While it’s early to forecast precisely how much snow the region will get, Orrock said, there’s the potential for a few inches of snow before the precipitation is expected to change to a rain/snow mix or rain Friday afternoon.
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The Highway Services division of the Montgomery County Department of Transportation (MCDOT) announced Tuesday it’s tracking the snowstorm and expects to have a more complete forecast Wednesday evening. The hardest-hit areas could receive more than a foot of snow, according to the National Weather Service’s Weather Prediction Center. Friday and Saturday of this week brings snow – more than two feet in some areas of the country and several inches possible in and around our are. Skies will be mostly cloudy through the day with high only reaching the middle teens and wind chills sticking around zero all day.
The National Weather Service is officially calling for a low pressure trough to track east through Kentucky on Wednesday as an upper level shortwave moves from the upper midwest through the Ohio Valley.
A major winter storm could hit the Baltimore metro area Friday afternoon, bringing 8 to 12 inches of snow. High temperature of 33 degrees, low temperature of 21 degrees. The average low for Wilmington is typically around 25 degrees and the average high is typically around 40 in January. “Somebody’s going to get walloped”, said Victor Gensini, a meteorology professor at College of DuPage outside of Chicago, which should be spared.
Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy and windy, with a low around 15. Those temperatures will fall Saturday and turn the rain to snow.
Thursday:Partly sunny with snow overnight totaling less than one inch.
“Right now the majority of the snowfall should be ending by Saturday night”, he told lehighvalleylive.com about 6 p.m. Tuesday. At this time, we expect a widespread 2 to 4 inches. Cloudy, with a low around 34.
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Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 30.
