This is the weather alert issued by the National Weather Service that is depicted in the map above for our zip code:

• Issuing Office: Baltimore/Washington
  

Source: National.Weather.Service

4:00am EDT, Mon Mar 13

… WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 2 PM EDT TUESDAY… * PRECIPITATION TYPE… SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS… SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES. * TIMING… SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS EVENING AND PERSIST THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS… THE HEAVY SNOW WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS AND MAY PRODUCE SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS… NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES… IN THE UPPER 20S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS… A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL, KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT, FOOD, AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

 

We have had a mild winter so it is not such a surprise that March would have at least since major snow storm for us to experience. I am not dreading this storm because I know that it won’t last long. By next week, things will be warmer for us again. Just a word of caution to everyone: BE CAREFUL!!!!!