Updated at 6:10 a.m. Wednesday — The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning starting Thursday night, with the potential for 6-10inches of snow and a trace of ice in much of the D.C. area:
…WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY.
* ACCUMULATIONS…SNOW 6 TO 10 INCHES…ALONG WITH A TRACE OF ICE.
* LOCATIONS…CENTRAL MARYLAND TO NORTH-CENTRAL VIRGINIA.
* HAZARD TYPES…WINTRY MIX LATE THIS EVENING…THEN SNOW…HEAVY AT TIMES.
* TIMING…RAIN CHANGES TO WINTRY MIX LATE THIS EVENING THEN ALL SNOW THROUGH THURSDAY. SNOW HEAVIEST LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS…ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED WITH VISIBILITY REDUCED TO NEAR ONE-QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. TRAVELING WILL BE DANGEROUS.
* WINDS…NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH.
* TEMPERATURES…LOW 30S…DROPPING INTO THE MID 20S THURSDAY.
