In case you missed the original post this morning, we're following the major winter storm that is headed toward the mid-Atlantic and northeast U.S. for the benefit of Austinites that regularly travel between the capital of Texas and our nation's capital.
Not much has changed since the morning update, and you can still refer to that post for additional details, but we did want to provide the latest storm total snowfall forecast for the region:
...as well as for the Washington DC/Baltimore area specifically:
The amount of snow currently forecasted for the Baltimore/Washington area is approaching/exceeding record levels (#1 in the record books is a 28 inch snow storm in January of 1922, and #2 is a 20.5 inch snow storm in February of 1899).
Regardless of the exact total from the upcoming system, major impacts will be had on all ground and air transportation throughout the region. The greater Washington DC transportation system (METRO) has already announced closings for the storm, and many airlines are also in the process of cancelling flights and/or issuing waivers.
Because so many airport hubs will be impacted by this storm, it will be important to check your flights ahead of time for cancellations and/or delays from tomorrow through at least Monday.
If you have already arrived in the DC area or will arrive early Friday, make sure that you have a back-up plan to include possibly becoming "stranded" until Monday.
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