Snow in NW suburbs "shouldn't be a big deal"
My favorite teacher and her very excited First Graders report that it is "snowing to beat the band" out in NW Baltimore County just after noon. They were on their way out for a romp. Any other snow 
reports out there, campers?
The National Weather Service folks in Sterling say, "While this shouldn't be a big deal, it may result in a few white patches." Here's part of the Short-Term Forecast:
"LIGHT SNOW WILL END ACROSS FREDERICK AND INSIDE THE CAPITAL
BELTWAY BY 12:30 PM...WITH THE BACK EDGE PROGRESSING ACROSS
METROPOLITAN BALTIMORE BETWEEN 1 AND 2PM. JUST ABOUT EVERYONE
WILL RECEIVE A FEW SNOWFLAKES...BUT A FEW COMMUNITIES MAY RECEIVE
A LIGHT DUSTING OF SNOW...A QUARTER INCH OR LESS."
In fact, it is 34 degrees and snowing lightly here at Calvert and Centre streets. Let the winter begin! The forecast beyond today calls for some milder temperatures, reaching the mid-40s for Saturday and Sunday at BWI.
Rain is expected to develop late Saturday night or early Sunday morning, with a quarter- to a half-inch possible Sunday, ending in snow showers early Monday morning.
Next week will be sharply colder, with highs near 30 degrees and overnight lows in the teens before moderating at mid-week.
(SUN PHOTO: Window frost, Frank Roylance)
Comments
It's been snowing here in NW Howard County for a little over 1/2 hr. Started as teeny tiny flakes, but they have gotten a little bigger, and it is snowing steadily. :-)
FR: Kinda "felt" like snow this morning, didn't it? After the 5th, Dec. 10 and 14 are the dates with the most 1-inch-plus snowfalls since records began in Baltimore in 1892. We won't get that much, but ... just sayin'.
Posted by: Corine | December 10, 2010 12:29 PM
It's been snowing in Owings Mills for the last hour or so. Very light, small flakes, just enough for a dry coating right now.
Posted by: Herbert | December 10, 2010 12:29 PM
Right around half an inch here in northern Carroll County.
Lots of reports over the entire county on the scanner of multi-car accidents, overturned vehicles, and even a concrete truck in a ditch.
Good thing it's not a "big deal" :-)
Mother Nature 1, NWS 0
Posted by: Chris Smolinski | December 10, 2010 12:35 PM
Just a few flakes now here near Loch Raven Dam. If it keeps up I will wake up my dog & take her outside!!
Posted by: icyone | December 10, 2010 12:36 PM
Chris, I've been wondering the same thing as the weather guys on the noon news all said just a snow shower with no problems. I've got at least a half inch here in Carroll County & like you said, there are wrecks everywhere!
Posted by: John | December 10, 2010 12:42 PM
It is snowing at a pretty solid clip outside Baltimore Polytechnic right now.
Posted by: hampdenjames | December 10, 2010 12:48 PM
Frank et:all,
My office is about .25 mile from the end of the main runway at BWI and it's been snowing hard here for over an hour. Began around 11:45am, now is down to a trickle but windshields are coated as are the bushes and grass. Nothing on parking lot though. YEAH!!! Winter's here!!!!!
Posted by: Drew | December 10, 2010 1:01 PM
Stopped snowing in Mt. Airy around 12:30. I'd say half an inch on the ground. Just enough to make my big hill of a driveway an ice rink. Thank God for salt! I guess winter has arrived.
-Dave
Posted by: Dave in Mt. Airy | December 10, 2010 1:46 PM
we have a snow ball in the freezer that was collected on dec. 5th 2009 at 10:00 am...we had 4 inches of snow that day
Posted by: Ronald Kerns | December 12, 2010 3:08 PM