Strong winds easing overnight, snow showers in the forecast early Wednesday

Strong winds will move out of Maryland Wednesday morning, leaving just a breeze in it's wake.

Chilly conditions remain in place with below normal temperatures for much of Maryland. 

Gusty, cold winds to easse across Maryland

After a couple of days with powerful winds, relief is on the way.

Overnight, wind gusts will ease (although not completely going calm). Wind gusts on Wednesday will reach about 25 mph during the day.

New Year's Day will bring more breezy winds along with cold temperatures. High temperatures on January 1 may not reach 30° in some neighborhoods. 

The cold is here to stay through the extended forecast as high temperatures stay in the 30s through the next seven days.

Chances for flurries and snow showers in Maryland

Snow showers will develop early Wednesday across parts of Maryland. This may leave a slippery coating of snow for driver's Wednesday morning, particularly in northeastern parts of the state. This would be especially true on untreated and elevated surfaces. Please use caution driving even though not a lot of snow is expected.

Another batch of flurries and snow showers are possible areawide on New Year's Day morning. Not much accumulation is expected, but an additional slippery coating is possible in our neighborhoods.

Power outages across the area

BGE said thousands of customers lost power on Monday due to the wind gusts knocking down trees and tree limbs.

The hardest hit areas were in Howard, Baltimore, and Anne Arundel counties. 

More power outages are possible into early Tuesday afternoon, a BGE spokesperson said.

Here's how you can see if your community is impacted.

New Year's Eve Forecast

We keep the cold and breeziness in the forecast for New Year's Eve on Wednesday and Wednesday night. 

Winds won't be as strong as the previous two days. But, it'll still be cold and breezy. Heading out to celebrate the arrival of the new year? Temperatures will be in the lower 30s around midnight in Baltimore and feel like the 20s. The weather will cooperate with outdoor celebrations to ring in 2026 - we're forecasting partly cloudy conditions and dry weather on New Year's Eve and early on New Year's Day.

Another blast of cold air arrives as 2026 begins. Plan on a breezy Thursday, with temperatures struggling to reach freezing. A few snow showers are possible but accumulations aren't looking likely for most neighborhoods.

A generally cold pattern remains through the first several days of the new year.