I've always loved that old marketing slogan for Maryland - America in Miniature. From the beaches to the mountains, yadda yadda.
Today we are America in minature, from the balmy to the deep freeze.
At 4 p.m. or so, the temperature at the Wisp Resort in McHenry, Garrett County, was 25 degrees as cold air rushed in behind the ice storm. In Baltimore, here at The Sun (our thermometer is working again) it was 48 degrees, one of the mildest readings we've seen in a while. It's even above average for this time of year.
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And out in Salisbury, on the Eastern Shore, the reading was 61 degrees under sunny skies. That springlike weather won't last, of course. The cold air will reach the Shore eventually. But how amazing that we can see such contrast across such a tiny state.
(PHOTO: Wisp Web cam, McHenry; Kite Loft web cam, Ocean City)