Sun’s breaking out at Pimlico — but rain’s coming
Updated: 1:57 PM EDT May 20, 2023
HEY, THE SUN IS BREAKING OUT HERE. IT’S GETTING A LITTLE BIT WARMER, A LITTLE BIT OF A BREEZE. IT’S TURNING OUT TO BE A BEAUTIFUL PREAKNESS SO FAR WEATHER WISE. BUT THIS IS ALL GOING TO BE CONTINGENT ON THE TIMING OF THE NEXT ROUND OF SHOWERS, WHICH WILL BE COMING IN LATER THIS AFTERNOON. SO ENJOY THE SUNSHINE WHILE WE HAVE IT. AND TEMPERATURES WILL START TO RESPOND TO THAT A LITTLE BIT. NOW, IT’S POSSIBLE THAT THIS SUN COULD KIND OF WORK IN NOT IN OUR FAVOR BECAUSE THE SUN COULD FUEL MORE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IN THE EVENING IF WE KEEP THE CLOUD COVER, LESS CHANCE OF A THUNDERSTORM. BUT RIGHT NOW, THE TRACK IS FAST. IN FACT, THE TRACK CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN PRETTY GOOD HERE. ALL DAY LONG. SO FAR AS WE GET READY FOR RACE NUMBER SEVEN, THE DIRT IS FAST AND THE TURF IS FIRM, SO EVERYTHING IS LOOKING GOOD AS FAR AS THAT GOES. THE CONDITIONS ARE ACTUALLY FAST AND AND THEY SHOULD STAY THAT WAY, I THINK, UNLESS THAT RAIN SNEAKS IN HERE RIGHT AT RACE TIME. BUT EVEN THEN, IT PROBABLY WON’T IMPACT THE CONDITIONS OF THE TRACK. 95 DEGREES LAST YEAR, THAT WAS THE SECOND HOTTEST PREAKNESS ON RECORD. THE HOTTEST ONE WAS YESTERDAY IS ANNIVERSARY, THE 19TH OF MAY AND 1962, WHEN THE TEMPERATURE WAS UP TO 98 DEGREES, 52 DEGREES, THE COOLEST ONE. THAT WAS BACK IN 2003 AND THE WETTEST PREAKNESS GOES ALL THE WAY BACK TO 1885 WHEN OVER AN INCH OF RAIN DUMPED DOWN ON OLD HILLTOP BACK IN THAT YEAR. RIGHT NOW, IT’S PERFECT. PARTLY CLOUDY, 71 DEGREES, A LITTLE ON THE HUMID SIDE AND A LIGHT SOUTHEAST BREEZE, WHICH IS ACTUALLY PICKING UP A LITTLE BIT HERE, AT LEAST UP ON THE ROOF. IT’S GETTING A LITTLE BREEZY. NOTHING ON RADAR IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA RIGHT NOW, BUT AS WE WIDEN THE VIEW, YOU’LL SEE WHAT WE’RE CONCERNED ABOUT. LOOK TO THE WEST AND YOU’LL SEE SHOWERS NOW POPPING UP IN PARTS OF WEST VIRGINIA, GETTING CLOSE TOWARD THE VIRGINIA BLUE RIDGE AND THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY. AND THEN MORE SHOWERS OUT INTO GARRETT COUNTY OUT WEST. THAT ACTIVITY IS GOING TO BE COMING OUR WAY. SO THERE’S AT LEAST A 50% CHANCE THAT IT POST TIME THE SHOWERS WILL BE IN OUR AREA. I THINK THEY’RE GOING TO STAY JUST TO THE WEST OF BALTIMORE THROUGH POST TIME OF THE PREAKNESS. BUT SHORTLY AFTER THAT, IT LOOKS LIKE SHOWERS WILL COME THROUGH AND MAYBE EVEN A RUMBLE OF THUNDER AS WE HEAD INTO THAT 8 TO 10 P.M. TIME SLOT LOOKS LIKE THE BEST CHANCE FOR SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. AGAIN, WE’LL KEEP AN EYE ON THE RADAR AND KEEP TIMING IT OUT FOR YOU. BUT FOR NOW, IT’
Sun’s breaking out at Pimlico — but rain’s coming
Updated: 1:57 PM EDT May 20, 2023
Chief Meteorologist Tom Tasselmyer reports from the rooftop at Old Hilltop, explaining how the sun is breaking out early Saturday afternoon, but it will not last.
Chief Meteorologist Tom Tasselmyer reports from the rooftop at Old Hilltop, explaining how the sun is breaking out early Saturday afternoon, but it will not last.
