Wet start to week as Maryland deals with rain from Tropical Depression
IT’S MONDAY MORNING. 544 AND WE HAVE BEEN TRACKING SOME SHOWERS OUT THERE ACROSS THE AREA, BUT MORE RAIN IS STILL EXPECTED AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE REST OF TODAY, ESPECIALLY MID TO LATE MORNING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. AND BECAUSE OF THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL, SOME OF IT BEING HEAVY IN SPOTS, COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. WELL, THE WEATHER, EXCUSE ME, THE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER HAS ACTUALLY HIGHLIGHTED THIS AREA HERE IN YELLOW WITH THE SLIGHT RISK FOR SEEING EXCESSIVE RAIN WITHIN A POINT AND EXTENDING OUT 25 MILES FROM THAT POINT. SO EXPECTING QUITE A BIT OF RAINFALL IN SOME LOCATIONS, I DON’T THINK IT’S GOING TO BE WIDESPREAD. OF COURSE, THIS AFTERNOON, BUT CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE KEEPING A VERY CLOSE EYE ON WITH THE POTENTIAL OF SEEING FLASH FLOODING IN SOME PARTS OF OUR VIEWING AREA. LIVE RADAR THIS MORNING SHOWING YOU SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS WITH SOME HEAVY RAIN EMBEDDED IN HERE. ALL THIS IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO LIFT TO THE NORTH, SO ANNAPOLIS MAYBE TAKING A BREAK FOR SOME HEAVY RAINFALL. GET READY FOR MAYBE SOME OF THIS TO CONTINUE IN YOUR AREA HERE WITHIN THE HOUR. AND IF THAT HOLDS TOGETHER, YOU MAY ENCOUNTER SOME OF THE QUICK DOWNPOURS THERE. HERE’S WHAT’S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW, THOUGH, WITH TROPICAL DEPRESSION CHANTAL, WHICH IS GIVING US ALL THIS MOISTURE. THAT SYSTEM EXPECTED TO STAY A DEPRESSION OR IF NOT WEAKEN ANY FURTHER, AND MAYBE ONLY TALKING ABOUT REMNANTS AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE NEXT 24 HOURS. BUT ALL THAT MOISTURE WILL CERTAINLY BE EVIDENT HERE IN THE FORM OF RAINFALL SCATTERED ACROSS THE AREA. SO OUR FUTURECAST MODEL DOES BRING UP SOME OF THAT RAIN. AS YOU NOTICE, BY ABOUT 10 A.M., WE COULD HAVE A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND MAYBE EVEN A FEW THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN SOUTHERN MARYLAND AS IT CONTINUES TO LIFT NORTH AND KIND OF RIDE UP AND DOWN I-95 HERE. AS WE HEAD THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. MOST OF THAT ACTIVITY, THOUGH, PICKING UP OR EXITING, I SHOULD SAY PICKING UP OUT OF HERE AS WE GET THROUGH ABOUT 5:06 P.M. WITH ONLY AN ADDITIONAL SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN EXPECTED LATER ON TONIGHT. SO YES, OUR RAIN CHANCES ARE LIKELY GOING TO BE GOING UP BY MIDDAY INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON AND THEN DROPPING OFF AS WE GET CLOSER TO SUNSET AND AGAIN OVERNIGHT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF A SHOWER. SO OUR BEST CHANCE OF RAIN. OF COURSE, THIS AFTERNOON INTO MIDDAY. OF COURSE, THAT COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING IN SOME LOCALIZED COMMUNITIES, LOW LYING AREAS, FLOOD PRONE AREAS. THOSE AREAS STILL UNDER THAT FLOOD WATCH, WE COULD SEE ANYWHERE BETWEEN A QUARTER TO A HALF OF AN INCH OF RAIN, WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS WITHIN ANY THUNDERSTORMS. YOUR FORECAST FOR THIS AFTERNOON 86 FOR THE HIGH TODAY ONLY DROPPING TO ABOUT 75 TONIGHT. AND THAT SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN. BUT GUESS WHAT? WE’VE GOT RAIN CHANCES IN STORE FOR THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS. OF COURSE. TUESDAY WITH THE HIGHEST CHANCE OF RAIN. CAN’T RULE OUT A FEW MORE ON WEDNESDAY AND
Meteorologist Alena Lee says it will be a wet start to the week as we deal with the remnants of Tropical Depression Chantal here in Maryland. Temps will be mild in the mid 80s with scattered showers and storms with possible localized flooding. Be cautious near rivers and low-lying, flood-prone areas. It will be warmer Tuesday as temps climb into the 90s but there will be chances for showers and thunderstorms. The chances for storms continue throughout the week as temps will drop back into the mid 80s as we approach the weekend.
BALTIMORE —Meteorologist Alena Lee says it will be a wet start to the week as we deal with the remnants of Tropical Depression Chantal here in Maryland. Temps will be mild in the mid 80s with scattered showers and storms with possible localized flooding. Be cautious near rivers and low-lying, flood-prone areas. It will be warmer Tuesday as temps climb into the 90s but there will be chances for showers and thunderstorms. The chances for storms continue throughout the week as temps will drop back into the mid 80s as we approach the weekend.
