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Flood Watch: Heavy rain to start early Saturday morning

Flood Watch: Heavy rain to start early Saturday morning
YOU CAN’T HAVE ANY FALSE PROMISES HERE. WE GOT TO SEE THAT IT WAS A GOOD DAY TO GET OUTSIDE, ESPECIALLY SINCE WE’RE ABOUT TO HAVE A BIG SHIFT IN THE WEATHER AS I’M KEEPING AN EYE ON THAT POTENTIAL FLOODING TOMORROW. YEAH, A TOTALLY DIFFERENT WEATHER PICTURE FOR TOMORROW, SO ENJOY THE DRY WEATHER HERE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. WE GET PAST MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND CERTAINLY DURING THE DAY TOMORROW. SOME HEAVY RAIN COULD BE COMING OUR WAY. RIGHT NOW IT’S JUST CLOUDY IN DOWNTOWN BALTIMORE NEAR THE INNER HARBOR, 52 DEGREES THERE WITH A LIGHT SOUTHEAST BREEZE AND THE HUMIDITY. AT JUST 38%. SO WE’LL TAKE A LITTLE WHILE FOR THAT RAIN TO GET IN. BUT AGAIN, AFTER 11:00 OR 12:00 TONIGHT AND GOING INTO THE EARLY MORNING OF SATURDAY, IT’S PRETTY MUCH SOLID RAIN COMING THROUGH AND POCKETS OF HEAVY RAIN AS WELL. TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE EVENING, HOLDING STEADY AND THEN WARMING INTO THE MID 50S TOMORROW ON SOME GUSTY SOUTH WINDS. WE CAN ALREADY SEE SOME RAIN OFF TO THE WEST OF US IN PARTS OF GARRETT COUNTY. STARTING TO MOVE IN, AND IF YOU GO FAR ENOUGH TO THE NORTH, THIS SYSTEM COMING IN IS GOING TO BE A BIG SNOW MAKER ALREADY. SNOW COMING ACROSS MICHIGAN, THE GREAT LAKES OVER TO UPSTATE NEW YORK, EVEN A LITTLE SNOW ON THE NORTHERN PART OF THE RAIN UP IN THE NORTHERN PARTS OF PENNSYLVANIA. BUT WE’RE LOOKING AT THE SOUTHERN PART OF THIS SYSTEM, THE WARMER ONE THAT’S GOING TO PRODUCE RAIN FOR OUR AREA. THIS WILL TRACK ACROSS THE CAROLINAS TOMORROW, WILL BE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF IT, BUT NOT COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOW. AND THIS RAIN WILL BE COMING THROUGH AS IT TAPS INTO MOISTURE OFF THE ATLANTIC AND BRINGS SOME MOISTURE UP OUT OF THE GULF. THE POTENTIAL FOR A COUPLE INCHES OF RAIN AROUND THE BALTIMORE AREA, MAYBE EVEN MORE ALONG THE COASTAL AREAS. THIS IS FUTURECAST AT 1115 TONIGHT AND IT’S STILL DRY FROM BALTIMORE NORTH, SO AGAIN, THE EVENING HOURS JUST CLOUDY AND COOL AFTER MIDNIGHT. TONIGHT THE RAIN MOVES IN AND TOMORROW MORNING POCKETS OF HEAVY RAIN COMING THROUGH. YELLOW ON FUTURECAST INDICATING THAT MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN IN THE AREA. TEMPERATURES IN THE 50S. THE RAIN WILL START TO TAPER OFF BY ABOUT 4 OR 5:00 IN THE AFTERNOON, AND SHOULD BE OFF THE COAST BY 9 OR 10:00, AND YOU NOTICE THE SKIES BEGIN TO CLEAR TOMORROW EVENING. SO SUNDAY LOOKS LIKE A BETTER DAY AS FAR AS SUNSHINE GOES. ALL THE RAIN FALLING. ON SATURDAY WE GET SUNSHINE, BUT IT WILL BE BREEZY AND COOL TO WRAP UP THE WEEKEND ALONG THE I-95 CORRIDOR. ONE AND A HALF TO MAYBE 2.5IN OF RAIN IN SPOTS. LOOK AT THAT HEAVY RAIN DOWN THERE ALONG THE COASTAL AREAS. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN DOWN AROUND OCEAN CITY BEFORE IT TAPERS OFF TOMORROW NIGHT. WE ARE UNDER FLOOD WATCHES HERE IN THE BALTIMORE AREA AND ON THE CENTRAL EASTERN SHORE FOR THAT POTENTIALLY HEAVY RAIN. SO IF YOU LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA, THE LOW LYING AREAS NEAR SMALL STREAM OR CREEK, JUST KEEP AN EYE ON IT, ESPECIALLY TOMORROW THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON THAT RAIN WILL BE COMING DOWN AT A PRETTY GOOD CLIP AND THEN TAPER OFF IN THE AFTERNOON. SO IMPACT WEATHER TOMORROW. GUSTS TO 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE WINDS WILL BE GUSTING OUT OF THE SOUTH IN THE MORNING AND THEN SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON. AFTER THAT SYSTEM BEGINS TO PASS BY, BUT TEMPERATURES WARM ENOUGH TO KEEP IT RAIN ALL THE WAY BACK INTO WESTERN MARYLAND. SEVEN DAY FORECAST SUNSHINE FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY, AND A LITTLE BIT OF GOOD NEWS FOR THE ORIOLES. IT LOOKS LIKE THE RAIN ON WEDNESDAY WILL BE TAPERING OFF THURSDAY MORNING. SO WITH FIRST PITCH IN THE AFTERNOON, WE MAY
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Flood Watch: Heavy rain to start early Saturday morning
Chief Meteorologist Tom Tasselmyer says you can expect rain to begin after midnight Friday and pick up as Saturday goes on.

Chief Meteorologist Tom Tasselmyer says you can expect rain to begin after midnight Friday and pick up as Saturday goes on.

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