Icy conditions impact region Thursday morning

Icy conditions impact region Thursday morning

Updated: 10:29 PM EST Feb 5, 2025

METEOROLOGIST TOM TASSELMYER. WELL, WE’VE GOT SOME WINTER WEATHER MOVING IN TONIGHT, BUT NOTHING LIKE WHAT WAS HAPPENING 15 YEARS AGO WHEN WE HAD THE FIRST OF TWO MAJOR SNOWSTORMS IN ONE WEEK ROLLING IN ON THE FIFTH AND 6TH OF FEBRUARY, 2010. 38IN OF SNOW IN ELKRIDGE. THAT’S JUST AN INCREDIBLE SNOWFALL UP HERE ON TV HILL. WE HAD 28IN BWI MARSHALL 25 AND FOUR DAYS LATER THE NEXT 20 INCH SNOWSTORM ROLLED THROUGH. THAT WEEK. IN FEBRUARY OF 2010, ABOUT 50IN OF SNOW FELL IN JUST SIX DAYS. SO WINTER WEATHER, WE ARE RIGHT IN THE HEART OF IT NOW. THE SEASON THAT BRINGS US THESE STORMS. TONIGHT IT WILL BE ICE, NOT SNOW. 34 FOR THE LOW SO FAR AT BWI MARSHALL AND A HIGH OF 39 THAT 39 FIVE DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. BUT WE’RE ALMOST BACK DOWN TO THE LOW FOR THE DAY AT THE AIRPORT. STILL ABOVE FREEZING THOUGH, THEY’RE 37 HERE IN BALTIMORE AND I JUST STEPPED OUTSIDE. AND WE DO HAVE SOME NOW. RAIN FALLING IN OUR AREA WITH A LITTLE BIT OF SLEET MIXED IN HERE ON TV HILL IN NORTHWEST BALTIMORE. YOU GO A LITTLE FARTHER NORTH, THOUGH, AND IT’S COLDER. 32 IN ABERDEEN, BELOW FREEZING IN FAIR HILL, 31 IN MANCHESTER AND 26 UP AT CAMP DAVID. SO THESE AREAS ARE GOING TO BE MOST PRONE TO GETTING ICY ACCUMULATION. NOTICE CLARKSVILLE ALSO THERE IN HOWARD COUNTY AND MOUNT AIRY DOWN TO 30. SO THERE ARE SOME COLD SPOTS, MAINLY NORTH AND WEST OF BALTIMORE WHERE THE ICY CONDITIONS ARE GOING TO BE THE WORST. AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT AND INTO TOMORROW MORNING, RADAR IS TRYING TO PICK UP ON SOME SNOW UP IN THE CLOUDS. BUT AGAIN, I JUST STEPPED OUTSIDE. MOST OF IT IS RAIN OR A LITTLE BIT OF SLEET FALLING TO THE GROUND, AND MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION IS STILL TO THE WEST OF US. SO ALL THIS HAS TO MOVE THROUGH. BUT NOTICE WE’RE SITTING RIGHT ON THE EDGE OF A FRONT TO OUR SOUTH 40S IN THE CAROLINAS, ABOUT 65 DEGREES RIGHT NOW IN KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE, 34 DEGREES IN CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA. SO THIS LITTLE RIBBON OF COLD AIR AND MOISTURE COMING THROUGH THE AREA WILL PRODUCE THE ICY WEATHER. THE WORST OF THE WEATHER IS GOING TO BE FROM MIDNIGHT UNTIL ABOUT 4 OR 5:00 IN THE MORNING. YOU CAN SEE ALL THIS PINK ON FUTURECAST. THAT’S THE FREEZING RAIN FALLING IN THOSE AREAS TO THE SOUTH. IT’S JUST RAIN. AND THEN OVERNIGHT, AS WE HEAD TOWARD 630 IN THE MORNING, THE ICY CONDITIONS GET PUSHED EVEN FARTHER TO THE PENNSYLVANIA LINE, WITH THE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN COMING DOWN IN PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MARYLAND JUST TO OUR SOUTH. AND THEN WE’RE PRETTY MUCH DONE WITH THE STORM SYSTEM BY ABOUT 9 OR 10 IN THE MORNING, WITH SOME CLEARING IN THE AFTERNOON THAT COULD PUSH THE TEMPERATURE CLOSE TO 50 LATER IN THE DAY. SO ICY IN THE VERY EARLY MORNING, THEN RAIN, AND THEN FINALLY CLEARING UP IN THE AFTERNOON. IMPACT WEATHER. AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT AND INTO TOMORROW MORNING, WITH THE FREEZING RAIN BECOMING THE PREDOMINANT PRECIPITATION TYPE, THAT’S JUST RAIN THAT FREEZES ON CONTACT WITH THE COLD SURFACE TOMORROW AFTERNOON, WITH A LITTLE BIT OF CLEARING UP UPPER 40S TO NEAR 50 AS THE WINDS SHIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST. SO IMPACT WEATHER FOR THE EARLY MORNING AND THEN GETTING BETTER IN THE AFTERNOON. ICY CONDITIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS. THEY’LL HAVE A WINTER STORM OR ICE STORM WARNING OUT IN WESTERN MARYLAND TOMORROW MORNING. A BREEZY DAY ON FRIDAY, BUT NOT TOO BAD WITH SOME SUNSHINE. AND THEN SATURDAY BRINGS ANOTHER MIX OF RAIN, SLEET AND WET SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DRY WEATHER SUNDA

Icy conditions impact region Thursday morning

Updated: 10:29 PM EST Feb 5, 2025

Chief meteorologist Tom Tasselmyer said icy conditions will be the worst until around 4 a.m., with the whole system moving out by around 9:30 a.m. Thursday.

BALTIMORE —

Chief meteorologist Tom Tasselmyer said icy conditions will be the worst until around 4 a.m., with the whole system moving out by around 9:30 a.m. Thursday.