BALTIMORE, Maryland January 22, 2016 - The snow said to be the harbinger of a blizzard embedded in a Noreaster is on course to begin in the Baltimore region at about 3:00 pm today, or maybe even a bit sooner. Temperatures in Baltimore remain in the twenties after a night that was quite a bit colder than was predicted. Early morning readings in and around Baltimore were uniformly in the mid-teens despite forecasts that they would bottom out near 30 degrees,
Predictions as to the depth of the snow ready to fall have been varued, although the later the time of the prediction, the greater the depth being predicted. Some forecasts have as much as 3 feet of snow falling before the storm subsides sometime on Sunday morning.
Public transportation is being suspended for one of the few times in the history of Baltimore and Washington, D.C. Authorities announced Friday morning that all MTA service would be halted Friday evening and would not resume until Monday morning. Historians said it was only the third time in the history of the city that public transportation was comepletely halted.
Wind gusts of 55 mph are possible on Saturday, forecasters said. In addition, the snow will be so intense that so-called 'thundersnow' is possible. Thundersnow is a heavy snowstorm accompanied by thunder and lightning.
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