Baltimore City/County, and Harford County under WSW

[WXBUFFJIM]

Winter storm watch is now up for Baltimore City/County and Harford County, MD for 3-6" of snow likely later Sunday into Sunday night. These watches or advisories should carry up into the Mount Holly and State College CWA as well as the late afternoon wears on. This is in line what was expected. Look for the highest totals to be northwest of Baltimore with closer to 6" there and likely 2-4" in the city of Baltimore. Washington DC could see advisory amounts closer to 2" in this situation. However even in the 3-6 inch area, warning criteria appears minimal at this time at best.

It appears the rain/snow line will shift north and east Sunday night. So areas south and west of Baltimore will see a changeover sooner than areas north and east. This correlates well with respect to totals.

Statement on this WSW is below.

HARFORD MD-NORTHERN BALTIMORE MD-SOUTHERN BALTIMORE MD-
202 PM EST SAT FEB 19 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC HAS ISSUED
A WINTER STORM WATCH.

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT...

A WARM FRONT WILL MOVE INTO VIRGINIA TOMORROW EVENING. THIS WILL
CAUSE A PERIOD OF MODERATE SNOWFALL IN NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND SUNDAY
NIGHT. BY MONDAY MORNING SNOW TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO BE BETWEEN 3 AND
6 INCHES. BECAUSE OF THIS A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR
THE CITY OF BALTIMORE...AND NORTHERN BALTIMORE AND HARFORD COUNTIES.
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO CLIMB WELL ABOVE FREEZING BY MONDAY
AFTERNOON...AND PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER TO A PERIOD OF LIGHT RAIN
BEFORE ENDING.

A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS
POSSIBLE, BUT NOT IMMINENT. AT THE TIME, THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR
SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND/OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS. FUTURE DRIVING AND WALKING
CONDITIONS MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS, SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO MONITOR THE
LATEST FORECASTS.

[yoda]

The AFD was very interesting as well... I think we will see 2-3 inches here in the DC region and north.

[Lowpressure]

Fredericksburg area in the slop- again!!

[BlizzardNole]

Guarantee that will be cancelled by morning. No more than 1-2" for Balt. NO accum for DC south.

[yoda]

Guarantee that will be cancelled by morning. No more than 1-2" for Balt. NO accum for DC south.

Disagree. I say 2-4 for DC region.. 3-5 north near PA border. Am I going out on a limb? Probably.