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January 4, 2012

Round two of flurries

Did you enjoy the flurries yesterday? Most commuters did not. We're in for a second round later today.

The National Weather Service is forecasting scattered flurries after 3 p.m. as well as later tonight. Here's their updated discussion on their site:

"THE MODELS HAVE CONTINUED TO SHOW AT LEAST SOME WEAK LIFT LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. IN COMBINATION WITH THE TERRAIN...
THIS MAY PRODUCE SOME SNOW SHOWERS ON THE WRN FRONT AND MAYBE A FEW
FLURRIES MAINLY NORTH OF US 50. BY LATE EVENING...THE FIRST [WAVE] IS
THROUGH AND THE SECOND IS ON THE DOORSTEP. MODELS HAVE CONSISTENTLY
PAINTED SOME LIGHT PRECIP WITH THIS ONE. SCTD UPSLOPE SHSN SEEM LIKE
A GOOD BET. THE QUESTION IS FURTHER EAST."

 Here's what Baltimore meteorologist Eric the Red had to say:

"Weds...  an upper-air disturbance will come at us from the west, while a weak front stalls just to our south and west.  This will set the stage for another round of snow showers Weds afternoon and eve.  ... They will be hit and miss... altho some of the "outlier" models (less commonly used) indicate there could be a bit more widespread accumulating snow with this, esp across nrn MD.  If the worst-case models are right, then an inch of snow could fall in portions of nrn MD Weds afternoon and eve. 
 
Weds night and Thrs morning, warm front begins to lift north toward us while another upper-air dist comes at us from the west. This too could touch off some light snow or flurries early Thrs, again most likely in nrn MD."
 

Posted by Kim Walker at 11:28 AM | | Comments (0)
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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. Frank also answers readers’ weather queries for the newspaper and the blog. Frank Roylance retired in October 2011. Maryland Weather is now being updated by members of The Baltimore Sun staff
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