NWS: Coating-8 inches for MoCo
NBC 4:
WUSA 9:
This storm is tricky. If the highest snow totals go down to MoCo, MoCo could get 6-8 inches of snow and a Winter Storm Warning for all of MoCo. If the snow totals shift more north, we would have no snow and the worst cold rain ever (33 degrees cold rain). As you can see, NBC 4 and ABC 7 are going light on the snowfall because the rain and snow line is uncertain. They don't know precisely where the rain line separates from the snow line. They know it will stay mostly, if not all snow north and west(Damascus, Hagerstown). It will remain mostly rain for southern Maryland(La Plata, Lexington Park). But they don't know if the snow will move more south and give MoCo more snow or if the rain will move more north and give us mostly rain and little snow. It has to be more than these totals the news channels are throwing out, in my opinion, to close schools because of MCPS being harsh on these decisions. If you want exact snow totals for your place, go to https://www.weather.gov/lwx/ and type your zip code in the "Local forecast by
"City, St" or ZIP code" or the "Customize Your Weather.gov" box. Then when you have found your location(if you type in the "customize your weather.gov"), press the "Get Detailed info" and read "Sunday" and "Sunday Night".
UPDATE: WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FOR N&W MoCo. 3-6 INCHES EXPECTED IN WARNING AREA. OTHER AREAS IN A ADVISORY. 1-3 INCHES EXPECTED THERE.
I have checked all of your sources and I predict 3 - 5 inches of snow for lower montgomery county and 4 - 7 for upper montgomery county. So, I predict 4 snowflakes because remember, when they need to close for one part of the county, they have to close for the whole county.
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4-7 is a little too high in my opinion. I would predict 3-6(4-7 in Damascus) for 70% of MoCo and the other 30% in the 2-5 range. If Damascus had 10 inches of snow but everyone else in the county only had a trace, they would open on time because the majority of people have almost no snow. But if Damascus had a coating but everyone else had 10 inches, they would close because the majority of the people have 10 inches. Also, how much snow do you predict for Gaithersburg?
DeleteNow, I would predict 3-6 for 50% of MoCo and the other 50% in the 1-4 range.
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