Plunge. Because of the impending snow in the forecast all School Closings and delays are running along the bottom of our screen and the list is growing. Right now we go to john collins for a look at conditions at sandy point. How is it going . The snow is not here yet but the cold air is in the water and in the air. Here is a map. We prepared a lot of information. The numbers in white is the water temperatures which are mid 30s at thomas point light house. Mouth of the sever river. And temperature there. In the blue box on the left side is the beach air conditions. And the air is conditioned. 22 degrees is the air temperature. South wind not quite 10 miles an hour so that gives us a wind chill of 13. Then you put the people in that cold water and they get out of the water and all of that stuff evaporates on their skin. And that is cold, that is really cold. Tim tuten is all bundled up and he will tell us what is going on at sandy point. Everything is happening. While we were on the air
The sups. Diving into icy water. Polar bear plunge weekend is here. The super plungers including our very own Jennifer Franciotti, have been plunging on the hour every hour for 24 hours, doing it to raise money for Special Olympics athletes. Hello, everybody. Welcome to 11 news saturday morning. Im kate amara with john collins. This is one of our favorite saturdays of the year. Yes. Lots of activity going on. Cold at the beach. Comfortable here at the studio, and you can take the plunge, too. Using a digit on the telephone pad. Well explain in a minute. The wind chill out there is 14 degrees. I said if youre wet, is it colder . If your skin is wet, it is going to be colder than if your skin were dry. Patapsco at the bay. The air temperature at the beach is 26. But with that north wind at 13, when you get away from obstructions and everything else, you have an effective wind chill of 14. For those of you going to the public plunges, they start at 10 00, some flurries are in the forecast
Stan . We had some flurries driving in but not going to be anything but flurries. One benefit. Because we have this include deck overhead, its held the temperatures up a little bit. So its not as bitterly cold this morning. Our readings are mostly in the low to mid temperatures. Ive got the satellite in hear. You see a lot of overcast. Gray shading over the midatlantic reading. This is a little second impulse. Its not lakeeffect snow. Its just a second impulse coming along the flow in the upper atmosphere. Its coming out of the great lakes. So we may see a little bit of this off and on but its not accumulatingtype snow. Well see breaks in the clouds. The trend temperaturewise over the next few days is up, up, up. Well talk about that coming up in a few minutes. Well take that, john. Well, Mother Nature wants to make sure we dont forget what season were in. News reporter george is telling us how people are coping. The snow couldnt have come at a worse time. The flakes started falling wi
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Is the way now. We have been out here for several hours. Be snow continues to fall at a pretty good clip. Here we are on i83. On the left of your screen, i83 north, and you can see that traffic is moving, but not very quickly. That is the combination of the snow and the friday afternoon commute. The state Highway Patrol is salting the roads as we speak. It is a rainy day. on the shoulders. The state has about 1800 pieces of equipment on the road. Slush on the shoulders. 1 driver had this to say a little bit ago about his experience on the roads. Some of the drivers are they are driving like it is not so on the road, like they are speeding and being idiots. They should not be idiots. No, they should not be idiots. Good advice right now. I can say that. Is the salting operation in the baltimore area. It is more of a plowing operation in western maryland. I am told the frederick area. Carol, frederick, garrett, a Washington Counties carroll. Wherever you are, the friday commute started ea