Baltimore Braces for Scorching Temperatures With Possible Record-Breaking Heat Midweek
Baltimore and the surrounding Mid-Atlantic region are poised for a sizzling Tuesday, with “Dry and hot conditions expected today.” With temperatures anticipated to peak in the “upper 80s to lower 90s for most,” the heat index could push a degree or two higher than the air temperature itself due to dew points lingering in the 60s, according to the National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC.
While a cold front is set to shuffle the weather deck midweek, mixing up the conditions by potentially dragging storm activity into the equation with the National Weather Service warning for potential showers and thunderstorms later this week, heat remains the immediate concern — particularly for Wednesday when the mercury could flirt with the century mark, nudging high temp records in the process, and high heat index values of 100 to 105 still look likely during the afternoon hours for much of the area.
Looking ahead, the latter part of the week may offer some weather drama, the National Weather Service forecast includes an advancing cold front that could produce thunderstorms boasting “swaths of damaging winds.” While "the environment conditionally supports one or more clusters of thunderstorms capable of swaths of damaging winds, should the forcing prove adequate to initiate convection locally.”
Mariners will find the Chesapeake Bay relatively kind, with broad high pressure offshore and a weak surface trough, leading to tame sailing conditions and generally light northerly flow today, as found in the National Weather Service's advisory — although Friday into Saturday could see an uptick in wind activity on the water.
When it comes to coastal flooding, while the risk is low, elevated tides are expected to continue hovering at the action stage along the vulnerable shoreline around the times of high tide through midweek. And for the record chasers, the climate section of the report notes that the forecasts flirt with breaking some heat records set in the 1940s and 1990s, so history buffs and climate watchers alike will have their eyes on the thermometers come Wednesday.
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