Brace yourselves, Baltimore, and surrounding regions, as a cold front swoops in to deliver a winter snap this week. According to the National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC, a series of fronts will cross the area, one of which will slide through today. While mountain snow showers are likely, we might only catch a few flurries.
Temperatures will feel significantly colder, with gusty winds making them seem even chillier, especially mid-week. We’re talking low wind chills dipping into the single digits—or even below zero in certain spots. In response to this tundra-like chill, the National Weather Service has issued a Cold Weather Advisory for parts of Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia from 1 AM to 11 AM EST Tuesday. This notably will cause wind chills to drop below -10F tonight along the Allegheny Front.
While a modest coating of snow of around 1″ to 2″ is predicted for the Alleghenies, the rest of us can look forward to a day of dry weather with rather mild temps – for mid-January anyway – with the potential to peak at 50F in some areas, save for the cooler high elevations. But don’t let this milder weather fool you. The National Weather Service warns of a much colder air mass diving behind tonight’s cold front. In layman’s terms, it’s probably time to layer up…