January 16 2018

The light snow early this morning on the north side of Baltimore is a reminder that even a little bit can lead to big problems. This is surely a little event on the this evening. Our region has such a wide variety of terrain and conditions to be expected as this narrow band of snow will slowly move through. Most of the day we will see snow on the radar near Hagerstown and along I-81. Then watch the slow progress eastward after dark so that the western and norther suburbs will get the snow this evening, but metro areas my not until after midnight. The Winter Weather Advisory has been extending in some areas through all Wednesday morning.

Flurries may break out long before the radar can show it. We already have a low cloud deck and some elevation fog, so there is plenty of moisture available and waiting for the trigger from the front to put it to work.

This is a narrow band of snow on an arctic front. Check out the 10 AM conditions. Snow and freezing rain are deep into Texas. Dallas has temperatures in the teens, while single digits and below zero readings dominate the central Plains. That cold air is feeding the snow event, so the type of snow will be light and powdery that will easily blows around Wednesday morning.

Below is the latest snow timeline and my updated Snowcast map below. I apologize for the color code being misleading in my prior report. That has been fixed.

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It is important to note that there may be flurries and light snow breaking out later today and this evening that the radar will have trouble showing. Your reporting and crowdsourcing will help us pin that down as even the modeling here is having some issues with the leading edge.

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My Snowcast Ending Wednesday Morning

While I still see a general 1 to 3 inches in our area, there will be slight more to the north and perhaps a surge of snow west and south of Washington. Metro areas will get close to 1 inch with the higher range in the colder western and northern suburbs.

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