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Maryland Weather: Gray chill with periods of rain today & tonight
BALTIMORE — Early morning rain will taper off, but more showers return this afternoon. A steady rain is expected tonight.
Cloudy & Showery Monday
We are dealing with some leftover showers this morning from the disturbance that caused steady rain Sunday evening and night. These showers will continue to push offshore, so the morning will quickly dry out after 7 AM. The clouds will linger the entire day and another wave of showers will return this afternoon. While today isn’t a washout, you’ll want to have your umbrella with you. Wear a heavier fall jacket, too as highs only reach the upper 40s.
Showers this afternoon will gel into a light to steady rain tonight. Patchy areas of fog are also possible, especially toward morning. Lows will dip into the middle 40s.
Early Fog to Sunshine & Milder Temperatures Tuesday
Any early patchy fog should burn off by mid-morning on Tuesday. You’ll still want to budget yourself a little extra travel time. We’ll see fog dissipate after 9 AM and see increasing amounts of sunshine. Tuesday is our unseasonably mild day of the week with highs in the lower 60s! Expect a west wind at 5 to 10 mph.
More Showers Wednesday
We’ll see another round of showers turning into a light to steady rain starting Wednesday afternoon and continuing into Wednesday night. Temperatures will be mild enough to support all rain instead of snow and/or ice. Highs will top out in the lower 50s.
Quiet & Chilly Late Week
Thursday and Friday look like typical mid to late December days. We’ll see a mixture of clouds and sunshine with highs in the 40s. Thursday will be the breezier and sunnier day with highs in the middle 40s and a northwest wind at 15 mph gusting to 25 mph. Friday we will see passing clouds and a possible sprinkle or flurry with highs in the lower 40s.
Weekend Arctic Blast
A cold blast is on the way for next weekend. There could even be a few flurries and scattered morning snow showers Saturday. Then it’s wind and very cold temperatures for the afternoon and evening. This will impact the Ravens vs Steelers game at M & T Bank Stadium Saturday afternoon. Kickoff is at 4:30 PM. Wind-chills will be down into the lower 20s with a biting wind.
Sunday will be even colder with highs in the upper 20s to near 30°. With winds out of the north-northwest at 10 to 20 mph will create wind-chills in the teens. We’ve tagged Sunday as a possible “First Alert Weather Day” for extreme cold. Stay tuned as next weekend approaches.
Calling all outdoorsmen and women — Maryland’s Lower Shore is home to some of the best hiking, walking and running trails on the East Coast.
Here’s a closer look at four picturesque parks and preserves with nature trails in the Berlin, Salisbury and Ocean City area.
Assateague Island
Assateague Island offers a wide variety of paved and unpaved trails open for hiking and 37 miles of flat beach terrain for wandering and beachcombing. Assateague Island’s Maryland District features a Life of the Dunes trail, Life of the Forest trail, Life of the Marsh trail.
Furnace Town
Furnace Town is nestled between the Pocomoke State Forest and Nature Conservancy’s Nassawango Creek Preserve. The popular historical site offers three Nature Conservancy Trails, three Maryland Forest service Trails, and a 26-acre outdoor museum and recreation area.
Pemberton Historical Park
Pemberton Historical Park, a 262-acre area featuring a trail system, outdoor amphitheater and more, was created in the 1980s. The park offers 4.5 miles of nature trails for walking and hiking only, allowing visitors to explore wetlands, forests and more of the natural world.
Nassawango Creek Preserve
Nassawango Creek Preserve’s primeval forest has an abundance of bald cypress and black gum trees. Visitors are invited to indulge in its four trails, the Nassawango Joe, Prothonotary Warbler, Ron Wilson Memorial Trail and Leifer Trail, as well as self-guided audio tours.
Olivia Minzola covers communities on the Lower Shore. Contact her with tips and story ideas at ominzola@delmarvanow.com.
The 21-year-old second baseman and 11th overall pick in the 2026 MLB Draft has deep ties to the D.C. region.
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Washington Nationals’ first-round draft pick Chris Hacopian inked his first professional contract Wednesday, a moment made sweeter by the fact it was just a 30-minute drive from home to get to Nationals Park and put pen to paper.
The 21-year-old second baseman and 11th overall pick in the 2026 MLB Draft has deep ties to the D.C. region. He’s from Potomac, Maryland, and played his high school ball at Winston Churchill, where he was named the 2022 Maryland Gatorade Player of the Year and a 2022 Washington Post All-Met selection.
According to MLB.com, Hacopian grew up a Nationals fan, admiring the likes of Ian Desmond, Danny Espinosa and others. He also played his first two collegiate seasons at the University of Maryland, where his father Derek played before him, before transferring to Texas A&M for his junior season.
With the Aggies, Hacopian hit .319 with 11 home runs and 41 RBI across 42 games en route to being named First-Team All-Southeastern Conference and a Third-Team All-American by Baseball America, the Nationals said in a news release.
After inking his contract Wednesday, Hacopian donned his new jersey and ball cap and stepped onto D.C.’s beloved diamond as a part of the Nationals organization for the first time.
“That was so cool, oh my gosh. I’ve been in the stands like, 100 times, but being on the field is so different,” he said.
Hacopian was ranked 14th among MLB Draft prospects by MLB.com. The 6-foot-1-inch, 210-pound second baseman boasted one of the best bats in college baseball, according to MLB.com, with excellent control over the strike zone and feel for the barrel, along with solid pop.
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The state said the five recently traveled together to “a location in the U.S. experiencing an active measles outbreak.”
Maryland health officials confirmed five more measles cases, all in Carroll County.
“These individuals recently traveled together to a location in the U.S. experiencing an active measles outbreak,” the state Department of Health said in a release.
The agency said others may have been exposed on the afternoon of July 13 in the emergency department waiting room at Carroll Hospital Center in Westminster.
Another measles case recently prompted warnings from health officials in Maryland, Virginia and the District. On June 17, a Maryland resident traveled through Dulles International Airport and visited a D.C. urgent care clinic.
Measles is highly contagious. It can spread through the air through coughs, breathing, and sneezes. Early symptoms can include fevers of over 101 degrees, coughs, runny noses, watery eyes and face or body rashes.
It can take up to 21 days after exposure for the first symptoms to appear, and those who are not fully vaccinated or otherwise immune to measles are especially vulnerable.
The five new measles cases in Maryland bring the state’s year-to-date total to nine. The state health department confirmed three cases in 2025, and one in each of the previous two years.
“All Marylanders should review potential exposure times, watch for symptoms, and confirm they are up to date on their measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccinations,” the health department said.
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