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Baltimore Welcomes Today Show Host During 'Rokerthon 2'

Al Roker visited Baltimore on a weeklong trek to deliver the weather from every state in the country.

Weatherman and Today show host Al Roker is making the rounds, doing the weather across the country.

He is on day six right now of “Rokerthon 2,” a race to deliver the local and national forecasts for NBC in every state over the course of one week.

On Thursday, the Today show reported Al Roker had arrived in Maryland, after a stint as a conductor aboard the train in Washington, D.C., where WBAL meteorologist Ava Marie joined him for the weather report.

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Then he was off to Baltimore, rolling in to Penn Station around 8 a.m., according to WBAL.

At 8:30 a.m., the Baltimore Ravens posted a photo of the TV personality with the team’s mascot and cheerleaders, who presented him with a personalized “Roker” jersey.

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The Naval Academy’s midshipmen were also part of the welcome wagon.

Now Roker heads home to New York as he wraps up the weeklong whirlwind of weather reports.

Last year, Roker set a world record for delivering the weather for 34 hours straight during the inaugural Rokerthon.

Still from YouTube video/Today.

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