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
This is route 50 in salsbury, maryland. And this is the boardwalk tonight, it is coated in snow. In ocean city the snow is melting for now on the treated surfaces out there. Im doreen. Were still waiting to see our first flakes here in the district, how many times have you looked out the win koe tonight. We could see half an inch of snow. Lets start with dan. Were in a lull right now, but this was expected. We saw a pretty good burst of snow. Still snowy down there. Take a look at the radar right now. Much of what youre here excuse me. Sorry. Waldorf down toward fredericksburg. This is the area. St. Marys county in the Northern Neck will see the most. We also have a Winter Weather advisory now. Everybody off to the north and the west. Now it is also stafford and king gorge. Now what are we expecting here . Snow moving in by tonight and tomorrow morning. Well start seeing accumulations. Snowing just about all day once again where you live, that will depend on how much you get. I have ne
Accumulate here until maybe 9 00 or 10 00 this morning. Were playing the waiting game. The air is relatively dry. The other issue is were just a little above freezing. We have a couple challenges first. But i have great confidence we should be able to get our first inch, maybe our first two or three inches of snow, before the day is done. I concur, chuck. During the 4 00 hour, we had a report at reagan we had light snow falling. This is not hitting the ground. We are, as chuck said, expecting to see some of the lighter snow start to pick up in the next couple of hours. Southern maryland at this point seeming to get a little break. Were going to be watching the zone closely. It could be getting mixed precip through the next coming hours. Heres what you may have missed while you were sleeping. We shifted the timing from the bulk of the snow in the metro area to midmorning. I hope you postponed a lot of e next phase of the weekend, which is going to be the colder air moving in. Ill be tra
For now, david, over to you. Thanks. Lauryn ricketts energy. You need two meteorologists to bring her energy. Exactly. I love it. Meantime, the snow is coming down in the district. Maryland has been preparing for the snow since friday afternoon. Schools closing, no transit, businesses closed. Theyre in full blown snow mode. Derrick ward is live from st. Marys county. What is it looking like out there . Reporter well, you know what, its postcard pretty out here. Were on route 5. Doesnt get much more Southern Maryland than this. Just coming out of point lookout, south of ridge, maryland. If you take a look, you can see what theyve got down here. They indeed got the brunt yesterday. Inch or two on the grass. The pavement is clear. They started clearing midday yesterday. Weve seen a couple trucks out putting down chem kaicals to ke the roads passable but the ambient temperature is enough that it is not sticking to the they are indeed getting it. No issues getting around here. I think a lot
Temperature drops tonight, because we get the temperatures near or at freezing, and whats wet, whats on the road, whats on the surfaces could indeed freeze over. This precipitation is coming down. If it continues, it could be an icy problem come tomorrow. The temperatures from what i understand, and not stealing the weather folks thunder, is there can be melting of whatever is on the road. No problem for folks getting around. Fewer reasons for them to come out because activities have been cancelled. Live in leonard town, derrick ward, news 4. Back to you. Thank you very much. Folks, check this out. Some thick flamkes coming down, coating trees and Everything Else it hits. Richmond, virginia, folks are waking up to a winter wonderland. From the capital of the commonwealth, lets go to the deep south. This is atlanta, georgia. Look at that. It is covered. Some parts of georgia, get this, more than ten inches of early friday to prepare for the weekend. And then theres this. A football fiel