Winter Weather in Northwest Howard, Maryland

Low pressure developed over the southeastern CONUS while high pressure to the north supplied cold air to start. Precipitation started as snow, but warmer air worked its way in from the Atlantic, causing precipitation to change to ice and even rain across portions of central and eastern Maryland. Snow on the back side of the system impacted the Allegheny Highlands through the 17th. Snowfall amounts ranged from around 1 to 3 inches near and east of Interstate 95 with 2 to 4 inches west of Interstate 95 to the Catoctin Mountains. Snowfall totaled to around 4 to 8 inches across western Maryland around Interstate 81 with snowfall totals around 12 to 16 inches in the mountains.

Ice accumulation from freezing rain range from less than a tenth of an inch around the Baltimore and Washington areas with around one to two tenths of an inch across northern and western Maryland around Interstate 81. Localized amounts around a quarter inch were reported in Frederick County.