Blizzard Watch for Maryland: National Weather Service

The National Weather Service has issued a blizzard watch, effective Friday afternoon to Saturday night, for much of Maryland plus the District of Columbia and parts of Virginia.

Weather officials say a wintry mix is slated to start Friday evening, and it will transition to heavy snow and strong winds overnight into Saturday.

The forecast calls for a foot or more of snow, with the potential for white-out conditions.

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Weather officials anticipate travel will be ”severely limited if not impossible” as the storm rolls through Friday night into Saturday.

Power outages are possible.

The following Maryland areas are under the blizzard watch, according to the National Weather Service:

• Anne Arundel
• Baltimore
• Frederick
• Calvert
• Carroll
• Charles
• Harford
• Howard
• Montgomery
• Prince George’s
• St. Mary’s

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