The Weather Page

It was still snowing on this date in 2003 as Marylanders dug out from 28 inches of snow - the deepest since records began in 1883. Jeffrey Brauner of Baltimore recalls that the seven-day forecast a week earlier predicted rain, with highs in the 40s: "How could it have been THAT wrong?" Easy. A southward twitch in the jet stream dropped temperatures into the 20s. Seven days is a meteorological eternity. Forecasts are improving, but weather systems are still too complex for precision a week out.