We will experience a roller coaster of weather the next few days as a cold front moves down and across the country clearing our area by Friday.
CURRENT WEATHER
The cold front in the center of the picture is the boundary of a large piece of cold upper air. Behind this turbulent boundary, rain changes to freezing rain then snow and ahead of the boundary, warm temperatures bring about a soaking rain. This disturbance will organize into a surface and slowly move east to affect our weather Thursday into the weekend.
THE STORM
This storm will be slow moving and will have two faces; a mild rain and a freezing rain. Its first face will bring about a warm influx of air and rain will fall Thursday ahead of the front. These warming temperatures have the potential to drop viciously sometime Friday depending on the timing of the front. Icy conditions could be prevalent for the majority of Maryland Friday into Saturday. Overall, timing is key with this storm. If the cold moves in before or around sunrise, it will settle in and hold throughout the day leading to freezing rain and flash freeze. However, if it lags behind, it will have missed its window, eliminating freezing rain and pushing off any freezing till afternoon - sunset. Schools will have to make yet another tough call that could be useful or useless.
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