Baltimore weather: Winds likely to reach 60 mph Sunday; chances of snow later in week

The Baltimore area is under a high wind warning until 10 p.m. Sunday, as 60-mph wind speeds are possible throughout the state, according to the National Weather Service.

Sunday morning wind speeds are expected to be around 8 to 13 mph. Toward the afternoon, speeds are predicted to increase to 20 to 30 mph with 60-mph wind gusts likely in the evening.

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These fast winds, expected to persist throughout most of the week, are part of a winter storm system that is forecast to bring excessive rainfall, severe thunderstorms and winter weather to much of the East Coast.

According to the NWS Weather Prediction Center at College Park, a band of severe thunderstorms will move from west to east across the East Coast on Sunday. A weather notice explains that the front of the system is expected to move off the coast Sunday afternoon, ending the severe weather threats for the Eastern Seaboard.

The windy conditions are partly a result of the system’s deep low pressure, according to the weather prediction center. Following the front, Arctic air is expected to fill in behind the storm for the entire eastern portion of the United States on Sunday night, changing rain to snow along western slopes of the central Appalachians, and blizzard conditions are possible over the western panhandle of Maryland, the report reads.

Rain is expected before 1 p.m. Sunday with the possibility of a thunderstorm between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. Scattered showers are predicted after 4 p.m. Sunday’s temperature high is expected to be 60 with new rainfall amounts expected to total between a quarter and half an inch.

Evening temperatures are forecast to drop to 28. Wind conditions for the Baltimore area are expected to reach 24 to 29 mph before reducing to 18 to 23 mph. Throughout the evening, gusts up to 60 mph are likely.

The winds are expected to carry into the workweek with wind speeds Monday anticipated to range from 18 to 21 mph with gusts up to 39 mph. Monday should be mostly sunny with a high around 38.

Monday evening, wind speeds are predicted to slow down to between 10 and 15 mph with gusts up to 24 mph. The low is expected to be around 21.

Tuesday is predicted to be mostly sunny with a high near 32. Wind speeds are forecast to be between 10 and 15 mph with gusts expected to reach 25 mph. Temperatures are projected to drop to 18 on Tuesday night.

The week’s snow forecast starts Wednesday, as chances for winter precipitation are at 50%. The day is predicted to be mostly cloudy with a high of 29.

Headed into Wednesday evening, precipitation chances are expected to increase to 70% with snow likely. Conditions are forecast to remain mostly cloudy with a low of 21.

Thursday is expected to also have a 50% chance for snow. Conditions are predicted to be mostly cloudy with a high near 31. Thursday night, conditions are likely to remain mostly cloudy with a low of 20.

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