Labor Day Weather: Weekend To Start Sunny In MD, But Showers May Roll In

MARYLAND — Marylanders are gearing up for Labor Day and wondering if the weather will cooperate with their cookouts and beach trips.

The highs in central Maryland will stay in the upper 80s all weekend, but the rain may not hold out. The front half of the long weekend seems more promising. The back half may rain on your parade. The clouds could roll in by Sunday and pester the state with sporadic showers through Wednesday.

The weather may be slightly brighter in Ocean City. Highs will remain in the low 80s all weekend, and there are fewer chances for rain. The beach may still see some precipitation on Monday and Tuesday.

The full National Weather Service forecasts for central Maryland and the Eastern Shore are posted at the bottom of this article.

Hurricane Season In Maryland

This weekend's system may bring some thunderstorms, but Marylanders won't have to worry about any hurricanes.

AccuWeather reported that there is currently a budding tropical disturbance, called Invest 91L, approaching the Caribbean islands. The system could develop into a tropical depression or storm in the coming days, but the unnamed cluster is not yet a threat to Maryland.

AccuWeather forecasted that the system will pass northeast of the southeastern Caribbean islands later this week, travel northeast of the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico this weekend and continue past the Bahamas early next week.

Alex Sosnowski, a senior meteorologist for AccuWeather, predicted that the system will then continue out to sea and dodge the American coast. It is too soon to rule out potential landfall sometime next week in the U.S., however.

This is the most action that the Atlantic basin has seen in two months. The system will be named Danielle if it upgrades to a tropical storm. Danielle would be the Atlantic's fourth named storm of the season, and she would be the first since July 2.

To learn more about the storm and its trajectory, read the full story on AccuWeather.

BWI Airport Forecast

The National Weather Service released this weekend forecast for Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport in Linthicum:

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 88. West wind around 8 mph.

Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 62. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming light and variable.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 86. East wind around 6 mph.

Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 67. East wind around 5 mph becoming calm after midnight.

Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 88. Calm wind becoming southeast around 6 mph in the afternoon.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 69.

Sunday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 88. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Sunday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm, then a chance of showers between 8pm and 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Labor Day: A chance of showers between 8am and 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 87. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Monday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm, then a chance of showers between 8pm and 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 69. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Tuesday: A chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 85. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Tuesday Night: A chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 67. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Wednesday: A chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 84. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Ocean City Forecast

Here is the National Weather Service's weekend forecast from Ocean City Municipal Airport in Berlin.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 85. Southwest wind around 8 mph.

Thursday Night: Clear, with a low around 65. West wind 5 to 7 mph becoming north after midnight.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 80. East wind 11 to 13 mph.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 66. Southeast wind 7 to 9 mph.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 80. East wind 5 to 9 mph.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 67.

Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 83.

Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68.

Labor Day: A chance of showers after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 83. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Monday Night: A chance of showers before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 67. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Tuesday: A chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 82. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Tuesday Night: A chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 67. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 82.