Alert Day: Rain to soak Baltimore area, wintry weather to the west

BALTIMORE — WJZ’s First Alert climate workforce has declared Thursday an Alert Day for soaking rain in Central Maryland and wintry climate to the west. 

A big space of rain will unfold throughout the Baltimore space beginning round 8 a.m., with the rain turning into heavy at occasions by means of early afternoon. Rainfall totals of 1-2″ shall be attainable by early Thursday. 

Snow is edging into Western Maryland early this morning. Temperatures north and west of Baltimore Metropolis are frigid and areas from the town on south are hovering simply above freezing. 

Rain probabilities will taper off Thursday night and temperatures shall be delicate into the mid and higher 40s. We’ll doubtless find yourself close to 50 by midnight. 

A WINTER STORM WARNING is in impact for Garrett & Allegany Co. for the potential of great snow and ice accumulations by means of Thursday afternoon. 

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY extends east of there for Washington and Frederick Co. for the potential for lighter ice accumulations that would result in some slick spots early within the morning. 

A FLOOD WATCH is in impact for the I-95 hall together with Baltimore Metropolis from Thursday morning by means of late Thursday evening. 

Emergency response operations have additionally been activated statewide, Gov. Larry Hogan introduced Wednesday night.

An arctic entrance of bitter chilly strikes in Friday, with temperatures anticipated to drop from the higher 40s Friday morning to the higher teenagers by midday. 

Rain is probably going forward of the entrance because it strikes by means of, altering to some mild snow earlier than ending. No important accumulations are anticipated. 

Temps will drop to the low to mid-teens by Christmas Eve morning with wind chills within the single digits under zero west of I-95. We is not going to get out of the 20s all day Saturday and wind chills will stay within the teenagers and single digits. 

Saturday evening will see temps once more dropping into the kids with single-digit wind chills Christmas morning. Highs on Christmas afternoon will attain the mid and higher 20s.