Maryland's Next Chance For Snow Comes On Super Bowl Sunday: Weather Forecast

MARYLAND — The rest of the work week and Saturday won't feel much like winter across Maryland with highs in the 50s, but snow could arrive on Super Bowl Sunday, forecasters say.

Temperatures could approach 60 degrees on Friday and Saturday before the cold air moves into the state.

The National Weather Service said the strong cold front is expected to reach Maryland on Saturday evening. "Still monitoring an area of low pressure for this weekend," the weather service tweeted Wednesday.

"Some models show the chance of snow Saturday night as temperatures fall through the 30s and potentially into the 20s, with a continued chance of snow on Sunday and much colder highs only in the 30s to near 40," the Washington Post's Capital Weather Gang reported Wednesday. "Doesn't look like a big storm at this point, but some accumulation is possible."

AccuWeather said its meteorologists are keeping a close eye on a new blast of Arctic air and a potential winter storm along the East Coast that may occur on Sunday in the Baltimore-D.C. region and on Valentine's Day in the Northeast.

"Even though the anticipated cold is expected to fall short of recent Arctic blasts, the dramatic change in temperatures could add to the shock value of the burst of wintry weather," AccuWeather meteorologist Bernie Rayno said in a statement Wednesday.

"The transition to colder weather also could set the stage for a storm to develop, strengthen and then attempt a northward turn over the western Atlantic from later this weekend to Monday, Valentine's Day," he said.

Here's the NWS forecast for Maryland into the weekend:

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 51. South wind around 9 mph.

Wednesday Night: Increasing clouds, with a low around 36. South wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 53. Light southwest wind becoming west 12 to 17 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph.

Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 32. West wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 54. Light southwest wind becoming south 6 to 11 mph in the morning.

Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 43.

Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 56.

Saturday Night: A chance of rain and snow after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Sunday: A chance of snow. Partly sunny, with a high near 36. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 21.

Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 34.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 22.

Patch Editor Mark Hand contributed to this story.