The National Weather Service has put the Bethesda area and much of the D.C. area under a Wind Chill Advisory and Winter Weather Advisory.
The Winter Weather Advisory will go into effect at 2 p.m. Wednesday, ahead of what’s expected to be a brief period of heavy snow that could bring up to an inch of accumulation.
Making that accumulation happen will be the continued freezing temperatures. The Wind Chill Advisory is actually for Wednesday night and early Thursday morning, when the wind chill is expected to dip between 5 and 15 degrees below zero.
The temperature is forecast to reach 30 degrees before the snow squalls come sometime between 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. Wednesday:
…WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM EST THURSDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM EST THIS EVENING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM EST THURSDAY.
* PRECIPITATION TYPE…SNOW SHOWERS AND SNOW SQUALLS.
* ACCUMULATIONS…A COATING TO AN INCH IN MOST LOCATIONS EXCEPT…ONE TO POSSIBLY TWO INCHES NEAR THE MASON DIXON LINE.
* TIMING…SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. THE BEST CHANCE FOR THE HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS AND SNOW SQUALLS WILL BE BETWEEN 3 AND 8 PM THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
* WIND CHILL…5 TO 15 DEGREES BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY.
* TEMPERATURES…HIGHS TODAY IN THE UPPER 20S TO AROUND 30 DEGREES. LOWS TONIGHT IN THE SINGLE DIGITS. HIGHS THURSDAY IN THE TEENS.
* WINDS…WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH.
* IMPACTS…ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. VISIBILITY WILL BE LOCALLY REDUCED TO BELOW ONE-QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW COVERED ROADS AND SUDDEN REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY MAY CAUSE DANGEROUS TRAVELING CONDITIONS DURING THE EVENING RUSH. THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND COLD TEMPERATURES TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MAY RESULT IN DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS THAT CAN QUICKLY CAUSE HYPOTHERMIA AND FROST BITE.
