Needed Rain in the Forecast

An area of low pressure developing over the center Plaines will track northeast towards the Great Lakes on Wednesday. The storm does not look to be very intense and most the of the energy will be to the northwest of Delmarva. However expect rain showers to develop by late morning from west to east and continue off and on through the afternoon and evening. It is possible that areas north and west of Delmarva such as southern PA and central and western MD could see a brief period of a wintry mix at the onset if the precipitation starts early enough. Warm air will then quickly win out and turn everything to rain. A milder push of air will move in tomorrow afternoon and evening and then exit Thursday as a cold front moves through.

Although rainfall amounts should only be around a 1/4 inch or so this would be some welcomed rain. Since the start of 2009 we are already down anywhere from 3-5 inches of precipitation. Typically February is one of the drier months of the year but March averages over 4.5" of precipitation. Also, the overall weather pattern in the next week or so does look fairly active and have potential for some storm development.