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Chief Meteorologist WBAL-TV; Meteorology, NC State; Theology, St. Mary's; Links & RTs aren't endorsements; Opinions are my own.

Baltimore, Maryland
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2 years
October snow at Deep Creek Lake, MD. @visitdeepcreek @WispresortMD
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Miami radar detecting some amazing wind speeds up in #Dorian eyewall.
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Extended Euro model indicates a large portion of the U.S. will have seen their first snow flurries of the season by Thanksgiving.
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Early estimates are for another 3" of snow across central MD in the 24 hours from Friday 1AM to Saturday 1AM. Track could change resulting in more or less snow, so stay tuned.
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My wife looked at this and saw a fish, I see a chance for a few inches of snow Friday morning. #MdWx #Snow
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4 months
Haven’t seen much of this for almost 2 years. Yes, it does still snow in Baltimore County!
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3 months
New Euro comes in with some healthier snow totals. From 10pm Fri to 10am Sat it looks like 2-4" with some isolated 5" amounts on the higher hilltops. A few hours of 1"+/hr snowfall rates before dawn Saturday morning.
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30 years ago today I drove up TV Hill and walked into WBAL to begin the always-interesting job of trying to forecast weather in my hometown of Baltimore, Maryland. John Collins arrived a week later and together we...
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4 months
BWI-Marshall 7pm snowfall update: 4.2" today. Baltimore claims 1st place in the east coast megalopolis winter snow contest.
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2 years
6.8" at BWI-Marshall as of 1pm is the most snow in a single storm since the record-setting blizzard of January 2016. And it comes one day after the temperature reached 65Β°. Gotta love Maryland weather! #mdwx #snow
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4 years
On May 9th?? Let's just say I'm very skeptical. Not even @TonyPannWBAL would believe this one. #mdwx #snow
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The streak ends at 716 days. BWI-Marshall has recorded 1.4" of snow so far today.
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4 months
More snow coming to the Mid-Atlantic Friday. Stay tuned.
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3 years
My dad's wisdom from growing up in snowy NE PA; "Big flakes: little snow, little flakes: big snow."
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6 months
The latest extended-range Euro ensemble shows some snow for all of Maryland between now and the end of the year. Normal Nov-Dec snowfall is: Oakland: 27.8" BWI: 2.6" Salisbury: 0.9"
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4 months
Today makes it 712 consecutive days without at least 1" of snow in Baltimore, but the end of the streak may be near. Euro model ensembles have a 70% chance of >= 1" snow next Tuesday/Wednesday.
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6 years
First pitch temperatures took a toll on MLB attendance tonight (city/temp/attendance): Cleveland/33Β°/9,843/ Minneapolis/35Β°/15,521 Chicago Sox/35Β°/10,377 Kansas City/42Β°/12,324 Philadelphia/43Β°/18,127 Baltimore/44Β°/7,915 (record low at Oriole Park) Washington/45Β°/19,528
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3 months
Just a slight shift in storm track would change Sunday's AFC Championship rain threat into a snow threat. Something to watch this week.
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2 years
This evening's NAM is still east of the sweet spot for big snow in B'more, but getting close. On nights like this it's good to be a nightshift night owl; makes waiting for the new Euro easier. And I KNOW @TonyPannWBAL will be up late too.
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3 years
Snowstorm part 1: 7am Sunday to 7am Monday. Additional snow possible depending on when and where the coast low forms Monday. #mdwx #snow
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4 days out Euro vs. GFS
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3 years
3” on the famous @wbaltv11 weather veranda. Tracking another snowstorm with @TonyPannWBAL
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4 months
Still on track for a few more inches of snow Friday 7am-7pm.
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1 year
Jupiter (top) and Venus still dazzling in the western sky this evening.
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3 years
More tornado damage pictures from South River Colony neighborhood in Edgewater. @NWS_BaltWash
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2 years
Brrr!
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2 years
4 near-miss coastal lows in 15 days. Will one shift NW and hit us? Stay tuned...
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5 months
The last sunset of November is looking good here on TV Hill in Baltimore.
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6 years
12 weeks old and a new game for Rhett today: run full speed and take a flying leap into the decorative grass! #puppies #fieldspaniels
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4 months
Laurie’s flag has welcomed snow to our home since 1996. This snowman has flown in a few good blizzards and he’s still hanging in there (pun intended).
