Maryland Weather Forecast Shows Snow As April Begins

BALTIMORE, MD — This is not an April Fools' joke: Snow is in the forecast for Maryland during the first days of April, according to the National Weather Service. The amounts are still up in the air, but it is likely that no more than a few inches of snow will accumulate overnight between Easter Sunday and Monday morning.

Temperatures will be above freezing, so forecasters say that whatever snow does fall will melt soon afterward.

In northeastern Maryland, accumulating snow late Sunday night into Monday may cause hazardous conditions during the Monday morning commute. The latest projections show about 1 to 2 inches of snow in Harford County, approximately 2 to 3 inches in Carroll County and less than 1 inch in Baltimore and points south, including Anne Arundel County and the D.C. metro area.

The Eastern Shore may have light snow with slippery roads, while weather officials say that more significant accumulations are expected in western Maryland.

Here is the latest snowfall projection map as of Saturday morning from the National Weather Service. It shows the most likely amounts of snow expected between 8 p.m. Sunday and 2 p.m. Monday. We will add updates as more info comes in from the National Weather Service:

As of Saturday morning, here is the forecast from the National Weather Service:

Saturday: Sunny with temps near 60 degrees, with a low of 42. Wind gusts as high as 20 mph at night.

Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 60 and temperatures dropping to the mid 30s in the evening.

Monday: Chance of snow. A rain-snow mix is possible from 2 to 8 a.m. The high is in the upper 40s and the low is around 37 degrees.

Tuesday: Chance of rain with a high near 60 dropping to the low 50s at night.

Wednesday: Showers likely, with a high near 65 and a low near 35 degrees.

Thursday: High near 48 degrees and low of 35.

Friday: High in the mid 50s.

Image by Elizabeth Janney. Graphic from National Weather Service.