Sunday storm could drop 1-2" of rain
The good news is that we will avoid the snow and ice headed for the Great Lakes and northern New England this weekend. But forecasters out at Sterling are giving us a 100 percent chance for heavy rain on Sunday as the next cold front pushes through.
Saturday may be deceptively pleasant as the weather gods wind up to deliver the Sunday deluge. High temperatures will climb to the upper 50s. Skies will be mostly cloudy, but that leaves open the possibility of some sunshine peeking through. So if you have outdoor cleanup plans this 
weekend, get out there on Saturday.
Light rain begins to move in to the region late on Saturday, with overnight lows only in the mid-40s. Low pressure moving along the cold front will begin to spin up on Sunday, and AccuWeather's Henry Margusity is hinting at some potentially severe weather with a squall line moving through eastern Virginia and North Carolina and the Lower Eastern Shore.
Here in Central Maryland, National Weather Service forecasters are calling for as much as 1 to 2 inches of rain Sunday as the cold front approaches, and more Sunday night. Watch the forecasts for Flood Watches. There are none up yet (except in Garrett County), just a Hazardous Weather Outlook for now. But that kind of rain could send streams and creeks out of their banks. If you're in a flood-prone location, keep an eye on the water.
Behind the cold front, there could be some rain and snow mixing briefly north and west of the cities, and snow in the western mountains. Most likely, though, we'll just get a cold and breezy night on Sunday. Next week gets sunny again, forecasters say, with seasonable highs and sunshine until the next potent cold front arrives at mid-week with more rain and bluster.
Comments
Think we are done with snow for the year? AT least any accumulating snow.
FR: They are mentioning snowflakes this weekend after the cold front passes by late Sunday. But accumulation is not expected in B'more. It certainly is not impossible to have accumulating snow in March, or even April in Baltimore. April 2 is the first date with no measurable snow in the record books for Baltimore. April 21 is the first date that's never seen snow since daily record-keeping began in 1883. May 11 is the latest date that's seen a trace of snow (in 1951).
Posted by: Steve J. | March 4, 2011 11:58 AM
In 1980 or 81 I went on a class trip from Cardinal Gibbons high school to New York City. It was supposed to be 'up and back,' just for the day, leave early before school started and get back about 10 in the evening. Permission slips and everything. Seven students with the Art teacher and his wife in a school-owned late 60s Ford station wagon.
I'm pretty sure that it was March 17th, St. Patrick's day. A few flurry-style flakes fell as we left Maryland but increasing in quantity and intensity as we got farther north on the Jersey turnpike. Which is where the car lost one or more of its engine belts that had to be replaced in one of those turnpike repair facilities that probably don't exist anymore.
We were closer to NYC than Baltimore so we pressed on, reaching the city before noon.
We saw what we went there to see but it snowed all day ending with something close to a foot of accumulation. That evening the sky was crystal clear over the NY skyline as we ate cantaloupe ice-cream with a view of the Statue of Liberty. We all ended up sleeping on the floor of a couple of Gibbons graduates, called our families and drove home the next morning.
Posted by: AVC | March 5, 2011 11:57 AM