The Baltimore region braces for variable weather this weekend as the National Weather Service forecasts a stalled cold front that is set to deliver a mix of dry conditions and scattered showers. The system promises a reprieve from the area's customary swelter with temperatures anticipated to hover at or slightly below the norm, according to the National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC.
Significant precipitation is at bay for today, with the exception perhaps of a few isolated storms across the Shenandoah Valley later in the day—this as high-pressure endeavors to assert itself from the north even as that stubborn boundary line skirts the south/southeast, a delicate balance between the forces of nature that leaves us, the denizens in between, reaching for our umbrellas and sunglasses both, highs through the day will top in the 80s while evening lows are set to dip into the 60s and grudgingly bottom out in the low 70s in urban and coastal pockets.
Moving into the weekend, Saturday sees the stalled boundary inching northward, a slow creep that promises to swaddle the region in cloud cover and bring a bout of much-needed rainfall from southwest to northeast as a shortwave disturbance treks overhead; temperatures will notch a bit downward, with thermostats not likely to exceed the low 80s in most areas, the night will see a decrease in rain chances as well as a downturn in mercury, marking a slightly cooler respite in the low-to-mid 60s.
However, that fickle front that just seems to like us too much is slated to linger into Sunday, slaking the thirst of our southern quarters while elsewhere enjoys a reprieve—allowing highs to bounce back to the sunnier side of the upper 80s and possibly squeak into the low 90s, clouds will mount their return as night falls, drawing a curtain of milder lows that will mostly hover in the 70s and cling to the mid-upper 60s away from the I-95 corridor, as we look forward into next week showers and thunderstorms seem more of a fixture with each day's forecast as repeated waves of low pressure skim the region maintaining a near-constant convoy of Gulf moisture our way.
For those taking to the skies, VFR conditions are expected to prevail today, with a slight chance of isolated showers in the CHO area potentially causing brief sub-VFR moments, the weekend could see a smattering of rain and thunderstorms, primarily on Saturday afternoon which may temporarily dip flight visibilities, but VFR should reign outside of the spotty weather disturbances—a motif set to recur throughout the coming week with daily chances for showers and storms, particularly in the afternoons and evenings, says the National Weather Service.
