easton and chestertown. two to four. and hagerstown. two to four. so see that amount of precipitation as this storm leaves. making way for the next one. gathering strength in texas. and air is cold enough here. where we may see a major r storm in the making for late friday night. and mainly on saturday. so we have to watch this storm closely. as we get toward the weekend. tonight, snow showers 31 degrees. and it looks like we will see on the five-day forecast. storm leave us with sunshine on thursday. 41. and partly cloudy friday with clouds gathering. that next storm potential for a major big storm for the eastern seaboard on saturday. so we have to watch that, track that storm closely. and then by sunday looking at 32 degrees. back to you. >> all right vytas. this is just in. moments ago. city of baltimore activated phase 1 of the snow emergency plans. that means all vehicles traveling on city roads must have snow tires, all weather tires, or chains. drivers are asked to use extreme caution, obviously, when driving on the roads. >> a baby is born

more, 2 1/2 toward churchill and chestertown.down to the south, 3-inch phos jessup, towards columbia and laurel and off to the west, 4 inches. you can add on a inch or so because of the heavy wet snow that we are having fall from the sky right now. around 2 and 2500th of an inch in westminster. so large system is in the region right now. so just a bit of some history. are we going to beat the total, a record from the snowfall? we could. so taking you back. trying to beat 28.2 inches, february 15, 2003. the second largest historic snowfall was 26.5 inches back in 1922. 22.8 inches in 1983, and 22.5 inches in 1996. so on the future scan. we will experience the heaviest snowfall totals overnight tonight. we can see right around 2 inches of snowfall per hour. and right around 3 a.m. is really when we get high in intensity with the snowfall totals. as the low pressure inches closer to our region. and then the back side of the low pressure system, very windy conditions. and that is what is allowing for blizzard conditions in the early

up into maybe carroll county and parts of the eastern shore to chestertown or perhaps easton and areas north. strong winds through saturday. gusts up to 50 miles an hour. the next three days, a flurry with winds increasing this afternoon. light snow, late tonight into early friday, the temperatures in the mid-40s tomorrow and mid- 40 on saturday. the winds will take time to pull out of here. the bus stop forecast, isolated flurries, not breezy yet. temperatures in the low to mid- 30s. sunrise at 6:36. this afternoon, cloudy and windy with highs in the mid- 40s. the winds could gust into the 40s by later today. a traps to two inches. mid-20s for lows. gusting to 30. and again a trace to 2 inches near 35 for the high northwest at 20 to 40. no advisories for us. i don't even know why the advisory is out there for the north gwinnett. it's out there, but i don't know if it's necessary. a winter storm watch for today and friday through northern baltimore up through north eastern maryland. the radar, we had a bit of moisture here, snowing across pennsylvania, new york, and the energy. you see

easton and chestertown, and it looks like we will continue to see the storm push off to the east. now, talking about the totals. seasonal snowfall of 1995 to 1996, 62.5 inches was the previous record. look what we have currently. 83.9 inches of snowfall. that is a lot of snow. we are totally not done with the winter season either. look at the numbers around the area. arundel, bwi thurgood marshall airport got 19.5. green haven, 17 1/2. south gate 16.2. crofton 12.8. baltimore county, 22 inches in glyndon. free land at 21. parkland 21. parkville 18.8. baltimore city, arlington reporting 20.9. glen oak -- gwynn oak pimlico 13. and eldersburg and >>ther areas, anywhere from about 14 to 20 inches across the area. i will have a closer look at the storm and what's next in the forecast. >> all right, vytas, thank you. >> you can be in charge of your own personalized weather forecast. i-radar is available at foxbaltimore.com. just use the interactive tools to track coming storms down to your neighborhood. go to foxbaltimore.com/i-radar. >> of course, there are a lot of closing. >> public

see columbia and northern anne arundel county up to bwi and across the bay, from chestertown in to queenstown. up in frederick county t western carroll things get lighter. what we are looking for this afternoon, windy day with blowing snow. frostburgburg 28. look at 36 for crownsville. and light snow or flurries with the winds in damascus and 35. >>> we have been watching the wind shaking our cameras all morning long. update you on 270 northbound. the accident involving the overturned tractor-trailer, at the beltway. looks like it has been pushed to the left shoulder. the tractor-trailer is still there so you want to approach with caution. in bethesda, we have a downed tree at ridge drive. it has all the lanes blocked at 44th street. back to you. >>> it will be a great day if you have your mind made up to make the most of it. best-selling author and motivational speaker willie jolley says the choice is yours to be happy. >>> good morning. this is willie jolley. today's live better tip for success is focused on helping you overcome this challenging economy. it is taken from my new book -- all

mixed bag there and over toward chestertown. but we can see off off to the western edge. west chester and hagerstown. dry line working in. but several miles of snow to deal with through the overnight. so it looks like several inches continue to come down. that's why westbound under a winter storm warning four central maryland. including baltimore city. stretching down to 95 corridor to d.c.. counties west of the baltimore county area. and frederick county. and also in to harford county. we have win ter weather advisories across the bay, including cecil. this is the forecast of what i am expecting. about a three to 6-inch snowfall across i-95 corridor, stretching from dc, including baltimore city. northern portions of baltimore county. 3 to 5 inches. carroll county back to frederick county. 3 to 5 . and then annapolis, 3 to 5 inches. you could be on the lower end or higher end of that, depending on where the snow burst occurs. and also on the eastern shore. you folks out there in kent county, st. mary's county looking at anywhere from 2-to 4-inches stretching south and loo