But theres really no, no movement to the north here. Thats going to come with our next storm system as it it moves up. That next storm system is down around new orleans. It is snowing in new orleans right now. And that storm system moves up the coast, that will enhance the snow fall. That will bring it farther to the north and the west and everybody gets in on it. And i do mean everybody. Winter weather advisory in affect for areas in the purple that includes prince georges, anne arundel county. It does not include winchester, martin burg or hagerstown. Youll see some, but not a lot. Maybe an inch or less in those areas for the most part. Notice this. Winter storm warning for Saint Marys County t some locations there we are going 3 to 6 inches in those areas. Im going to have much more on what you can expect, when the snow starts and how much youll see in your area. You can find out you can get the latest on this right now on our app. Download the nbc washington app today, get the late
Be clobbered really over the next 12 to 24 hours. It is going to be the areas were seeing snow now that have the biggest kern for power outages. Probably want to make a trip to the Grocery Store right now. Elsewhere it is going to be a fun Winter Wonder land Mayors Office i a look out there. In most areas. Lets look at what is happening now. Current radar, this is the last two hours. Normally with systems like these, they move from south to north. This is not doing that. This is moving right from southwest to northeast. And notice waldorf has not seen any snow. Where leonard town has already seen an inch or two. It is all in our southern zone. Lets go down there. If youre in Saint Marys County or the Northern Neck, you folks are going to get the most snow out of this. Because of that you have a winter storm warning in effect for you. The rest of us are actually going to wait until another piece of energy down around new orleans actually moves up towards our region and brings us snow to
Hit cities across the deep south. Take a look. Berming lamb, alabama where snow is stuck to the pavement. In atlanta, schools and businesses closed early. More than 100 flights were canceled because of the treacherous conditions. And in mississippi the weight of the snow weighing down the tree branches there. You note what that means. It takes down the power lines and that causes widespread outages there. But even in texas, this is as far south as you can get almost in that state. Look at this. What an unusual state. A beach correspondvered in a bl snow. Its heading this way. Lets go to doug to see who is getting hit next. Doug . That is actually where Hurricane Harvey made land fall. The hurricane and now snow down in that area. Power outages there as well. We could see some power out, too, in our areas. Down in Southern Maryland. If youre seeing snow now, these are the areas that have seen it. This is the area around california, maryland area. This is from youre watching now, man, ke
Cambridge, leonardtown, 39 here in washington where it is still well above freezing. Winter weather advisories out along 95, those are winter storm warnings in pink, down toward our south and east, where we will see the highest snow accumulations. So, through tonight, developing storm system off shore, will bring the first flakes of the season for tomorrow morning, through tomorrow afternoon. It will be a wet, slushy couple every inches along 95 here in d. C. Which may, in fact, break a daily snowfall record for washington. Four to 6 inches with localized heavier amounts not out of the question south and east, from dover, delaware, down through virginia. So thats the way it looks, as gee into tonight, and saturday. I will have more on this obviously your full seven day forecast still ahead, at about 6 15. But first, i want to go live out to matt ackland in bethesda maryland. And hes been out there looking at the way the city prepping for our first snow. Matt, it is coming early this ye
Washington, well above freezing, but you see 32 leonardtown, 32 cambridge where it is snowing, our call on the snowfall apartments will be highest south and east of us where the winter storm warnings are in effect 4 00 to 6 00. Two to four along 95, west, just dusting to inch or two and thats through the day tomorrow. Now, still couple of hours away from the snow beginning here in washington but matt ackland has been out all day seeing how the city preparing, live in potomac maryland right now. Matt, do you think were ready for tomorrow . Do you think were ready for this winter. Caitlin, isnt it funny first snowfall of the season people are always so excited, everyone seems to be talking about it, and you know, officials no matter where you live in the district, here in maryland, and virginia, they know that it is so important to make sure that the roadways are clear, and if not, theyre going to hear about it from their constituents. So there has been flurry of activity today, getting