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November 5, 2010

2 to 5 inches of snow due in W. Maryland tonight

Here's how the National Weather Services put it. Need I say more? (Garrett County is also included in a similar advisory issued by the Pittsburgh forecast office.)

Here's a look at conditions on I-68 at Keyser's Ridge. Welcome to Winter, Maryland!

NWS SnowEXTREME WESTERN ALLEGANY-HIGHLAND-PENDLETON-WESTERN GRANT-
WESTERN MINERAL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FROSTBURG...FRANKLIN...BAYARD...
MOUNT STORM...ELK GARDEN
1009 AM EDT FRI NOV 5 2010WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EDT
SATURDAY...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EDT
SATURDAY.

* PRECIPITATION TYPE: SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES.

* TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS INCREASE IN COVERAGE THROUGH THE MORNING
  FRIDAY. RAIN MAY MIX WITH SNOW AT ELEVATIONS BELOW 2500 FT
  FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY
  MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

* TEMPERATURES: LOW 30S.

* WINDS: NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25
  MPH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

Posted by Frank Roylance at 1:29 PM | | Comments (2)
Categories: Winter weather
        

Comments

Bring it on.... After last winter, so what? It took me months to recover from shoveling and my bones to thaw. But after a summer directly from Hades it's time.

Posted by: ruth | November 6, 2010 12:12 PM

I went out to Coopers Rock State Forest in WV (just over the MD/WV border) on Saturday and was pleasantly surprised to see it snowing. Ended up with about an inch at the campsite. The campfire and hot apple cider was that much better with snow on the ground.

FR: Just six months after the last snow melted at BWI.

Posted by: Matt | November 8, 2010 2:28 PM

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Frank Roylance is a reporter for The Baltimore Sun. He came to Baltimore from New Bedford, Mass. in 1980 to join the old Evening Sun. He moved to the morning Sun when the papers merged in 1992, and has spent most of his time since covering science, including astronomy and the weather. One of The Baltimore Sun's first online Web logs, the Weather Blog debuted in October 2004. In June 2006 Frank also began writing comments on local weather and stargazing for The Baltimore Sun's print Weather Page. Frank also answers readers’ weather queries for the newspaper and the blog. Frank Roylance retired in October 2011. Maryland Weather is now being updated by members of The Baltimore Sun staff
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