The sun will come out ...
All these clouds should begin to burn off as we move into the afternoon, ushering in an extended period of sunny and hot summer weather right into next week.
You can thank the arrival of high pressure, which is gradually shoving the stalled cold front and all its showers and storms off to our south and east. That will clear the air here and allow daytime highs to begin to creep higher again. From today's forecast high at BWI of 86 degrees - about right for this time of year - the highs will climb to 90 degrees by Sunday or Monday, if the forecast holds up.
The's no rain in the forecast until Wednesday, when the chance for showers and thunderstorms will rise to 30 percent.
Beach weather will be a bit cooler, with highs near 80 degrees, but with higher risks for showers and thunderstorms as the front takes longer to clear the area down there.
All in all, not a bad way for teachers (and kids) to ease into the end of summer vacation.
(SUN PHOTO by Kim Hairston/July 2009)
Comments
I was wondering where the station is where your data are collected.
The Sun lists current temperature as 84 degrees. The Weather Underground site lists the temperature in "Ruxton, Towson" as 88.3 degrees with a heat index of 95 degrees.
Are the Sun's readings taken at BWI or someplace else? I have noticed for some time that it always seems to be hotter in Pikesville than the Sun reports. There seems to be some significant variation around the Baltimore City/County area.
FR: If your're talking about our own station, it is located on a pole above the executive parking lot, Calvert and Centre streets. It's a Davis Instruments Vantage Pro 2 unit. Pretty accurate and reliable, although it is a bit sheltered from the wind. This provides the data posted on the right-hand side of our weather page, under "The Baltimore Sun." The data on the left side, under "Current Conditions," is from BWI. But yes, there is significant variation in temperatures around the region. Some of it is real - proximity to the bay, for example. Some stems from the placement of the instruments.
Posted by: K R Heckert | August 14, 2009 5:51 PM