First Snow Of February? January 31, 2007

Low pressure near the Texas gulf coast is producing snow as far south as Memphis, TN this evening. That low is forecast to move east/northeast to a position near Cape Hatteras, NC Thursday evening and then track off shore, well east of Maryland by Friday morning. If the low holds to this forecast [...]

Another Nearly Snowless January January 31, 2007

With no snow headed our way today, January ‘07 will go in the books as the second consecutive January with less than 1″ of snow at Baltimore’s official weather station down at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport. January ‘06 had just a trace of snow at the airport and this year we’ve had just 0.9″. [...]

Winter Settles In January 29, 2007

This January has been unusual. It was not very wintry for the first half of the month. It hit 71 degrees on the 6th. Six days this month registered highs in the 60s and seven made it into the 50s. Only one day so far never made it out of the 20s. Typical highs this [...]

Spring And Winter In One Month January 26, 2007

With the arrival of very cold arctic air tonight, January 2007 is shaping up as a month of big contrasts. The first 16 days of the month had an average temperature of 47.1F, an amazing 14.7F above normal for better than two weeks! Pending the final numbers from tonight’s cold blast, the period [...]

Sunday Snow January 22, 2007

The first significant snow of the season wasn’t a blockbuster but it did manage to snarl traffic for a while late Sunday.
Snow reports include: Essex, 1.0″; WBAL/TV Hill, .75″; Ellicott City & Hunt Valley, .50″; BWI, .90″; Crofton, 1.5″; Owings Mills, 1.2″; Jessup, 1.4″; Laurel, 1.9″; Bowie, .60″; Frostburg, 3.0″.
The sounding balloon launched at Sterling, [...]

First Snowfall In Nearly A Year? January 21, 2007

Low pressure approaching from the west, should pass south of Baltimore tonight, emerging on the coast near Norfolk, VA early Monday morning. On this path a light snowfall is expected for much of central Maryland. The last official snow accumulation at BWI-Marshall airport was back on February 11th and 12th of 2006, about [...]

Carolina Storm Should Stay East January 19, 2007

Low pressure developing off the Carolina coast is staying far enough offshore to keep any precipitation in Maryland on the light side. Just trace amounts of light rain with a few ice pellets and flakes of snow have been reported around Baltimore through the evening. Closer to the coast, Salisbury and Ocean City [...]

Carolina Snow Moving North January 18, 2007

Early morning observations show snow and sleet across central NC with some freezing rain farther south into the mountains of SC and the hills of north Georgia.
Raleigh, NC Light Snow, 28FCharlotte, NC Freezing Rain, 28FColumbia, SC Freezing Rain, 32FAtlanta, GA [...]

Wintry Mix Possible January 17, 2007

The coldest air of winter so far will retreat to the northeast tonight, allowing mositure from a very active southern branch of the jet stream to move toward the mid Atlantic states. Low pressure is expected to develop off the South Carolina coast early Thursday morning and then track northeast toward the outer banks [...]

Spring To Winter January 15, 2007

Through the first 14 days of January 2007 temperatures at BWI-Marshall Airport are averaging 13.4F above normal. The average temperature for the month so far is 45.8F, which, if the month ended today, would be good enough for third warmest all-time, just behind the Januarys of 1932 (47.4F) and 1950 (46.9F). But, spring [...]