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Perfect Mother's Day ahead

Maybe a little warm today - in the 80s with a chance of some scattered showers - and a little wet tomorrow. But we need the rain. We've had less than 2/3-inch since April 16. And the rain will clear the decks (and some pollen) for a perfect Mother's Day on Sunday. (You did remember it's Mother's Day Sunday, right?) Here's the official forecast.

Meanwhile, to our south, a remnant of that weird sub-tropical storm that was spinning off Georgia and Florida much of this week continues to turn off Florida. The storm was briefly strong enough, with enough tropical characteristics to win itself the first name of the 2007 hurricane season - Andrea. But it weakened as it approached the coast, and fell apart. The heavy rains Florida so badly needs to douse its drought and brush fires never materialized. 

But after the wet threat tomorrow, we're looking at high pressure shoving down from the north and west on Sunday. Expect clear, dry and pretty cool air for this time of year, with forecast highs only about 70 on Sunday. Gusty winds might toss Mom's hat around. Then things will warm up again quickly, to 80 by Tuesday.

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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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