BALTIMORE, MARYLAND — A soaking week is ahead across the Mid-Atlantic, with rainfall potential through Thursday showing widespread totals of 2 to 3 inches or more, according to a National Blend of Modelsanalysis from Just In Weather. Beyond this week’s rain, the jet stream pattern shifts by next weekend, sending genuinely cooler airinto the Baltimore area, even as a separate NOAA Temperature Outlook shows much of the central US, including Dallas and Houston, staying hot right through the same stretch.
Culpeper, Louisa and the Virginia Piedmont See the Heaviest Rain
If you’re in Culpeper, Virginia, or nearby Louisa and Charlottesville, you’re looking at some of the highest totals on the entire map, with Culpeper forecast for 3.26 inches and Louisa and Charlottesville both topping 3.49 inches. Add in Orange at 3.03 inches, and this stretch of the Virginia Piedmont stands out as one of the wettest corners of the entire region through Thursday.
Cumberland, Hancock and Western Maryland Also Face 3 Inches or More
Farther north, western Maryland and the Panhandle region see similarly heavy totals. Cumberland is forecast for 3.03 inches, with Hyndman, Pennsylvania, just over the border at 3.1 inches and Petersburg, West Virginia, topping the list at 3.41 inches. If you’re anywhere across this mountainous corridor, from Keyser to Hancock, expect this week’s rain to add up quickly given the terrain-enhanced totals showing up on the forecast map.
Baltimore, Annapolis and Washington See a Solid 2.4 to 2.6 Inches
Closer to the coast,
itself is forecast for 2.46 inches, matching Annapolis and Washington, D.C., at the same total. If you’re commuting or running errands anywhere across the Baltimore-Washington corridorthis week, expect repeated rounds of rain to add up to a genuinely soggy stretch rather than just a passing shower or two.
York, Lancaster and South Central Pennsylvania Stay in the 2.6 to 2.9 Inch Range…