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Tom Tasselmyer
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34 years ago, just a couple weeks after @collinsvox and I arrived @wbaltv11 , Thanksgiving Day rolled in on November 23rd and we were challenged by a 3-6" snowfall interrupting travel for the holiday. It started on the evening of Nov. 22nd and ended early Thanksgiving Day.
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6 years
I think I found a color table that does justice to the "bomb" terminology trending today. #BombCyclone #bombogenesis #bombastic
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3 years
It's the 11th anniversary of the start of #Snowmageddon ; 40-50 inches of snow in one week here in central MD! At BWI-Marshall storm #1 on Feb 5-6 dumped 25", just 4 days later storm #2 on Feb 9-10 brought 19.5". Both rank in Baltimore's top 10 all-time. Amazing! #mdwx #snow
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Tom Tasselmyer
2 years
Did the GFS designers intentionally make a model that would scare the you-know-what out of us every other week? Starting to think so. For comparison, the record-setting blizzard of 2016 was a 987mb low...the GFS has a 958mb low same spot 9 days from now. So, 9 days to change.
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2 years
I'm going much lower than the models for snow totals tomorrow. Looks like snow-to-liquid ratio will be much lower than the 10:1 that the models use. Heaviest snow south of Baltimore. Details coming up on @wbaltv11
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3 years
Not sure if it's right, but for 2 runs in a row the GEM has tracked a deepening H5 low right over us. Always fun stuff underneath H5 lows! #snowstorm #mdwx
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5 months
Dear Santa, I would like one of these again, but with some arctic air. Please?
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5 months
Is it not obvious that someone has tampered with the official snow measurement at BWI? And so I appeal to my upstanding and honest colleagues in the @wbaltv weather office, @AvaWBAL @TonyPannWBAL @ChelseaWeather @DalenciaWBAL , to concede the first-snow contest victory to me.
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3 months
Quiet this week, but winter in the Mid-Atlantic isn't over yet...
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Tom Tasselmyer
4 months
Today makes it 704 consecutive days without at least 1" of snow at BWI, but it's looking more likely that the streak will end this weekend. Euro ensembles show a 60% chance of >=1" snow at BWI Sat/Sun.
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7 months
Orioles fans & Billy Joel concert-goers will be impacted by a cold front coming through Saturday. Timing could change, but right now best chance for rain is 8AM to 4PM. Temps in mid-60s falling into low 50s. Winds shifting to NW 10-15 mph/Gust 25-30 mph.
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3 years
Arctic cold front crossing Maryland Christmas Eve should be interesting...thunder ahead of it, snow behind it, then cold!! Sub-504 thickness, -17c at H85. Fun stuff!
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3 years
GEM has been the friend of MD snow fans for the last several days and the new morning run doesn't disappoint: 3-6" by 10pm tonight, and 2nd round of snow Monday p.m. to Tuesday p.m.: 6-12" by Tuesday afternoon. Jackpot of 30"+ in E. PA. Still 48 hrs 'till this one's done. #snow
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2 years
4pm Sunday to Noon Monday: lots of snow, rain, wind across Maryland. Stay tuned, the forecast will almost certainly need to be fine-tuned. #mdwx #snow
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3 years
Hey, @TonyPannWBAL and @JustinWeather , do we dare say it, the #PolarVortex is set to wobble south again next week.
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3 months
See, I told you Baltimore would have more than 30" of snow this winter. πŸ˜‚
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Tom Tasselmyer
2 years
All the way from North Olmsted, OH, my sister sent this National Weatherperson Day cookie bouquet from Cookies By Design. Wow, time to head for the gym to burn some cookie calories!
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3 years
I don't think so...
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6 months
~25% chance of 1" or more of snow in central Maryland the last week of November.
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2 years
Yes, I have to admit it, the streak is over. For the first time in 30 years @TonyPannWBAL beat me in golf (on my home course too, ugh!). Lost by 3 strokes, but had a ton of fun on a beautiful day at @HuntValleyCC with Tony, @jctvweather and @JaredPlushnick
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Tom Tasselmyer
3 years
Morning NAM found the Sunday snow. Stay tuned.
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7 years
32Β° with some snow at 4,848 ft' on @snowshoemtn in WV. #snow
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4 years
Double team weather with proper social distancing. ⁦ @TonyPannWBAL ⁩ taking the 2pm observation.
