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ALG Live Camera ALG Live Camera Library Camera 20.4°C
68.7°F
Temp:
68.7°F
Humidity:
79.5% rising
Pressure:
29.83 inHg rising
PM2.5: M 
55 AQI
Ozone: G 
35 AQI
Kp:
1
Wind:
4.6 mph NW
Sun Rise / Set: 5:44:48 / 20:37:07        Moon Phase: Moon Phase  Waxing Gibbous
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NOAA Forecast (Updated Today at 15:01) Hourly
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Tonight: Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms this evening. Lows in the mid 60s in the downtown areas. . . And around 60 in the suburbs. West winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.
Friday: Partly sunny. Scattered showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs around 80. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.
Friday Night: Partly cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms in the evening. . . Then mostly clear after midnight. Lows in the mid 60s. West winds 10 to 15 mph. . . Diminishing to around 5 mph after midnight. Chance of rain 30 percent.
Independence Day: Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
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Measurement Metric English
Temperature 20.4°C falling -2.90°C 68.7°F falling -5.22°F
Pressure 101.02kPa rising +0.03kPa 29.83inHg rising +0.01kPa
Humidity 79.50% rising +18.75%
Solar 0%
Rain 0.13cm 0.05in
Current Conditions Mostly Cloudy
Wind Speed 12.34kph NW 7.67mph NW
Avg Wind Speed 7.40kph NW 4.60mph NW
Gust Wind Speed 14.45kph NW 8.98mph NW
Ozone 35 AQI* -  Good 
PM 2.5 55 AQI* -  Moderate 

*AQI Unit - The AQI unit is a set of linear fits for a given concentration to the Air Quality Indicator standard. These values may be changed in the future, so it's best to use EPA's current standards.
To convert back to the concentration use the following: AQI to concentration, Concentration to AQI

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NOAA 7 Day Forecast
Updated Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:01:00 -0400.
Tonight:Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms this evening. Lows in the mid 60s in the downtown areas. . . And around 60 in the suburbs. West winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.
Friday:Partly sunny. Scattered showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs around 80. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.
Friday Night:Partly cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms in the evening. . . Then mostly clear after midnight. Lows in the mid 60s. West winds 10 to 15 mph. . . Diminishing to around 5 mph after midnight. Chance of rain 30 percent.
Independence Day:Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
Saturday Night:Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
Sunday:Partly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. South winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.
Sunday Night:Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
Monday:Mostly sunny. Highs around 80. North winds around 5 mph.
Monday Night:Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. North winds around 5 mph.
Tuesday:Partly sunny. Highs around 80. North winds around 5 mph.
Tuesday Night:Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. North winds around 5 mph.
Wednesday:Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Northeast winds around 5 mph.
Wednesday Night:Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. North winds around 5 mph.
Thursday:Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. North winds around 5 mph.

Todays weather graphs via NOAA
Tabular Forecast
SOHO-171 SOHO-195 SOHO-284 SOHO-304
Fe IX/X 171 Å Fe XII 195 Å Fe XV 284 Å He II/Si XI 304 Å
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About this web page

This page was conceptualized and assembled in the Summer and Fall of 2006. The final appearance as one sees now was implemented in September of 2006. The data provided here has either been recorded by our own weather station at UMBC or cached directly from official sources (listed below).

Thanks to the many people who make this page possible:
- Tony Salemi - Codes and maintains the data systems used for the weather information, graphs, and archives.
- Tim Milligan - Designs the graphics and layout of this website.
- Steven Buczkowski - Designs and maintains the space weather portion of the website.
- Paul Schou - Codes the web portion of this site, and manages data streams.
- Dr. Ray Hoff - Advisor who oversees the running of this site
- Dr. Wallace McMillan - Provided the needed resources to make the weather information live

All data used here has been acquired by permission from their rightful owner. Data sources used to generate this page include:
- NOAA Zoned forecast model
- NOAA KBWI current conditions xml feed to give the overall observations in the area.
- NOAA live radar imagery
- AirNOW Ozone and PM2.5 readouts for air quality.

The weather station is located on the campus of UMBC which is just north of Catonsville and helps service weather for Baltimore, Maryland, weather for 21250, Greater Baltimore, MD area, weather for 21228, Catonsville, MD, weather for 21227, Arbutus, MD, and Charm City Weather. Other links to this website include: Baltimore Weather and gsfc weather. Another random link Tour UMBC.

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