So beautiful, it can't possibly last
And it won't. It may be sunny and 69 outside The Sun's newsroom this morning, and the temperature at BWI may have jumped 9 degrees in an hour. But there's a cold front coming and this spring-like weather will not survive the day.
UPDATE: It didn't. The mercury reached 69 degrees before noon at The Sun, then turned and fell to 57 degrees by 3 p.m. Earlier commentary follows.
The National Weather Service forecast calls for a high of, ahem, 58 degrees today. We're already well above that at the airport. (It was 69 at BWI late this morning. The record for this date is 75 degrees, set back in 1976.)
This springlike weather comes to us courtesy of a warm front pushing up from eastern Tennessee and Virginia.
Looks like sunny skies here for much of the day. But look for a wind shift from east to west later on. That will signal the approach of the next cold front. It will take its sweet time getting in here. Forecasters says readings will finally begin to fall this afternoon, and sink to freezing by tonight. Western counties could see some snow showers. Here's AccuWeather.com
Tuesday will be much cooler- in the 40s, sunny and breezy - as the colder air works in from the northwest. An Alberta Clipper system is slated to move through on Wednesday bringing a chance for rain or snow showers, although forecasters don't seem too confident on that score. Their computer programs don't seem to agree on this one, so we may get no precipitation. The high on Thursday may be only 34 degrees - about 10 degrees below normal for this time of year at BWI.
Our next chance for wintry weather would come this weekend. The morning discussion from Sterling hints at a storm system forming along the Texas coast, but there are still too many uncertainties to get very specific about it. All they'll post is "a chance of snow or rain showers" for Friday and Saturday.
