Another round of snow across the eastern half of Maryland on Sunday

Overnight rain will quickly transition to all snow by Sunday morning, with 1 to 3 inches of snow possible across the Eastern half of Maryland. 

Winter weather alerts in effect for Sunday 

A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect for all of Baltimore and Howard counties, and Caroll, Harford, and Cecil counties from 4 am until 6 pm on Sunday. 

Accumulations will range from 1 to 3 inches, with the heaviest amounts likely in Northeastern Maryland in Harford and Cecil counties. Temperatures will be near the low 30s Sunday morning and barely reach the mid 30s by Sunday afternoon. The snow will taper off Sunday evenin,g and temperatures will drop well below freezing Sunday night. Some areas of black ice will be likely as melting snow freezes over with overnight lows in the mid 20s.  

Dangerous cold to start the week

Once Sunday's snow moves out, our attention turns to dangerous cold temperatures for both Monday (MLK Day) and Tuesday.

Overnight temperatures will fall into the teens for both Monday and Tuesday night, while wind chills will drop into the single digits and below freezing in some of the Northern and Western communities. Highs on Monday will struggle to reach into the mid 30s, and colder afternoon temperatures on Tuesday will hover in the mid 20s.  

Temperatures slowly warm up by mid-week with another chance of wintry precipitation again next weekend. High temperatures on Wednesday will reach near 40 with the lower 40s on Thursday. Afternoon temperatures drop back into the 30s by Friday.