* Winter weather advisory for much of area, from midnight tonight until 4 p.m. Saturday | Winter storm warning for Southern Maryland *
Today felt like a day before snow. Clouds were thickening and lowering, and skies were steel gray throughout. Temperatures only managing to make it to the near 40 to low-40s zone are a good bit below normal for the date. While we remain rather tranquil into the evening other than perhaps a few lonely flakes locally, our weather goes downhill late tonight. I’d plan on making Saturday a “hang out near home” kind of day, although hopefully roads won’t end up too bad.
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Through Tonight: We’ll watch snow creep this way from the south this evening, although its northern progress has mainly stalled for the time being. Snow likes to try to come in earlier than forecast, although I would not expect much locally until after midnight. Even by sunrise, while snow should be into much of the area, accumulation should be light around here, with perhaps a few inches already across southern Maryland. Lows are mostly in the upper-20s and lower-30s.
View the current weather conditions at The Washington Post.
Tomorrow (Saturday): Snow persists in the morning, and perhaps through much or all of the day. It won’t come down steady the whole time, but it’s in no hurry to leave either. There could be some heavier bands around as well, especially in the midday. By the time it’s winding down in the evening, a few inches are possible across the entire region, with the heaviest totals expected to be south and east of D.C. Temperatures probably don’t move too much, particularly if it snows most of the day. Highs near freezing to the mid-30s seem a good bet.
Sunday: Coming off a hard freeze overnight, early morning temperatures in the mid-20s to near 30 promise to keep some icy spots going early Sunday, at least until the sun is up. There should be quite a bit of dripping noise by midday and afternoon as highs rise to the upper-30s and low-40s. We’ll also need to watch for some refreeze again after dark.
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