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November 18, 2009

More rain due; east wind brings high water

Thursday looks like a wet one as clockwise winds around a high pressure system to our northeast continues to pump an east wind and Atlantic moisture our way.

Forecasters are calling for drizzle, showers or rain late tonight, followed by a 70- to 80-percent chance for more rain on Thursday as a cold front approaches from the west. In the meantime, the Tides Onlineeast wind is shoving bay water on the western shore, with flood advisories posted for the bay south of Baltimore and for the tidal Potomac River. Feels just like last week's forecast.

Behind the cold front we'll get some clearing for nice weather Friday and Saturday. But then the next coastal storm will be firing up off the Carolinas, with another bout of rain due late Sunday into Monday.

No wintry precip expected around the northwest side of that storm, except perhaps at the very highest elevations to our west. But this pattern of repeated coastal storms bodes well for snow lovers if it keeps up through the colder months.

Posted by Frank Roylance at 6:16 PM | | Comments (0)
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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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