Chief Meteorologist Patrick Rockey's First Warning Forecast
If you haven’t already, it is time to pull out the big winter coat. I mean the really big one.
An arctic cold front will move through on Friday morning sending temperatures tumbling very quickly.
We will wake up to temperatures in the upper 40s and the lower 50s.
But by noon most of us will be in the 30s.
By mid afternoon we will have dropped into the 20s and by Friday night, most of us will be sitting in the teens.
And a gusty west wind will make it feel even colder and could cause other problems.
As our cold front moves through, we could briefly see wind gusts north of 50 mph. That will send outdoor Christmas decorations flying, and could even bring down tree branches, causing some power outages.
By Saturday morning temperatures will be down in the lower teens.
And with those gusty winds, it will feel like it’s below zero!
That gusty west wind could also cause some issues with flooding on the Bay side of the Eastern Shore.
We will enjoy plenty of sunshine for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, but it will be very cold. Expect high temperatures on Saturday afternoon only in the upper 20s and lower 30s.
Christmas morning won’t be quite as cold or as windy as Saturday morning. Even so, we expect temperatures in the upper teens on Sunday morning with afternoon high temperatures barely above freezing.
All wind restrictions have been lifted. Safe travels! December 22, 2022 10:55 PM
— CBBT (@FollowTheGulls) December 23, 2022
