Maryland Weather: Snow Returns To Weekend Forecast

BALTIMORE, MD — Could the Baltimore-DC region finally get some decent snow this weekend? While the National Weather Service and some local forecasters are calling for snow Saturday afternoon and evening, it won't be enough to hold your own Winter Olympics in the backyard. And just how the expected precipitation shakes out is still, pun intended, very much up in the air.

But there is a cold front headed in our direction Friday that will produce a wave of low pressure as it rolls through the Mid-Atlantic on Saturday and into Sunday. That means Saturday afternoon and into the evening, some snow could develop along the I-95 corridor from D.C. up into New England, according to The Weather Channel.

The Weather Service puts the odds of snow in the Baltimore-DC area at 40 percent Saturday afternoon, then boosts precipitation chances — for both rain and snow — to 70 percent through 1 a.m. on Sunday.

The Washington Post's Capital Weather Gang says there is a possibility of snow on Saturday. But they're skeptical.

"On Saturday, things get interesting. The front will stall to our south, and low pressure is forecast to form along the front, drawing up moisture from the south while cold air pours in from north," they write. "The questions are how much moisture and how much cold air will ultimately converge over the D.C. area."

A snowstorm is just one of several possibilities. The others are a rainstorm if temperatures are too high, or nothing at all regardless of the temperature if we don't get enough moisture.

"Ultimately, the amount of moisture and cold air will depend on the track of the low pressure center that forms, and this is where forecast models are all over the map," CWG says.

Here's the latest Maryland forecast:

Wednesday Night: Showers likely, mainly between 7pm and 1am. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, cloudy, with a low around 47. Southwest wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Thursday: A chance of showers after 1pm. Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, cloudy, with a high near 67. Southwest wind 7 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Thursday Night: Showers. Low around 55. Southwest wind 7 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Friday: Showers likely, mainly before 1pm. Cloudy, with a high near 61. Southwest wind 9 to 16 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 29. Northwest wind 9 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

Saturday: A chance of snow after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 39. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Saturday Night: Snow likely before 1am, then a chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 46.

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