A cool start to week with more snow in forecast
THE TIME NOW 444. WE’RE LOOKING AT BALTIMORE RIGHT NOW, STARTING OUT WITH DRY WEATHER. IT’S VERY QUIET. THE WINDS ARE LIGHT. VISIBILITY IS GOOD. NO WEATHER ISSUES. AS YOU START OUT THIS MORNING, EXCEPT FOR A FEW FLURRIES THAT HAVE BEEN SHOWING UP ON THE MAP. TEMPERATURES RIGHT NOW, THOUGH, ARE IN THE MID 30S, SO SOME PLACES ARE ABOVE FREEZING RIGHT NOW. WESTMINSTER AT 34. DOWNTOWN BALTIMORE 37. CENTERVILLE IS AT 35 DEGREES. WE’VE SEEN A FEW FLURRIES SO FAR, BUT REALLY NOT OF CONSEQUENCE. A FEW OF THESE WILL STILL BE FLYING BY THROUGH THIS MORNING, AND THEN WE’LL SEE. CLEARING SKIES TO A LITTLE MORE SUN TODAY WILL BE UP TO 36 BY 10:00. AND THEN LOW 40S BY THE AFTERNOON. THE WIND, JUST A LITTLE BRISK OUT OF THE NORTHWEST TO ABOUT 5 TO 10MPH. THE SUN COMES UP AT 704, AND THE SUN SETS AT 538. SO A DECENT DAY. DEFINITELY ONE WORTH GETTING OUTDOORS FOR. 42 IN GAITHERSBURG, 45, D.C. 42 FOR BALTIMORE TODAY. BY TONIGHT, WE STILL HAVE DRY WEATHER. WE’LL FALL DOWN INTO THE 20S. SO IT’S GOING TO BE A LITTLE COLDER. AND THAT SETS US UP TO GET THAT SNOW DEVELOPING DURING THE DAY TOMORROW. NOW IT STARTS OUT DRY IN THE MORNING. TUESDAY. MOST OF THE COMPUTER DATA SAYS AS IT ARRIVES IN THE AFTERNOON, I’D SAY THE EARLIEST IT’S ARRIVING IS BY NOON TOMORROW, BUT IT MIGHT EVEN TAKE LATER THAN THAT. SO THE LATER IT ARRIVES, THE BETTER FOR THE SCHOOL SCHEDULES. IF THEY CAN MAYBE EVEN GET IN JUST A HALF DAY. SO IT’S STARTING IN THE AFTERNOON ON TUESDAY, WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR FREEZING AND THEN THE SNOW LOOKS KIND OF SCATTERED AND LIGHT AT FIRST. ALL THE MORE REASON WHY SOME PLACES WILL DO OKAY EVEN THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. BUT THEN THE SNOW GETS STEADIER INTO THE EVENING AND THE OVERNIGHT. SO THAT’S WHEN WE’LL GET THE BULK OF THE ACCUMULATION. WE’RE GOING TO WAKE UP TO IT ON THURSDAY MORNING, AND IT’S GOING TO BE A SNOWY MESS OUT THERE. NOW THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY, OR DID I SAY THURSDAY? MORE FROM MONDAY. FROM TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY, I’M GETTING MY DAYS ALL MIXED UP HERE. WE’RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT WEDNESDAY MORNING, WAKING UP TO THE SNOW ON THE GROUND. AND THEN THROUGHOUT THE DAY WEDNESDAY THERE’S GOING TO BE A RAIN SNOW MIX THAT DEVELOPS IN THE AFTERNOON OR EVENING. SO WE’RE GOING TO WATCH FOR THAT AGAIN INTO THE NIGHTTIME HOURS. BUT THE BIG FOCUS WILL BE ON THE SNOW. NOW THE ENERGY FOR THIS IS MAINLY PASSING SOUTH OF US. SO THAT’S WHY ACTUALLY SOUTHERN MARYLAND COULD SEE SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW, MORE LIKE 3 TO 5IN OF SNOW HERE FOR THE BALTIMORE AREA. AND THERE MIGHT EVEN BE A LITTLE LESS IN SOME OF OUR NORTHERN AREAS, INCLUDING PARTS OF HARFORD AND CECIL COUNTY. YOU MIGHT ONLY GET TWO INCHES OF SNOW, BUT 3 TO 5IN THE GENERAL RANGE OF SNOW EXPECTED. SO WE KNOW THAT WILL HAVE AN ISSUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. SEVEN DAY FORECAST. AND THAT’S WHY I’VE MARKED. TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH THAT ALERT. SO THAT YOU KNOW THAT YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK AROUND THIS SNOW. IT EVENTUALLY GETS LIGHTER AND IMPROVES THROUGHOUT THE DAY. WEDNESDAY. NOW, THURSDAY, JUST A FEW RAIN SHOWERS. FRIDAY LOOKS DRY BUT COLDER FOR VALENTINE’S DAY. AND THEN BY THE WEEKEND WE HAVE RAIN POSSIBLE. YET I DON’T WANT TO THROW OUT THE POSSIBILITY OF AT LEAST A MIX.
A cool start to week with more snow in forecast
Meteorologist Ava Marie says it will be partly cloudy with an early chance for flurries on Monday before more winter weather hits Maryland. It will be an Alert Day starting on Tuesday and into Wednesday as snow is expected both days. Temps will drop into the low 30s as 3-5 inches of snow are expected with it tapering off Wednesday morning. It will transition into rain as temps begin to climb for Thursday when they will reach the upper 40s. It will be a clear but chilly Valentines Day before a rainy weekend.
Meteorologist Ava Marie says it will be partly cloudy with an early chance for flurries on Monday before more winter weather hits Maryland. It will be an Alert Day starting on Tuesday and into Wednesday as snow is expected both days. Temps will drop into the low 30s as 3-5 inches of snow are expected with it tapering off Wednesday morning. It will transition into rain as temps begin to climb for Thursday when they will reach the upper 40s. It will be a clear but chilly Valentines Day before a rainy weekend.