Marylanders See Significant Snow; Dealing With Wintry Mix
BALTIMORE (WJZ) -- The snow fell fast and furious in Maryland. It's still very treacherous out.
Bob Turk and Meteorologist Chelsea Ingram report if you don't have to go out tonight—stay home.
The snow started around 10 a.m. Saturday and got heavier all afternoon. A winter storm warning is in effect for the region until 6 a.m. Sunday morning.
Here are some snowfall totals recorded by our WJZ First Warning Weather Watchers:
- White Marsh, Md. -- 11"
- Bel Air, Md. -- 9"
- Sparks, Md. -- 11"
- Westminster, Md. -- 9"
- Havre de Grace, Md. -- 8.25"
- Baltimore, Md. -- 9"
- Catonsville, Md. -- 8.5"
- Reisterstown, Md. -- 9"
- Clarksville, Md. -- 7.5"
- Columbia, Md. -- 10"
What to expect:
As temperatures warm overnight, freezing rain will transition to plain rain. But things can still be icy, as the ground is still cold. That's going to create a sheet of ice on top the snow that's already fallen.
Precipitation should move out between 4 and 6 a.m. Sunday.
Temperatures Saturday night will be right around the freezing mark, but warming throughout the overnight hours with that changeover occurring.
It will be 46 degrees Sunday. That will help to melt some snow, but it gets cold again Monday. Expect anything that melts to continue to refreeze, with an overnight low of 2 degrees.
Code Blue, Stay Safe:
BWI set a new record low of two degrees overnight Friday into Saturday morning, breaking the old record of eight degrees from 1885.
With dangerously cold weather expected to continue in the city for at least several more days, Baltimore City Health Commissioner Leana Wen, M.D. has ordered the Code Blue extended through 10 a.m. Wednesday, February 25.
Baltimore City has been under a Code Blue declaration continuously since February 12. Through Wednesday morning, seven Code Blue alerts for Baltimore will have covered 25 days.
Last year, Baltimore had a total of 34 Code Blue days. The city has experienced six cold weather related deaths this winter--21 across the state.
"In the past few days, Baltimore has experienced record-setting cold temperatures, and the forecast calls for single-digit wind chills for the next few days," Dr. Wen said. "People need to take this very seriously – it is extremely hazardous and dangerous. The weather can literally be a matter of life or death for some individuals."
