The National Weather Service expects Super Bowl Sunday snow, as a Winter Weather Advisory that covers all of MoCo has been issues.
The advisory calls for a widespread 1-2″ of snow with up to 4 inches locally. Below you’ll see the full advisory from the National Weather Service. We’ll have an update on the potential winter weather this evening.
Temperatures are expected to reach 60 again today with a mild, breezy and dry day expected. Temperatures will fall rapidly tonight, with overnight rain likely changing to snow for most of the area by early Sunday morning.
The latest map by the National Weather Service has all of MoCo in the 1-2″ range, with ~55% chance at over an inch of snow. This won’t be a crippling storm, but more likely just some flakes to set the mood for the Super Bowl. Temperatures will hover around freezing throughout the day tomorrow and will drop below freezing tomorrow night.
Today will likely be the best day of our recent string of warmer days with highs potentially reaching the mid- 60s as we continue our mid-February taste of spring.
Tomorrow will also be warmer than average too, with temperatures reaching the mid to upper 50s. There has been potential for winter weather late Saturday and Sunday that has gone back and forth between giving us a few inches of snow and not bringing much our way in recent days.
The ‘Special Weather Statement’ from earlier today has been update to no longer include C/SE MoCo. It now covers areas as close as Prince George’s County with potential for hazardous commuting conditions for the Monday morning commute.
Per the National Weather Service for ‘Special Weather Statement’ areas (shown in featured photo):
The National Weather Service has released a ‘Special Weather Statement’ for the area, which includes Central/SE Montgomery County. The full statement can be seen below:
“There is a potential for hazardous commuting conditions for the Monday morning commute.
Below you’ll see snow totals from across the county courtesy of the National Weather Service.
Note: Not all areas in MoCo area included (CoCoRaHS = a grassroots volunteer network of backyard weather observers)
A winter weather advisory is in now in effect for all of MoCo until 4am Saturday morning for C/SE MoCo and until 1am for NW MoCo.
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A Winter Weather Advisory has been issued for SE Montgomery County from 4pm today until 4am tomorrow.
Per the National Weather Service:
The most recent maps from the National Weather Service shows quite a difference from their “reasonable worst case scenario” to the “low end amount” showing just how much uncertainty there is with this storm.
With so much uncertainty, timing beyond “Friday into Saturday” will become a bit clearer tomorrow.
The National Weather Service has released its first maps regarding potential snowfall this Friday into Saturday. (At approximately 4:30am and updated at 9:30am).
The expected snowfall map MoCo shows 2-3 inches for almost all of MoCo with just a few areas at 3-4 inches:
We remain in the “slight winter storm” threat category for potential winter weather this Friday into Saturday, according to the National Weather Service.
As we mentioned in yesterday’s update, this thing can go either way…and it already has. The GFS showed a major storm, took it away, brought it back, took it away (late yesterday), and has kind of brought it back again this morning with the model output showing a general 2-4″ for our area. The Euro didn’t show much, then started bringing the storm our way, took it away, and brought it back overnight for a model output of a general 4-6″ for our area.