Light snow possible on Friday, before a more impactful snow event looms for Monday

A weak clipper system will bring a chance for snow showers and possibly some snow squalls during the afternoon and evening on Friday. Temperatues look to be above freezing, so there should be little to no travel impacts. However, it may snow heavily enough in narrow areas to produce a light coating to perhaps as much as 1" in a few isolated areas. In any snow squall, brief reductions in visibility and gusty winds could also occur. It wont accumulate in all areas outlined in white, but some areas could see a coating to 1".

Our first chance for widespread accumulating snow will arrive on Monday of next week (January 6th). There is very good model agreement that there will be a storm, but the exact track is still uncertain. The exact track will be the determining factor of who gets significant accumulations and who gets a dusting.

Right now, it appears the storm will take a more southerly track. This means that as of now, the highest chance for any significant accumulation would be in central and southern MD, generally along and south of I-70. That being said, we are still 5 days out, and its entirely possible that 2 things could happen. Either 1, it shifts a bit further north, putting everyone at risk of significant snow, or 2, it trends further south, leaving the greatest chance from DC south.

Its way too early to talk about accumulations, but there certainly is potential for plowable snow somewhere in the mid Atlantic, and travel disruptions are increasingly likely wherever the area of snow sets up as anything that falls will stick to any untreated roadways with temps below freezing. It will all depend on where the storm tracks, as temperatures will be cold enough to support snow. We should know much more on Friday, so be sure to stay tuned!