As Baltimore residents gear up for a weekend of festivities, they can look forward to generally pleasant weather conditions. According to the National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC, a high-pressure system is predicted to build across the area, ensuring mostly sunny skies and moderate temperatures. There will be plenty of sunshine with temperatures topping out in the mid-80s for most areas, the service noted in their early morning report.
For today, a dry front is pushing south through the area this morning, ushering in a drier and slightly cooler airmass, the forecast explained. The added comfort comes from dew points in the 50s, a welcome dip from the muggier conditions of recent weeks. Despite the overall clear weather, there's a side note for those in the Alleghenies – keep an eye out for a potential pop-up shower or thunderstorm this afternoon and evening, particularly in Highland and Pendleton Counties.
As we move into the weekend, we can expect the high pressure to continue its influence, with the weather service indicating that the high will shift to the Mid-Atlantic coast by Saturday morning. This brings the promise of calm conditions and more of those comfortable temperatures. Some patchy river valley fog may appear briefly late tonight due to clear skies and light winds, but with nighttime lows expected to be in the 60s, the overall forecast remains stable.
As for the marine forecast, the front passing south has brought a shift to northerly winds, but any stronger gusts should settle by sunrise. For those taking to the waters, it's smooth sailing through the weekend as high pressure moves offshore, the greatest chance for advisory conditions (albeit marginal) will come Sunday evening/night due to a slightly enhanced wind field between the departing high and nearly stationary low pressure along the southeast coast, according to the dispatch. Onshore, a coastal flooding risk seems low, but Annapolis could brush against minor thresholds early Monday morning as southerly winds strengthen slightly over the weekend.
The upcoming work week introduces a greater chance of precipitation, with the forecast calling for showers and thunderstorms on Monday afternoon due to an approaching cold front. "Precipitation chances increase on Tuesday as the cold front pushes through the forecast area, the report indicates. However, it doesn’t foreshadow widespread severe weather, given the lack of significant wind shear to accompany otherwise ripe conditions for storms. The usual ebb and flow of summertime weather patterns continues as Baltimoreans navigate the heat and potential dampness that epitomize July in the Mid-Atlantic.
