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March showers, April flowers

Forecasters say we're headed for the upper 70s today. I'd guess that with enough sunshine between the clouds, we could top 80. It's already 72 degrees at 10 a.m. at The Sun. It wouldn't be the first time this month. BWI reached 83 degrees back on March 14. The month thus far is running a tad (0.3 degrees) above normal after a couple of days that averaged 20 degrees above normal.

Expect a few scattered showers along the way for the next couple of days as we fall beneath a weak, slow-moving cold front. And this afternoon will likely be the warm point for the week. Nights will be cold - in the 30s after tonight - but not freezing. Days will be mild - upper 50s to mid-60s, forecasters say.

Here's the Northeast radar loop.

Any showers we see will only add to the surplus we've accumulated this month. It's the first wet month we've seen since November. And we're still short of moisture since Jan. 1. The 4.13 inches at BWI for March thus far has made up only 42 percent of the deficit since New Year's Day. The last really wet month we've had was November, when 6.25 inches fell at the airport. That was more than 3 inches above the long-term average for the month.

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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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