Weather Prompts Operations Change For Aberdeen Proving Ground, Centers

ABERDEEN, MD — Due to forecasted weather, the Aberdeen Proving Ground will not open until 10:30 a.m. Thursday. The installation will be closed from 1 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Thursday.

The Child Development Centers and Youth Centers will open at 10 a.m. Thursday. Kirk Health Clinic will open at 10:30 a.m. The clinic will contact patients to reschedule in-person appointments or patients can reschedule online at the MHS Genesis Patient Portal at https://health.mil/Military-Health.../Technology/MHS-GENESIS.

The fitness centers on APG North and South will open at 10:30 a.m. Thursday. The Post Exchange and the APG North and South Expresses will open at 10 a.m. Adelphi will follow OPM guidance.

An ice storm could leave a slick coating in Maryland from Wednesday night into Thursday morning. This system is among several winter weather events possible over the next week, some of which could bring light snow. A winter weather advisory is in place for most of the Baltimore-Washington metro area. The advisory lasts from 9 p.m. Wednesday through 10 a.m. Thursday. Mixed precipitation should arrive between 9 p.m. and 11 p.m. for most of the area.

"A mix of light freezing rain, sleet, and snow begins this evening," the National Weather Service said in its advisory. "Precipitation mainly becomes a steady freezing rain tonight. Temperatures will warm Thursday morning transitioning freezing rain over to rain."

Regions west of Interstate 95 could see a tenth to a quarter of an inch of ice. Towns east of I-95 are slated for a trace to a tenth of an inch. A "swath of light snow" is possible Wednesday morning "mainly north of the D.C. metro area," the NWS forecast discussion said.

"Plan on slippery road conditions," the NWS advisory said. "The hazardous conditions could impact the Thursday morning commute."

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