24 Hour Temperature Change

The low pressure system that brought a wide spread snowfall and freezing rain to Delmarva Tuesday, January 27th, changed over to rain with an extreme temperature changes in the past 24 hours. Yesterday, temperatures lingered just below the freezing mark but today, Wednesday January 28th, a warm front associated with the low pressure system brought gusty winds, heavy rainfall, and extreme temperatures to Delmarva. Today's highs on the Eastern Shore was an extreme split from Easton, MD moving NE across the Peninsula just south of Dover, ranging in a difference of 21 degrees. Dover, DE high temperature today was 41 degrees and across the warm front in Salisbury, MD the high reached 62 degrees. As the system finally moved through the area just around 530pm-545 pm, the southern parts of the Eastern Shore experienced light thunderstorms, winds gusts over 40 mph, rainfall up to 1" and a rapid temperature drop. Tonight as the cold front passes off the east coast, cold air will filter back into the area. The temperatures tonight will return to the 20s and highs tomorrow will be in the upper 30s.