BALTIMORE, MD—Some unsettled weather will likely bring some much-needed rain to the Baltimore area this week. The National Weather Service says shower and thunderstorm chances will increase through late week. Around 1-3″ of rain is expected from Wednesday through Friday. About 2-5″ is expected along the crest of the Blue Ridge as well as in central Virginia. Forecasters say isolated […]
NOTTINGHAM, MD—A significant lack of recent rain and unusual heat during the month of September has led to the development of drought conditions across a large portion of the state. The National Weather Service says that the short-term dryness and heat quickly overcame the long-term record wetness Maryland experienced between April 2018 and the early summer of 2019. Although the […]
NOTTINGHAM, MD—A significant lack of recent rain, and unusual late season heat, have led to the development of “flash drought” conditions across a large portion of the area. The National Weather Service says that the short-term dryness and heat have quickly overcome the long- term record wetness the region experienced between April 2018 and the early summer of 2019, and […]
It’s official. The Nottingham area, along with much of the Baltimore region, is now experiencing a severe drought. On February 1, the United States Drought Monitor designated the Nottingham area as a “D2” zone – or severe drought. The rain and snowfall thus far this winter have amounted to the second driest on record. The U.S. Drought Monitor indicates that […]