Seemed like a lot of hoopla for nothing yesterday. Severe storms watches and warnings, predictions of large hail. The works. But Baltimore and its immediate surroundings seemed to be in a protective bubble in the afternoon as storms drifting down - oddly - from New Jersey and Pennsylvania swept by us on either side. What are we? A traffic cone?

There was a pretty good thunderstorm in northern Baltimore County, and more storms struck Southern Maryland and the Eastern Shore, including one report of two-inch hail in Clinton, PG County.

Here is a compilation of some storm damage. BWI and downtown instruments recorded some gusty winds, but no precipitation at all. Washington Reagan got a bit of rain, as did Dulles Airport in Virginia and the Patuxent Naval Air Station in St. Mary's County.

We'll get another shot at some precipitation this afternoon as more storms are forecast to pop up with daytime heating. Here's the hazardous weather outlook issued this morning for Central Maryland.

We continue to linger under the influence of that stalled low off the coast. It keeps pumping moist marine air and clouds onto the Northeast states, triggering showers and storms, while drier air and high pressure waits to our north and west, clearing our skies from time to time, but unable to take charge.

That's due to end soon, with clearing skies, and warming temperatures through the weekend as the high finally pushes through, and we find ourselves in a flow of hot, humid air from the south. It will be downright summerlike by Father's Day, with highs in the 90s. And humid. Here's the official forecast.