About two feet of snow could blanket the Washington-metro region and other parts of Maryland this weekend, forecasters predict.
NOAA’s National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning that will go into effect at 6 a.m. Friday, when forecasters expect snowfall to begin. Snow could continue until 10 p.m. Saturday, said Kevin Witt, a NOAA meteorologist.
Anywhere from 20 to 28 inches are expected to fall across Maryland, Witt said.
Witt said it’s still unclear whether or not this winter will set records for snowfall. But this storm will easily keep snow accumulation above the typical yearly average, he said. Snowfall at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport is already 25.4 inches above the normal snowfall to date. Since July 1, 2009, 35.6 inches of snow have blanketed the airport.
This weekend’s snow is expected to be a heavy, wet mixture that could make snow removal difficult.
Since the name “snowpocalypse” was used for the snow storm that blanketed the region the weekend of Dec. 18 with about 20 inches of snow, The Washington Post is running a survey to find a name for the impending storm.
Feel free to leave comments here with your own suggestions — and with observations from your neighborhood.
–By Maryland Newsline’s Ben Giles