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Spot Forecast for Governors Buy Local BBQ...MDEM
National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
908 AM EDT Wed Jul 16 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1500 EDT on July 16.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

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or concerns with this forecast.

.DISCUSSION...

For today, dry conditions are expected to start this morning, with a
chance for showers and thunderstorms this afternoon into this evening.
Any storms today may be capable of producing very heavy rainfall and
damaging winds. Thunderstorm activity should wind down during the
evening hours, giving way to dry conditions during the second half of
the night.

Mostly sunny skies are expected tomorrow morning into early tomorrow
afternoon. There will be around a 30 percent chance for a shower or
thunderstorm later tomorrow afternoon into tomorrow evening. If a
storm were to impact Annapolis, it would likely be brief in duration,
but could potentially produce damaging winds. Outside of thunderstorms
winds tomorrow should generally be out of the west to southwest at
around 10 mph, with gusts of 15 to 20 mph. Temperatures tomorrow
should reach into the lower 90s, then drop back from the lower 90s
into the upper 80s over the course of the event from 5-7 PM.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (65-75 percent). Chance of showers
                    and thunderstorms.
Chance of pcpn......50 percent.
Chance of thunder...54 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 91.
Min humidity........72 percent.
Surface winds (mph).South winds around 9 mph.

TIME (EDT)      3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........65  73  70
Weather cov.....CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........CHC CHC CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).50  50  50
Chc of thdr (%).50  50  50
Temp............88  87  87
RH..............72  72  72
Surface wnd dir.S   S   S
Surface wnd spd.9   9   9
Surface wnd gst.14  14  14

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent) then becoming
                    partly cloudy (45-55 percent). Showers and
                    thunderstorms likely in the evening, then
                    slight chance of showers and thunderstorms
                    overnight.
Chance of pcpn......60 percent.
Chance of thunder...56 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 76.
Max humidity........91 percent.
Surface winds (mph).South winds 7 to 9 mph shifting to the
                    southwest 6 to 8 mph in the late evening and
                    overnight.

TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........86  82  83  72  69  74  61  63  67  57  48  48
Weather cov.....CHC LKY CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........CHC LKY CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH
Chc of pcpn (%).50  60  30  30  30  20  20  10  10  10  10  10
Chc of thdr (%).50  60  30  30  30  20  20  10  10  10  10  10
Temp............85  84  83  81  80  79  78  79  78  77  77  77
RH..............77  80  82  85  85  91  91  88  91  90  90  87
Surface wnd dir.S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  S   SW  S   S   SW  SW
Surface wnd spd.9   8   7   8   7   7   7   6   7   7   7   8
Surface wnd gst.13  13  12  12  12  12  12  13  13  13  14  14

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (35-45 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers in the morning. Chance of showers and
                    thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......30 percent.
Chance of thunder...28 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 95.
Min humidity........56 percent.
Surface winds (mph).Southwest winds 8 to 10 mph.

TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........36  37  32  37  38  38  43  47  52  52  52  52
Weather cov.....SCH SCH                         CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....RW  RW                          RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                                SCH SCH SCH CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).20  20  10  10  10  10  10  10  30  30  30  30
Chc of thdr (%).10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  20  20  20  30
Temp............77  78  80  83  85  87  89  91  92  93  93  92
RH..............90  91  88  80  75  70  66  62  60  56  56  60
Surface wnd dir.SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Surface wnd spd.8   9   10  8   8   9   9   10  10  10  10  9
Surface wnd gst.14  14  14  14  14  14  14  15  15  15  15  15

$$
Forecaster...Pallozzi
Requested by...Sarah Mikkelsen
Type of request...OTHER
.TAG 2518108.0/LWX
.DELDT 07/16/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL sarah.mikkelsen@maryland.gov