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Tom Tasselmyer
3 years
We're tracking the first big snowstorm of the 2020-'21 season on @wbaltv11
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2 years
Solitude, silence, and snow.
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5 years
When the storm hits and the burgers need to be flipped. #dedication
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3 years
2nd sunset of 2021 was a beauty.
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4 years
April snow shower in Cockeysville. #mdwx #snow @NWS_BaltWash
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Tom Tasselmyer
3 years
Euro still cranking up a Sunday storm. Surface low pops as the the approaching upper-air trof pivots the right entrance region of the jet over the Carolinas and shoots it northeast. Stay tuned, snow fans. #mdwx #snow
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4 years
Or something pretty good about those Tigers? Go @Towson_MBB !
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Florida only beat Towson at home by 6? Something is definitely amiss with these Gators.
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4 years
All-time May record low temperature of -9.5Β°C was measured at 850 millibars (4658' asl) by the balloon launched near Dulles (IAD) this morning. The old record was -7.9Β°C. #record #cold #mdwx #vawx
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Tom Tasselmyer
4 years
A week from Saturday, according to today's 12z GEM. Wouldn't that be just like 2020 so far... #mdwx #snow
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3 years
The rarely mentioned German ICON model (Icosahedral Nonhydrostatic Weather and Climate Model) has done a nice job with Mid-Atlantic snow events this winter. It has some double-digit totals around Baltimore, and really slams metro NYC. #SnowStorm2021 #mdwx
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Tom Tasselmyer
5 months
A fresh 4-8" of snow across Garrett Co. has @WispresortMD looking very wintry!
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Tom Tasselmyer
2 years
Based on all I've seen so far (awaiting a.m. Euro model), it's looking like a 2-4" snowfall for most of central and eastern MD from 10pm Thursday to 10am Friday. Usually have to tweak some details as the storm approaches. Stay with @wbaltv11 and @wbalradio for updates.
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2 years
0z NAM rolling in now and looking better for Baltimore area snow fans. Cold atmosphere will make for high snow-to-liquid ratios. Stay tuned.
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Tom Tasselmyer
3 years
New GFS and ICON trending slightly lower with tomorrows 2nd round of snow. Solid 3-5" by 10pm tonight, but still uncertain about how much more tomorrow p.m. Storm total of 4-9", or 5-10", or 6-12" all possible. What do you consider "heavy" snow? #mdwx #snow
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Tom Tasselmyer
5 months
Come on, BWI, just a trace??? Are you kidding me? I am officially appealing this decision and I'm willing to go all the way to the Supreme Court!
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@AvaWBAL @ttasselWBAL @TonyPannWBAL @DalenciaWBAL BWI- Trace!!! He officially did not win yet lolololol
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Tom Tasselmyer
4 years
Canadian GEM cranks up a coastal low & first flakes of the season in WV mountains @snowshoemtn next Sunday, Oct. 4th. Euro and GFS don't see it this way. Been impressed with the GEM lately; will be interesting to see if it beats the Euro & GFS with this one. #wvwx #mdwx #snow
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"If" the last two runs of the Euro are right, the first day of spring 2018 could be snowier than the entire winter in Baltimore. #mdwx #noreaster4 #springfever
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6 years
Christmas Day snow cover up for 3rd straight year across contiguous U.S.: 2017: 49% 2016: 44% 2015: 37% 2014: 36% #WhiteChristmas
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Tom Tasselmyer
3 years
And again, Friday night/Saturday morning...wash, rinse, repeat...
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3 months
The quiet winter weather pattern begins to change early next week; >30% chance of at least 1" of snow across central MD in the 24-hour period from 7pm Monday to 7pm Tuesday.
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3 years
Right entrance region of the upper-air jet favorable for heavy precip. is headed this way. #mdwx #snow
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Tom Tasselmyer
1 year
Today makes it 323 days without measurable snow in Baltimore, tomorrow we will tie for the 6th longest snow drought on record here. So where has the snow been falling this winter? Here's the seasonal map so far:
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3 months
Classic Mid-Atlantic winter; near 70Β° Friday then a chance of snow Sunday night-Monday morning.
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Tom Tasselmyer
5 years
Picture from viewer Nicole Bienstock traveling south on I-95 just before the tunnel looking toward Baltimore at 5:26pm. Looks like a funnel in there but I couldn't find any rotation on radar, checked with Daniel Hofmann at @NWS_BaltWash and he couldn't either. What do you see?
