November Banter 2026

[George BM]

Wednesday, November 11 2026

8:28AM EST

Fifteen years to the day of an unusual early season snowstorm for parts of the region and, especially, the northeastern US, another early shot of winter weather will affect the region today.

Moderate rain continues to overspread the region from southwest to northeast. Temps have fallen into the upper 30s to lower 40s from north to south. As the shortwave approaches from the west lift will increase making the rain become heavy at times by this afternoon. By this time some sleet and snow may start mixing in with the rain across northern MD. However, by the late afternoon hours rain will rapidly change over to a heavy wet snow from west to east as the main shortwave moves over the region maximizing lift. Most areas should be all snow for a duration of 5 to 8 hours with the longer “all snow” times north and west and the shorter times south and east.

With the strong dynamics of this system along with ample lift and even a small amount of elevated instability, snowfall rates will peak in the 3 to 4 inch per hour range with localized bands reaching 5”/hr. This will completely snarl any Wednesday evening traffic and widespread power outages will result from the weight of the heavy, wet snow on trees and powerlines. Adding to the power issue, winds will pick up as the surface low deepens rapidly this evening with gusts reaching the 30 to 40 mph range. Although visibilities will remain below a quarter mile for the duration of the snow event, have opted to not issue any Blizzard warnings as winds should stay just below blizzard criteria.

Snowfall should depart the region by midnight with snow totals of generally 1 to 2 feet with higher drifts. For the remainder of the work week temps will remain moderately-below to well-below normal with low 40s for highs and mid/upper 20s for lows.

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[nw baltimore wx]

Are anyone else’s fall allergies peaking right now? The last few days have been terrible for me.

[AnEndlessMaze]

My youngest son loves sloths so I carved him this for Halloween last night.

[mappy]

1 hour ago, nw baltimore wx said:

Are anyone else’s fall allergies peaking right now? The last few days have been terrible for me.

I’ve been snotty all week. Thought it was kid germs, as she’s also gross, but feel fine overall so think it’s allergies