Chief Meteorologist Patrick Rockey's First Warning Forecast
Hope you are ready for some wild weather, because ready or not here it comes!
Moisture from down south, and a cold front from the north, will converge on our area, bringing us showers, thunderstorms, extreme winds, and plunging temperatures.
We can expect a few showers late Thursday, and into the overnight hours. Widespread rain won't arrive until late morning and into the mid afternoon hours.
Most of the rain will be gone by late in the afternoon, but we could see a few lingering thunderstorms. And a few of those could be severe, bringing winds near 60 mph.
It will be a warm one with high temperatures near 60 degrees on Thursday.
And it will still be very mild on Friday morning. But a cold front will move through before noon sending temperatures tumbling into the 20s in the afternoon and into the teens by Friday evening.
Any lingering puddles could freeze over quickly Friday afternoon. And those gusty winds could cause flooding on the Bay side of the Eastern Shore.
We could even see a few snowflakes flying around with that cold front on Friday morning.
The winds will be howling on Friday. In fact, we could see some wind gusts close to 50 mph or higher. That means your outdoor Christmas decorations are in danger.
It will be dangerously cold and windy when we wake up on Saturday morning. Expect temperatures in the lower teens with wind chills in the single digits and even close to zero.
It will also be awfully chilly for Christmas, as well. But the winds will be lighter. And temperatures will start to moderate next week.
