Snow This Weekend - School Next Week?

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Anonymous wrote:We get 10+ inches Sunday with a dig out Monday followed by a deep freeze, I wouldn’t be surprised to get Tuesday to Thursday off.

I’d be happy with enough snow to get Tuesday off though.

We're not getting much snow. MCPS has plenty of time to prepare.

Right now models are forecasting 8+ inches of snow for Sunday into Monday. The forecast is not set in stone yet, of course, we're too far out. However, if 8 inches materializes across MoCo, then you can count on at least a Tuesday closure if not a Wednesday closure and beyond. There is nothing to prepare, PP. The issue is not enough plows across the area to take care of that amount of snow in a short amount of time. Don't know where you're from, but MoCo does not often have such snows. With climate change, this area is turning sub-tropical.

This area has plenty of plows. You don't seem to drive after snow. Most places are plowed within a day, and many of the areas that aren't plowed just have to go a couple blocks to get to a plowed street.

The issue historically has been that MCPS isn't ready.

Utterly wrong. Have you lived in this area for long? Last time it snowed 15+ inches, some streets didn't see a plow for a week. My husband had to catch a flight to say goodbye to his dying father right after the blizzard of 2016, and our street had not been plowed: a kind neighbor rented a snowblower on wheels and carved a path to the main street so he could get out to the airport.

So it depends on the amount of snow, PP. Please listen to the ones who lived through significant snow events in this area.

We're not going to get 15 inches. We're going to get less than 8.

"Most people" is not everyone. Most streets are plowed in a day. Of the the ones that aren't, most people are within a couple blocks of a street that is plowed. You probably know of that happens to you. Park on a street that gets plowed.

It's amazing how helpless some of you are.

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Anonymous wrote:We get 10+ inches Sunday with a dig out Monday followed by a deep freeze, I wouldn’t be surprised to get Tuesday to Thursday off.

I’d be happy with enough snow to get Tuesday off though.

We're not getting much snow. MCPS has plenty of time to prepare.

Right now models are forecasting 8+ inches of snow for Sunday into Monday. The forecast is not set in stone yet, of course, we're too far out. However, if 8 inches materializes across MoCo, then you can count on at least a Tuesday closure if not a Wednesday closure and beyond. There is nothing to prepare, PP. The issue is not enough plows across the area to take care of that amount of snow in a short amount of time. Don't know where you're from, but MoCo does not often have such snows. With climate change, this area is turning sub-tropical.

This area has plenty of plows. You don't seem to drive after snow. Most places are plowed within a day, and many of the areas that aren't plowed just have to go a couple blocks to get to a plowed street.

The issue historically has been that MCPS isn't ready.

Utterly wrong. Have you lived in this area for long? Last time it snowed 15+ inches, some streets didn't see a plow for a week. My husband had to catch a flight to say goodbye to his dying father right after the blizzard of 2016, and our street had not been plowed: a kind neighbor rented a snowblower on wheels and carved a path to the main street so he could get out to the airport.

So it depends on the amount of snow, PP. Please listen to the ones who lived through significant snow events in this area.

We're not going to get 15 inches. We're going to get less than 8.

"Most people" is not everyone. Most streets are plowed in a day. Of the the ones that aren't, most people are within a couple blocks of a street that is plowed. You probably know of that happens to you. Park on a street that gets plowed.

It's amazing how helpless some of you are.

You sound more confident than every single weather forecaster about the snow totals. Using a magic 8 ball?

[Anonymous]

Weather app says 23-28 inches of snow Sunday and 1-2 inches Saturday. Is this accurate? News articles I've been reading have been saying 14 inches total.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Weather app says 23-28 inches of snow Sunday and 1-2 inches Saturday. Is this accurate? News articles I've been reading have been saying 14 inches total.

The apps aren't accurate this far in advance.

[Anonymous]

They didn’t build enough snow days into this calendar.

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Anonymous wrote:Weather app says 23-28 inches of snow Sunday and 1-2 inches Saturday. Is this accurate? News articles I've been reading have been saying 14 inches total.

The apps aren't accurate this far in advance.

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Thomas Robertson | [e-mail]

January 20, 2026, 5:08 PM
Confidence is increasing that there will be a “significant” winter storm Saturday into Sunday along the Interstate 95 corridor, including the D.C. region and the rest of the mid-Atlantic, according to the National Weather Service.


It’s still too early to predict how much snow could fall, but the weather service said “significant snowfall accumulations are likely.”

https://wtop.com/weather-news/2026/01/confidence-increases-for-significant-winter-storm-in-dc-area-this-weekend/

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Anonymous wrote:We get 10+ inches Sunday with a dig out Monday followed by a deep freeze, I wouldn’t be surprised to get Tuesday to Thursday off.

