This feels like weather forecasting for Honolulu. No, actually, this is better than Honolulu. They should be flocking to Baltimore. For as far ahead as forecasters can see (a week, in this case),  Marylanders can expect perfect weather, with sunshine and daytime highs in the upper 70s and low 80s. At night, good sleeping weather and fine stargazing.

OK, as this big high begins to move offshore, we'll get into a return flow with warmer, more humid air from the South. But for outdoor activities, from touch football in the park to gnoshing at a sidewalk cafe, to stargazing, we're looking at very fine weather through the weekend. The only exceptions might be to our south and east, where northeasterly winds have been bringing moist ocean air and clouds onto the beaches, the Eastern Shore and perhaps into far Southern Maryland. You can see it in the satellite imagery. Baltimore and most of the Western Shore should remain in the clear.

Rain? Fuggeddaboudit. We're short - 2 inches this month alone, and seven inches for the year. Half the state is still in moderate drought, and we're going to stay short of moisture for the foreseeable future. The crop damage is already done, but we'll need to start recharging the groundwater and the reservoirs soon if we're to avoid serious water issues next summer. Streamflow in central Maryland is way down.