Snow Chance In MD Forecast To Start Cool, Rainy Weekend

MARYLAND — In a winter virtually free of snow in the Baltimore-DC region, the weather forecast call for a rain/snow mix on Friday, the start of a cool and rainy weekend. Accumulation will be minimal, which has been the theme of the season.

Snowfall has been scarce in the big East Coast cities this winter, with Philadelphia measuring only 0.3 of an inch of snow and Baltimore recording just 0.2 of an inch of snow, AccuWeather.com said.

An incoming storm will take a swift, nearly west-to-east track from the Midwest to the Northeast coast, and seems unlikely to dump sizable snow amounts, the outlet said.

Since daytime temperatures will likely be well above freezing ahead of the storm's snow, the best chance of slippery travel will likely be where it snows Friday night or early Saturday. Temperatures during the day will climb to make it difficult for snow to accumulate on paved surfaces.

Maryland will see a chance of rain and snow before 10 a.m., then rain, with a high near 45, so little or no snow accumulation is expected, the National Weather Service said.

Snowfall of a few inches is most likely to be over the central Appalachians to areas north and west of New York City and Philadelphia. Typically, storms that travel from west to east from the Midwest to the Atlantic coast usually do not bring widespread heavy snow to the I-95 mid-Atlantic corridor.

Here's the latest Maryland forecast:

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 53. North wind around 10 mph.

Thursday Night: Increasing clouds, with a low around 35. Northeast wind 6 to 8 mph.

Friday: A chance of rain and snow before 10am, then rain. High near 45. Northeast wind 5 to 11 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Friday Night: Rain, mainly before 1am. Low around 37. South wind 8 to 13 mph becoming northwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Saturday: A chance of rain before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 48. North wind 15 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 32.

Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 48.

Sunday Night: Rain likely. Cloudy, with a low around 39. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Monday: Rain likely, mainly before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 49. Chance of precipitation is 60%.