Maryland
Maryland Weather: Alert Day through Monday for strong winds
BALTIMORE– Winds will gust 45 to 55 mph overnight through Monday morning. Gusts to 40 mph continue Monday afternoon.
Wind Alerts
Most of the area on Sunday experienced widespread wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph. While the wind gusts were impressive, we still have not endured the core of strongest winds. We’ll see the wind gusts peak at their highest levels tonight through Monday morning.
The WJZ First Alert Weather Team continues an ALERT DAY through early Monday evening for strong to potentially damaging winds. Widespread wind gusts through Monday evening will reach 40 to 45 mph. Some isolated wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph are possible, especially overnight into Monday morning. You will want to secure any loose outdoor objects now before the strong winds arrive. There is also the possibility for isolated power outages where the strongest winds occur.
A Wind Advisory is in effect for the entire state of Maryland through Monday evening. The First Alert Weather team will continue to update you on impacts and reports as these high winds continue.
Tonight
Scattered snow flurries and snow showers early this evening will continue to slowly diminish. Expect very cold weather Sunday night with low temperatures in the 30s and wind-chills in the teens and 20s. Skies will clear late Sunday night into Monday morning. Winds will continue to gust 45 to 55 mph during the nighttime hours.
Monday
Temperatures begin to rebound Monday with highs back in the middle 50s, but strong winds continue with gusts 40 to 50 mph possible. We can expect mostly sunny skies to start the week. Wind gusts Monday afternoon will gradually step down to the 35 to 40 mph range.
Spring Tease
Sunshine and very nice weather will be around Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Look for highs in the upper 60s to middle 70s through late week.
A strong cold front will approach the region Friday bringing the chance for showers late in the day. Highs Friday should top out in the lower 70s before temperatures cool off next weekend.
Temperatures for the following week look much colder with highs only in the upper 40s to middle 50s.
A Republican-backed proposal to tighten oversight of nonprofits that receive taxpayer funding is moving forward in Annapolis, marking what supporters describe as a rare win for House Republicans.
The measure comes as recent estimates show about 9,000 Maryland nonprofits are listed as noncompliant with the state, despite many of them still receiving taxpayer dollars.
The proposal is not final. It still must pass the Senate before it can reach the governor’s desk.
David Williams of the Taxpayers Protection Alliance joined the broadcast to weigh in on the measure.
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The Water Lantern Festival is underway at Maryland’s National Harbor, where hundreds of people turned out Friday to participate in the opening event.
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Hundreds of people took part in the first night of a weekend Water Lantern Festival at National Harbor in Maryland.
According to organizers, the festival is a community-centered experience where you can decorate a floating paper lantern with personal messages of love, hope, remembrance or intention, and release them onto the water.
Jack Hawkins came all the way from Richmond, Virginia, to take part in the event.
“You’re with friends, family and loved ones. You can put your dreams and hopes and everything in the lantern and, hopefully, they come true,” he said.
Hawkins wrote a special wish for his children on his lantern which read, “The kids to have a bright and meaningful life with all the happiness in the world.”
A woman named Tee said the lantern release represents hope for her. “Life has been hard the last couple of months, and just the thought of being able to write it down and watch it flow away kind of connected with me,” she said.
One of the lanterns quoted scripture from the book of Psalms: “God is with her, she will not fail.”
Alyssa Bailey expressed gratitude on her lantern.
“I actually just served a mission for my church and so I wrote about how Jesus loves me and how he cares for me and loves other people,” she said.
Jessica Hawkins sees the event as a way to express what’s inside.
“I like the idea of getting your hopes and wants out, and putting it out in the world and watching what the future brings from there,” she told WTOP.
The festival runs through the weekend, with water lanterns launched each night at about 7:30 p.m.
Tickets are available online.
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