. >>> "good morning, maryland," i'm jamie costello. >> i'm megan pringle. baltimore city schools closing three hours early, baltimore county closing two hours early. all of the updates are at the bottom of the screen so pay attention to that. >>> it is now 6:00. the giant has just opened and there is a line to get in. justin berk has the reason for that line. >> i know you like to have fun with this. just add some levity. i've got the farm are's almanac. for baltimore for february 5th, showers and warm. it's true. right there in print. anyway, they called for a heavy storm so i don't want to leave them in the cold. this will be an historic storm for a couple of reasons. will it be the biggest storm of all time? that's up for debate. this could be the biggest storm ever with one foot. and we'll throw others throughout the morning. once it begins, it could get heavy pretty fast and you don't want to get stuck with it as it rolls in across the area and there is a four-hour time frame to cross through central maryland. how much we get on average 12 to 24. some

. >>> good morning, i'm jamie costello. >> i'm megan pringle. hopefully you got everything you need for the big storm. >> we'll be here today and tomorrow morning. you coming in? >> yeah. >> you just assumed i'd not have pop >>> meteorologist justin berk, it's going to be huge. >> can you say that again? >> huge. >> yeah, this is a big storm. there's a couple of ways to overhype it. there have been so many numbers thrown out in terms of snowfall. i know sometimes in the fray it can get mixed up who said what. this is what we're saying from the storm center. the snow will begin between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. we cover a wide range of central maryland. not everybody gets the first start flakes at the same exact time. so we're trying to cover the entire viewing area. so if you live northeast, it will start earlier. if you live past howard county it may be a different time. so once it starts it gets heavy fast so don't get stuck out there. the snow map's coming up later on, but i still believe there will be sleet. i've been saying this all the way

i'm jamie costello. >> i'm megan pringle. i made the mistake of go together grocery store.four hours. >> you have to be nuts. >> i know, but i needed food. >> she was down to rice. >> yesterday she was at the gym working out and you run into someone who says what? >> are we getting 40 inches of snow? >> where does this come from, meteorologist justin berk? >> there's a group of forecasters online who throw out a number and this one has run wild across the internet. i've been in touch with some of them. this will not be an all snow event. we should change the title line to snow, sleet, snow. that will impact how much we get. the potential here, i really think the moisture cop tent will be 2 feet of snow. when does it begin? between 10:00 this morning and 2:00 in the afternoon. the thing about this type of stomple, it's really not a slow transition. it gets heavy fast. so please be careful. don't want you to get caught in this. once it begins, within an hour or two, it gets heavy. basically a winter storm warning for everybody. new jersey has

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