I’d be happy with enough snow to get Tuesday off though.

We're not getting much snow. MCPS has plenty of time to prepare.

Right now models are forecasting 8+ inches of snow for Sunday into Monday. The forecast is not set in stone yet, of course, we're too far out. However, if 8 inches materializes across MoCo, then you can count on at least a Tuesday closure if not a Wednesday closure and beyond. There is nothing to prepare, PP. The issue is not enough plows across the area to take care of that amount of snow in a short amount of time. Don't know where you're from, but MoCo does not often have such snows. With climate change, this area is turning sub-tropical.

This area has plenty of plows. You don't seem to drive after snow. Most places are plowed within a day, and many of the areas that aren't plowed just have to go a couple blocks to get to a plowed street.

The issue historically has been that MCPS isn't ready.

Utterly wrong. Have you lived in this area for long? Last time it snowed 15+ inches, some streets didn't see a plow for a week. My husband had to catch a flight to say goodbye to his dying father right after the blizzard of 2016, and our street had not been plowed: a kind neighbor rented a snowblower on wheels and carved a path to the main street so he could get out to the airport.

So it depends on the amount of snow, PP. Please listen to the ones who lived through significant snow events in this area.

We're not going to get 15 inches. We're going to get less than 8.

"Most people" is not everyone. Most streets are plowed in a day. Of the the ones that aren't, most people are within a couple blocks of a street that is plowed. You probably know of that happens to you. Park on a street that gets plowed.

It's amazing how helpless some of you are.

Where do you live? It takes us at least 3 days to get plowed with more than 6 inches. Latest models calling for 16 inside the beltway.

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Anonymous wrote:We get 10+ inches Sunday with a dig out Monday followed by a deep freeze, I wouldn’t be surprised to get Tuesday to Thursday off.

I’d be happy with enough snow to get Tuesday off though.

We're not getting much snow. MCPS has plenty of time to prepare.

Right now models are forecasting 8+ inches of snow for Sunday into Monday. The forecast is not set in stone yet, of course, we're too far out. However, if 8 inches materializes across MoCo, then you can count on at least a Tuesday closure if not a Wednesday closure and beyond. There is nothing to prepare, PP. The issue is not enough plows across the area to take care of that amount of snow in a short amount of time. Don't know where you're from, but MoCo does not often have such snows. With climate change, this area is turning sub-tropical.

This area has plenty of plows. You don't seem to drive after snow. Most places are plowed within a day, and many of the areas that aren't plowed just have to go a couple blocks to get to a plowed street.

The issue historically has been that MCPS isn't ready.

Utterly wrong. Have you lived in this area for long? Last time it snowed 15+ inches, some streets didn't see a plow for a week. My husband had to catch a flight to say goodbye to his dying father right after the blizzard of 2016, and our street had not been plowed: a kind neighbor rented a snowblower on wheels and carved a path to the main street so he could get out to the airport.

So it depends on the amount of snow, PP. Please listen to the ones who lived through significant snow events in this area.

We're not going to get 15 inches. We're going to get less than 8.

"Most people" is not everyone. Most streets are plowed in a day. Of the the ones that aren't, most people are within a couple blocks of a street that is plowed. You probably know of that happens to you. Park on a street that gets plowed.

It's amazing how helpless some of you are.

You sound more confident than every single weather forecaster about the snow totals. Using a magic 8 ball?

It's the nature of the models. Less confident predictions further out consistently exaggerate predictions of severe weather, particularly precipitation amounts.

See what it says on Friday.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We get 10+ inches Sunday with a dig out Monday followed by a deep freeze, I wouldn’t be surprised to get Tuesday to Thursday off.

I’d be happy with enough snow to get Tuesday off though.

We're not getting much snow. MCPS has plenty of time to prepare.

Right now models are forecasting 8+ inches of snow for Sunday into Monday. The forecast is not set in stone yet, of course, we're too far out. However, if 8 inches materializes across MoCo, then you can count on at least a Tuesday closure if not a Wednesday closure and beyond. There is nothing to prepare, PP. The issue is not enough plows across the area to take care of that amount of snow in a short amount of time. Don't know where you're from, but MoCo does not often have such snows. With climate change, this area is turning sub-tropical.

This area has plenty of plows. You don't seem to drive after snow. Most places are plowed within a day, and many of the areas that aren't plowed just have to go a couple blocks to get to a plowed street.

The issue historically has been that MCPS isn't ready.

Utterly wrong. Have you lived in this area for long? Last time it snowed 15+ inches, some streets didn't see a plow for a week. My husband had to catch a flight to say goodbye to his dying father right after the blizzard of 2016, and our street had not been plowed: a kind neighbor rented a snowblower on wheels and carved a path to the main street so he could get out to the airport.

