January 6 State Of Emergency In Maryland For Record Snow Today And Maybe More To Follow

January 6 2025

Monday Morning Report

Snow Day! We are waking up to moderate and heavy snow across most of the region. There has been a thump across Southern Maryland, with initial rates of 1 to 2 inches of snow per hour. We have already beat the entire winter of 2022 to 2023. We may surpass the last snowstorm, which brought Baltimore 6.8” of snow on January 3, 2022. That was a record for the date.

Today, the Baltimore snowfall record was 2.8” in 1980, and it may already be surpassed by the time you read this. BWI is in my 6” to 12” range, and parts of southern Maryland may overachieve.

Note: Thanks to temperatures in the 20s, this snow will be light and fluffy. It will be easier to push, but it will pack and stay if not treated.

Very cold air will follow, so this will last all week. More may be possible this weekend.

State Of Emergency in Maryland

Governor Wes Moore declared a State of Emergency, which frees up more resources to deal with the storm and allows more flexibility or other businesses to make adjustments.

Mayor Brandon Scott issued an order for a State of Emergency in Baltimore. This is in effect for 48 hours, ending Tuesday at 11 PM.

The Executive Order mobilizes the City of Baltimore’s Emergency Operations Plan to deploy emergency resources and activates additional resources needed to tackle the emergency situation. It also engages those parking restrictions on streets to allow for plows to clear the snow better.

I have new timeline updates below, AND there is a hint for another storm this weekend, which is worth paying attention to now that the Ravens playoff schedule has been announced to host The Steelers on Saturday night.

Winter Storm Warning

The entire state of Maryland is under a warning! Heavy snow is likely to be over 6 inches, and many areas near or above 12” possible to overachieve.

6 AM Snow Report

4 inches on Maryland’s Eastern Shore: Thanks to my friend George Jackson. It has been snowing at the rate of 1 to 2 inches per hour since it began.

1” snow in the last hour on Maryland’s Eastern Shore

📏 3” at 6 AM

Snow may OVER ACHIEVE in the southern half of Maryland.
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📍 American Corner in Caroline Co MD
On the Eastern Shore#FITF#Snow@NWS_BaltWash @NWS_MountHolly pic.twitter.com/tzgcjI3o6Z

— Justin Berk (@JustinWeather) January 6, 2025

First Photos

CLIMATE DATA: Baltimore

TODAY January 6

Sunrise at 7:26 AM

Sunset at 4:59 PM

Normal Low in Baltimore:  26ºF

Record 5ºF in 1904

Normal High in Baltimore: 44ºF

Record 72ºF 1950

Baltimore Drought Update

8.00 Inch Deficit For 2024

Morning Surface Weather

This is a classic storm map and one to save.

Low Pressure has tracked south, validating the European Model for holding that line.

The northern edge of snow in Pennsylvania is bumping up against very cold and dry air from New England, helping to force the southern track.

The heaviest snow as been across north central Virginia, across Rt 50 through Washington and Annapolis to Delmarva.

An ice storm where freezing rain is falling across the southern half of Virginia and the mountains of North Carolina.

Weather Today

Storm Forecast: This Morning to Tuesday Morning

There will be a break midday, then a second surge with the Upper Level Low tonight, which may bring a few additional inches of snow.

Radar Simulation

The lull may have a arrived earlier than shown here… but there will be off/on snow all day.

NAm 3 Km 7 AM to Midnight

Snapshots

Noon

The lull may have a arrived earlier than shown here… but there will be off/on snow all day.

Afternoon

Given the faster arrival of the lull, this may arrive earlier as well.

Temperatures

Evening

The second surge of snow will last a few hours and then end by midnight.

Given the faster arrival of the lull, this may arrive earlier as well.

My Final Call For Snowfall

Model Update Snow Forecast

NAM 3Km

ECWMF Model

GFS Model

Tuesday Weather

This will be a WINDY AND COLD DAY!!!

Morning Temperatures

Actual Temps!

Morning Wind Forecast

It will be windy all day!

Morning Wind Chill

This is what it will FEEL Like!

Afternoon Temperatures

Afternoon Wind Chill

This is what it will FEEL Like!

Looking Ahead

Atmospheric memory may try to do this again.

There is no agreement on the extent, and we need to see how this first storm behaves first.

Saturday:

The American GFS Model has a larger storm with heavy snow, while the European ECMWF Model does not develop this fully and only has light snow.

Forecast Animation

GFS Model

ECMWF Model

7 Day Forecast

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Previous Snow

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