Snow Possible Xmas Eve, Winter Weather Advisory Issued In MD

MARYLAND — A mix of snow and freezing rain on Tuesday morning has prompted the National Weather Service to issue a winter weather advisory for Maryland. Little snow accumulation is expected on Christmas Eve.

"Light freezing rain accumulations are expected with temps in the 20s, which will lead to treacherous travel conditions during the Tuesday morning commute," the NWS office for Baltimore-Washington, D.C. said.

The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory for the District of Columbia, plus Carroll, Baltimore, Prince George's, Anne Arundel, Montgomery, Howard and Harford counties. The advisory is in effect from 5 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday.

Total ice accumulation of a light glaze to a few hundredths of an inch is expected. A dusting to one-tenth of an inch of snow is possible in parts of DC, Maryland, and northern Virginia.

Roads, and especially bridges and overpasses, will likely become slick and hazardous, the weather service said Monday. Plan on slippery road conditions. The hazardous conditions could impact the Tuesday morning commute.

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Precipitation will begin as light freezing rain early Tuesday morning along and west of US-15, then begins along the Interstate 95 corridor around or just before sunrise. Some snow could mix in at times, though that is most likely along and north of Interstate 70, the Weather Service said. Precipitation transitions to a mix of rain and freezing rain late Tuesday morning, before ending early Tuesday afternoon.

Here's the Maryland weather forecast from the National Weather Service:

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 34. Calm wind becoming southeast around 6 mph in the afternoon.

Monday Night: A chance of freezing rain, mainly after 5am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. Light and variable wind. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Tuesday: Rain, snow, and freezing rain likely before 11am, then a chance of rain between 11am and 4pm. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 45. Calm wind becoming west around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 32. Calm wind.

Christmas Day: Partly sunny, with a high near 44. Calm wind becoming northeast around 5 mph.

Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 32.

Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high near 42.

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 30.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 46.

Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 35.