Wednesday, December 31, 2025
If I had to ask you for the weather highlight of the year and how it might end, my guess is the majority of people would say WIND! Well, we had one system pass early this morning with a burst of light snow.
Today will be tame for most of us, while snow continues in the mountains. There is one more push of snow expected as an arctic front arrives to ring in the New Year, a few hours later.
So any plans tonight will be fine at midnight. Then, before sunrise, an arctic front will bring a snow squall line with gusty winds, which will bring a fresh air mass and much colder temperatures our way for New Year’s Day.
This verified the updates I posted on social media yesterday. It may not have produced more than a light coating in some areas, but it was noticeable.
Here was how the snow developed this morning
2:57 AM to 6:17 AM#snow#mdwx pic.twitter.com/pahzmJtnya— Justin Berk (@JustinWeather) December 31, 2025
The band of light snow passed through about an hour earlier than models suggested. This will be off the coast now, while steady snow will persist in the Winter Storm Warning area of Western Maryland.
Wind is still in full force in this region. A fresh coating to a few inches of snow has blanketed the region.
This webcam is positioned at The Greene Turtle Deep Creek Lake and shows Wisp Resort, including a zoomed-in view of Squirrel Cage, The Face, the terrain park, Boulder, the mountain coaster, the tubing park and a shot of McHenry Cove at Deep Creek Lake!
Snow in the mountains AND in Pennsylvania. There may be flurries or light snow in Southern Pennsylvania near Harrisburg, York, and Lancaster.
Yesterday: Low 25°F; High 36°F
Precipitation: 0.00″
Season Snow Total: 2.0″
Snow Depth: 0″
Top Wind Gust: 47 mph
Sunrise at 7:26 AM
Sunset at 4:54 PM
Normal Low in Baltimore: 27ºF
Record Low: -1ºF in 1880
Normal High in Baltimore: 44ºF
Record High: 72ºF in 1992
Rainfall Deficit at BWI
The Arctic front will arrive before sunrise. This will bring a squall line with brief heavy snow and gusty winds. Then the temps will hold in the cold all day.
In the cold air, we will have a split aloft. This is currently showing a southern track system on Saturday night.
North: Lake Effect Snow
South: Low Pressure moving off the Carolina Coast.
There has been a bias with systems verifying a little north, like last weekend. Any kink northward could bring light snow into Southern Maryland…
So this is just in the ‘paying attention’ mode for now.
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In case you missed it, click this image for brief summary of the final snow totals from the last event.
In case you missed it, click this image for brief summary of the final snow totals from the last event.
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