As school districts across Maryland faced delays and closures this week for a wintry mix of precipitation, more icy and snowy weather is expected this weekend and next week, according to the National Weather Service for the Baltimore-Washington region.
The Baltimore region will see it all on Saturday: snow, freezing rain and rain.
Snow and sleet, with temperatures just below freezing, will start the day, said Austin Mansfield, a NWS meteorologist. Then temperatures will warm up throughout Saturday, causing freezing rain and then leaving the area with plain rain overnight, he said.
This pattern of temperatures warming up overnight is atypical, Mansfield said.
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Freezing rain and ice will accumulate up to a few hundredths of an inch, with higher totals in northern counties closer to the Pennsylvania border, he said.
Sunday will be dry, with high temperatures in the low to mid-40 degrees, Mansfield said. There won’t be any precipitation during the day, just gusty northwest winds.
Chances for rain increase on Monday night, and there is potential for snow through next week.
“We’ve got multiple threats for winter precipitation next week,” Mansfield said.
He said it’s still too soon to know about accumulation amounts and even timing of precipitation, but there is a higher chance for snow accumulation on Tuesday. The NWS will know more within a three-day time frame.
Next week will bring a mixed bag of precipitation, and Mansfield said to keep an eye on the forecast and to take caution when traveling.
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