Easter showers move through Maryland

Happy Sunday, Maryland!

Sunday is a WJZ First Alert Weather Day. Showers and a few storms move through the state with a cold front today. Gusty winds are also expected through the day.

Easter Showers

Outside of western Maryland, the day started quiet and bright. Clouds moved in ahead of showers that started later in the morning. 

Light, moderate and heavy intensity rain move from west to east from the morning into the afternoon. Activities like late morning services, brunch and early Easter dinners will be impacted. Heaviest of the rain should clear the area during the mid-afternoon but in any given location, the heaviest rain will be short lived with light rain ahead of it and after.

Maryland also experiences gusty winds at times today, as well (outside of rain). A few thunderstorms are also possible, potentially bringing even stronger winds for a few neighborhoods.

By this evening, many areas will have dried out. Clouds will stick around for a little before clearing out. Some sunshine is possible before sunset tonight. 

Breezy winds remain overnight and into Monday and Tuesday.

Cooling before warming

Once we get through showers and any storms and the cold front moves through, we enter a cooling trend for the early part of the work week. Breeziness remains for both Monday and Tuesday. Monday will warm to only 60° and Tuesday afternoon will be closer to 50° in the afternoon.

Wednesday will still be in the upper 40s to low 50s but possibly a couple of degrees warmer than on Tuesday. The bigger warm-up comes Thursday with temperatures reaching closer to 70°. We warm into the 70s Friday and for the weekend.