As the final hours of May 2007 countdown the rainfall deficit for the month is approaching three inches. After ample rains in March and April, the month of May has produced just .94″ of rain through the 30th at our official National Weather Service observing station at BWI-Marshall. Normal rain for the month [...]
Archive for May, 2007
Looking For Rain
May 31, 2007
Recent Memorial Day Rains
May 28, 2007
The Memorial Day weekend has evolved into the unofficial start of summer and most folks would prefer “perfect” weather for the extended weekend. The average high temperature for the end of May is in the upper 70s and the low is in the mid 50s. The late spring season typically experiences frequent rains and in [...]
Be Wary Of Long Range Hurricane Forecasts
May 24, 2007
With this week’s release of the official 2007 Atlantic hurricane season forecast from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), came the usual bevy of news reports about what we should “expect” this summer and fall in the tropics. To summarize, the good folks at NOAA are looking for 13 to 17 named storms, [...]
More Like Spring
May 21, 2007
The past week has felt a bit more like the spring we all know and love. Daytime temperatures have been warming up and readings are much closer to normal for the season. It looks like that trend will continue in the coming week. In fact we should wind up with above average temperatures by the [...]
21st Century Preakness Rain
May 18, 2007
There is a possiblity of some showers for the 132nd running of the Preakness this Saturday, but what else would you expect? The 21st century has produced just one “3rd Saturday in May” that did not have at least a trace of rain in Baltimore. Here’s the rundown of the observed weather for [...]
Helpful Rain
May 14, 2007
This past Saturday the area received its’ first significant rain since April. It did not produce even results though. BWI-Marshall officially received .30″ but the Inner Harbor received just over an inch as did many areas of eastern Baltimore, Harford and Cecil counties. Elkton checked in with 1.17″. On TV Hill we measured .76″ but [...]
Snow!
May 9, 2007
It has been more than a month since the last flakes of snow were spotted around here (0.2″ on April 7th), but for snow lovers the”season” comes to an official close today. It was on this day, May the 9th back in 1923 that the latest recorded snowflake was observed in Baltimore. Never, [...]
Getting Dry .. Spring Chill .. Developing Storm
May 7, 2007
It has been a while since we’ve had a good rain in the area. A region wide soaker produced almost 4 inches of rain over a five day period in mid April. It is now 21 days since that happened and in that time we have received only .62″ of rain. Statistically the area is [...]
Best Weather Of The Year?
May 5, 2007
A big snowstorm on the coast can be a beautiful thing in mid winter. A clear, frosty morning followed by a sunny, chilly afternoon is what I look forward to in October. I can even enjoy a few hazy, hot days in mid summer. But in early May it’s hard to beat [...]
