Snow is expected to start in our area sometime between 1pm-3pm as a Winter Weather Advisory is in effect from 1pm today until 1am Monday.
The latest Event Total Snowfall map from the National Weather Service has almost all of MoCo in the 2-3″ range with the far west sides of Dickerson and Poolesville in the 3-4″ range.
Snow will fall for a few hours before transitioning to a wintry mix this evening and eventually changing over to all rain. This will likely lead to messy roads later this afternoon and evening due to the temperature of the ground coming off of the coldest night in 3 years.
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— MoCoSnow (@TheMoCoSnow) January 16, 2022
If you are able to, we would advise anyone to stay off the roads after the snow starts to fall today. Roads will still likely still have some slick spots after the rain begins, but everything should be washed away with temperatures reaching the mid to upper 30s overnight and wind helping dry things out afterwards. The high winds could potentially lead to power outages, but we don’t anticipate many delays Monday morning.