(Updated at 11:00 p.m.) The latest in a busy and very cold winter will come Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service.
A Winter Storm Warning is now in effect for Wednesday evening through Thursday evening as six to ten inches of heavy snow is possible:
…WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM WEDNESDAY TO 8 PM EST THURSDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM WEDNESDAY TO 8 PM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* PRECIPITATION TYPE…HEAVY SNOW.
* ACCUMULATIONS…6 TO 10 INCHES…WITH UP TO 12 INCHES AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 800 FEET.
* TIMING…SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM THE SOUTH BETWEEN 8 PM AND 10 PM WEDNESDAY EVENING. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
* TEMPERATURES…IN THE UPPER TEENS TO LOWER 20S WEDNESDAY NIGHT…SLOWLY RISING INTO THE LOWER 30S THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
* WINDS…NORTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH WEDNESDAY EVENING…BECOMING NORTH AND INCREASING TO 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.
* IMPACTS…ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. HEAVY WET SNOW COULD LEAD TO SOME POWER OUTAGES.
