June 2006 Frank also began writing comments on local weather and stargazing for The Baltimore Sun's print Weather Page.

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