Get Ready…NOW!
Well this is certainly a Super Kahuna storm. Glad we got that early dismissal already locked, now we just gotta wait for the closing. We may not be back in school until Wednesday if things shape up. Below is an excerpt of what I posted on footsforecast.org about the storm.
Winter storm warnings have just been put into affect for all of Central Maryland. Winter storm warning calls for 16-24 inches, with the heaviest snowfall occuring Friday night and early Saturday morning. This means you will wake up with an excess of a foot of snow on Saturday morning. Friday night’s conditions will be extremely trecherous. As winds pick up in combination with heavy snow, near blizzard conditions are possible. Moderate/heavy snow will continue throughout Saturday, ending during the evening. End accumulations look to be 18-26 inches by Saturday evening.
This storm is shaping up to be a 24hr+ storm. Precipitation will begin in central Maryland around noon, varying as you move north or south throughout the region. Snow will stop accumulating in the evening hours of Saturday.
Decisions:
The storm arrival looks to be a dangerous one for all school systems. With an early dismissal buses are still running around just after 1 o’clock, just in time for the snow to begin. A closing of school systems would avoid any possible travel conflicts with the snow.
Preparations: It is highly advised to stock up on the food necessities, water, batteries, etc. as soon as possible. Grocery stores will be a complete mad house tonight and tomorrow morning. This storm has the potential to take out power for and snow us in for a couple days. So take preparations immediately. After-Effects: As already mentioned, this heavy wet snow could take down trees, leading to down power lines. This amount of snow will also be very heavy and hard to plow and may cause some plows to break. Any snow that is not plowed will re-freeze as temperatures will dip into the lower teens. School systems will most definitely be affected next week.
The difference between this storm and the December Blizzard is that the snow during this storm will be heavier and possibly greater in accumulation. Heavier snow always causes more problems than the light fluffy stuff we got earlier in December.