These come in the form of paralyzing ice storms. During some of our worst freezing rain events, we've seen accumulations of ice greater than an inch. Once you reach ¼" of ice accumulation, you can have tree limbs snapping, power outages, and dangerous driving conditions. The reason why freezing rain is so problematic is because it accumulates as ice. This allows the raindrop to freeze upon contact and turn into ice. However, right before the raindrop is about to make contact with the ground, the raindrop encounters air temperatures at 32 degrees or below. When we experience freezing rain, one of the most dangerous forms of winter weather, snowflakes melt into rain droplets during their journey to the ground. With rain, the snowflakes usually quickly melt into rain droplets, with a deep layer of warmer air (above 32 degrees) from the melting point of the snowflakes down to the ground. With all four types of precipitation, rain, freezing rain, sleet, and snow, the precipitation usually begins as snow up at the cloud level. To understand the different forms of winter precipitation, it's important to understand the different temperature profiles of the atmosphere associated with them. This leads to the different types of precipitation that we receive during our colder months. Like a layer cake, which may have different flavors, the atmosphere can have different temperatures at different heights. Any of these forms of winter precipitation can cause severe to major travel disruptions, school delays and closings, and even power outages in some cases. When people think of winter in Maryland, they typically think about snow! And while our winter weather certainly does come in the form of snow, it can also come as sleet and freezing rain. Finally, in extreme western Maryland, in the mountains, places like Accident and Oakland typically pick up their first inch of snow by late November. Across central and western Maryland the first inch is usually measured by early December. On average, our first inch of snowfall in and around Baltimore usually takes place in late December. In fact, winter weather is possible anytime from October through May across Maryland, but the most common months for it are December through March. Will it snow in Maryland this year? WJZ meteorologists predict this winter's weather 05:24īALTIMORE - While winter officially arrives December 21, 2023, at 10:27 p.m., winter weather in the form of snow or ice can arrive as early as October in Maryland.
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