WEATHER BLOG: Spectacular Saturday

Yesterday was a spectacular day in the Maryland, and we're expecting our warmer than normal pattern to continue the next few days... However, with little or no wind occurring overnight, some low clouds and patches of dense fog have formed -- especially near the Shore... But that not withstanding, a high pressure system that is currently located near the New England Coast will continue to promote tranquil conditions.

Meanwhile, one of the other items we've been discussing most of the week has finally come to fruition -- subtropical storm "Ana" was named late last evening, and the center of circulation was located off of the South Carolina Coast as of this writing... While this entity is not expected to move a whole lot during the next 24 hours, some of the dialogue issued in a recent advisory issued by the National Hurricane Center has us believing the subtropical storm will be upgraded to a "tropical storm" during the next day or so... The storm will probably churn up the surf off of the mid-Atlantic coast this weekend, but it will not have any direct impacts on our weather before it drifts into the Carolinas at some point early next week (Yes, it may actually take FOUR DAYS for it to do so)...

Mother's Day will be the WARMER of the two days this weekend, with most temperatures reaching the low or mid 80s in the afternoon... Even though there will be some fair-weather clouds, it looks as if the southwesterly flow setting up should promote summer-like warmth through early next week.

As this ridge becomes "dirtier" over time, our chances for getting showers and a thunderstorm will be increasing Monday and Tuesday... However, daytime temperatures are still expected to reach the 80s.

Have a good weekend!!!