Catonsville set a new Maryland record for annual precipitation in 2018: nearly 85 inches, meteorologists confirm. Until now, Maryland did not have an official precipitation record within National Centers for Environmental Information documentation of state-by-state climate extremes. Totals as high...
It doesn’t feel much like June in Baltimore, but it’s not so much because of the (lack of) heat. It’s the humidity. Temperatures dropped to 58 degrees early Friday morning at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, and are expected to peak in the mid-70s Friday afternoon....
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A group of thunderstorms over the western Gulf of Mexico has a 60 percent chance of strengthening into a tropical cyclone, a rotating system that ranges in strength from tropical depression to tropical storm to hurricane, forecasters said Monday. Even so, the area of storms over the southern Bay...
The tornado that touched down in the Glenelg area of Howard County on Thursday afternoon was of moderate intensity, peaking at 100 mph and cutting across a 4.5-mile swath, according to the latest report from the National Weather Service on Friday night. The service also confirmed that a mild tornado...
A tornado touched down Thursday afternoon in the Glenelg area of Howard County, the National Weather Service said, the second twister to hit the county in a week. A tornado warning was issued in Howard and northwestern Anne Arundel County from 3:22 p.m. until about 3:45 p.m. as severe storms moved...
Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski Jr. on Thursday planned to tour and survey damage from a microburst weather event in Perry Hall, but the weather had other plans. Just before the damage survey was scheduled to begin, parts of Baltimore County were put under a severe thunderstorm warning,...
Severe thunderstorms are possible in the Baltimore area Tuesday afternoon and evening, the National Weather Service said, bringing damaging winds, large hail and the possibility of a tornado. While the threat of storms is “somewhat conditional,” the weather service said, any storms that do develop...
A day after a tornado touched down in Columbia, Howard County crews spread out across the area to clear downed trees and assess damage to buildings. A line of thunderstorms spawned the tornado after it tapped into strong wind shear and varying air temperatures. The tornado touched down just after...
The Atlantic Ocean and residents along its coasts and on its islands face a relatively normal hurricane season in 2019, according to projections from a variety of forecasters. Officials with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced their outlook Thursday for the coming season,...
Temperatures hit 90 degrees in Baltimore for the first time this year Monday. Both the Inner Harbor and Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport reached 90 by 2 p.m., according to the National Weather Service. It was the first time temperatures hit the 90s here since Sept. 6,...