Most of the snowy weather will land in western Maryland and northwest Virginia, while the rest of the region gets hit with heavy rain.
Bring out the puffy coats and shovels, folks! Those 80-degree days last week that had you excited for spring, you might have to temper those feelings for a bit ... A cold front coming down from the arctic is scheduled to bring rain, snow, and strong winds to the east coast beginning on Friday night. The powerful storm could unleash a “bomb cyclone,” a phenomenon that creates high winds, drifting snow, and whiteout conditions.
Most of the mid-Atlantic will probably be spared from snow, but high winds and punishing rain will probably ruin your weekend plans.
The National Weather Service in Baltimore has issued a winter storm watch for parts of Maryland, Virginia, and D.C. from Friday night through Saturday night. Garrett County, Md., and Western Highland County, Va., could get between 5 and 12 inches of snow, along with strong winds and wind chills in the teens. The chance for snow diminishes the closer you get to the coast, but gets replaced with heavy rain.
When the storm moves in on Friday night, warmer temperatures should keep the rain from turning to snow in the suburbs.
Courtesy of the National Weather Service
Heavy rain will blanket the I-95 corridor starting at 2 a.m. on Saturday morning and taper off around noon. Temps are expected to fall into the low 30s by early evening and may result in some minor snow flurries. The rain completely clears out by midnight.
Sunday overnight temps will dip into the low 20s, warming into the 40s later in the day. On Monday the weather starts to warm up considerably with temperatures reaching the high 60s on Tuesday. After this storm passes, it looks like spring is on the horizon with 60-degree weather and overnight temperatures hovering in the mid-40s.
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