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2 years
Okay, just another 500-mile shift in the storm track, no problem. Yeah, this is going to be a fun one to forecast. Oh, and the winter storm threat shifts from Sat/Sun to Sun/Mon. All I can say is stay tuned, it's going to be interesting.
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Tom Tasselmyer
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Standard Euro snow maps I post use 10:1 Snow-to-Liquid Ratios. I like Kuchera snow which uses an SLR developed by Evan Kuchera of the Air Force Weather Agency in 2004. Kuchera adjusts SLR using model forecast temps. Euro Kuchera snow for Fri: 2-4" in central MD & upper E. Shore.
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Tom Tasselmyer
3 months
European model snowfall over the next 72 hours. #snow #MdWx #PaWx #VaWx #WvW
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2 years
GFS misses us, Canadian brushes us, Euro wallops us with more snow Friday night - Saturday. Models trying to figure out if, and/or, how much the northern and southern branches phase. Which one are you cheering for: big snow, little snow, no snow?
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9 years
Early forecast for Saturday evening in Pittsburgh: rain, sleet, snow, temps in 30s, of course.
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Tom Tasselmyer
3 years
Enjoy the beauty of today’s snowscape, our next wintry event looks like mostly ice this weekend.
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Tom Tasselmyer
6 years
Who decides the "national" days? Where does the committee meet? How do I nominate a "day"? Inquiring minds want to know!
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Tom Tasselmyer
4 years
16Β°, gusty winds, and quite snowy at 4848' @snowshoemtn in West Virginia. #wvwx #snow
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1 year
Still no measurable snow for Baltimore this fall/winter but things can change fast. Last year it was 65Β° on Jan. 2nd then 6.8" of snow on Jan. 3rd. Stay tuned.
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4 months
That swirl of clouds over the Pacific approaching the OR/CA coast is our potential winter storm this weekend. When it moves inland early Wednesday and weather balloons launched across the U.S. can sample it, we'll get a better idea of how it will impact Maryland. Stay tuned.
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Tom Tasselmyer
3 years
I've become a big fan of the Canadian model this winter, but it's icy scenario for Monday is ugly. Let's hope the Euro's snowier forecast is right. Lots to figure out, stay tuned to @wbaltv11 #snow #ice
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4 months
28 years ago today, a big storm of a different variety was winding down. It was Baltimore's 3rd biggest snowfall on record.
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Tom Tasselmyer
2 months
Flakes today, but temps in 60s in 48 hours and 70Β° in 72 hours.
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Tom Tasselmyer
4 months
Snow on the way for Friday. By 7pm, 2-4" for most of the Baltimore Metro area, a bit more possible north & west. MD mountains will get more later Friday night and Saturday.
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Tom Tasselmyer
5 years
71Β° today but 9 years ago we were beginning an historically snowy week in the Baltimore area. The first of two powerful storms hit on Feb. 5-6, 2010 dropping 2 to 3 feet of snow. Just three days later a second storm brought another 1 to 2 feet of snow.
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Tom Tasselmyer
3 years
After a brief period of sleet and rain, we are back to all snow on TV Hill...time for the obligatory weather veranda snow clip. #mdwx #snow
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Tom Tasselmyer
3 years
Euro still thinks we'll be doing this winter storm thing all over again on Sunday, with yet another storm possible next Wednesday. Buckle up. #mdwx #snow
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Tom Tasselmyer
2 years
2:22 PM snow at BWI Snow fcst might miss by 1-2 in. +/-, but the fact that a storm identified a week ago 1000s of miles away in the N. Pacific is arriving here on time with the weather we expected is amazing. When I started studying this stuff 42 years ago this wasn't possible.
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Tom Tasselmyer
3 years
In another month or so this little system could prompt @TonyPannWBAL to yell "All aboard", but the boundary layer is still too warm and we'll have a few sprinkles instead. The mountains, however, may have a coating of white. Welcome to November!
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5 years
Euro model trying to pull off a cruel April Fool's joke! Possibility of snow early next Monday. #MdWx #Snow #AprilFools
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Tom Tasselmyer
10 months
Twin fawns and their mamma are more evidence the deer population up here on TV Hill in Baltimore is thriving.
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Tom Tasselmyer
3 years
Part 2 has reached the @wbaltv11 weather veranda!
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Tom Tasselmyer
1 year
The crescent moon and Jupiter looking good over TV Hill in Baltimore this evening.
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