So it depends on the amount of snow, PP. Please listen to the ones who lived through significant snow events in this area.

We're not going to get 15 inches. We're going to get less than 8.

"Most people" is not everyone. Most streets are plowed in a day. Of the the ones that aren't, most people are within a couple blocks of a street that is plowed. You probably know of that happens to you. Park on a street that gets plowed.

It's amazing how helpless some of you are.

Where do you live? It takes us at least 3 days to get plowed with more than 6 inches. Latest models calling for 16 inside the beltway.

Midcounty. Roads are plowed quickly here. They might not come around again for a couple days, so there might be a few inches that fall on the cleared road, but you don't have to drive far to get to a road that is more frequently cleared.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We get 10+ inches Sunday with a dig out Monday followed by a deep freeze, I wouldn’t be surprised to get Tuesday to Thursday off.

I’d be happy with enough snow to get Tuesday off though.

We're not getting much snow. MCPS has plenty of time to prepare.

Right now models are forecasting 8+ inches of snow for Sunday into Monday. The forecast is not set in stone yet, of course, we're too far out. However, if 8 inches materializes across MoCo, then you can count on at least a Tuesday closure if not a Wednesday closure and beyond. There is nothing to prepare, PP. The issue is not enough plows across the area to take care of that amount of snow in a short amount of time. Don't know where you're from, but MoCo does not often have such snows. With climate change, this area is turning sub-tropical.

This area has plenty of plows. You don't seem to drive after snow. Most places are plowed within a day, and many of the areas that aren't plowed just have to go a couple blocks to get to a plowed street.

The issue historically has been that MCPS isn't ready.

Utterly wrong. Have you lived in this area for long? Last time it snowed 15+ inches, some streets didn't see a plow for a week. My husband had to catch a flight to say goodbye to his dying father right after the blizzard of 2016, and our street had not been plowed: a kind neighbor rented a snowblower on wheels and carved a path to the main street so he could get out to the airport.

So it depends on the amount of snow, PP. Please listen to the ones who lived through significant snow events in this area.

We're not going to get 15 inches. We're going to get less than 8.

"Most people" is not everyone. Most streets are plowed in a day. Of the the ones that aren't, most people are within a couple blocks of a street that is plowed. You probably know of that happens to you. Park on a street that gets plowed.

It's amazing how helpless some of you are.

You sound more confident than every single weather forecaster about the snow totals. Using a magic 8 ball?

It's the nature of the models. Less confident predictions further out consistently exaggerate predictions of severe weather, particularly precipitation amounts.

See what it says on Friday.

Yup, every single time. We will get some snow I think-but I don’t think we will get nearly as much as the models are saying right now. Way too far out to estimate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Weather app says 23-28 inches of snow Sunday and 1-2 inches Saturday. Is this accurate? News articles I've been reading have been saying 14 inches total.

Too hard to know for sure this early, but that much is unlikely.

[Anonymous]

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Let's put the PP who says MCPS always fails to prepare in charge of digging out, shall we?
And then we can pelt them with rotten tomatoes when the inevitable happens and they mess it up even worse than the usual MCPS slowpokes.

MCPS is a large system and meaningful snowstorms don't come every year these days. Their priority, financial and operational, is therefore NOT preparing to dig out. If they put money and effort into it, it would take away from other priorities and then you'd complain about that!

It will take the time it takes, and while I agree it should happen sooner, I've resigned myself and prepared in consequence. Missing several days of school due to issues with snow clearance is not the end of the world, but your bad attitude is a real problem.

Well maybe they should plan around the recovery taking some time and build more than one extra day into the calendar

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Someone on another thread just ordered sleds and snow pants. We will therefore get nothing!

That doesn't mean that we won't get a snow day in this district

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Let's put the PP who says MCPS always fails to prepare in charge of digging out, shall we?
And then we can pelt them with rotten tomatoes when the inevitable happens and they mess it up even worse than the usual MCPS slowpokes.

MCPS is a large system and meaningful snowstorms don't come every year these days. Their priority, financial and operational, is therefore NOT preparing to dig out. If they put money and effort into it, it would take away from other priorities and then you'd complain about that!

It will take the time it takes, and while I agree it should happen sooner, I've resigned myself and prepared in consequence. Missing several days of school due to issues with snow clearance is not the end of the world, but your bad attitude is a real problem.

Well maybe they should plan around the recovery taking some time and build more than one extra day into the calendar

+1 Climate change means more extreme weather events and we have seen that clearly this year and last year. Also sometimes individual schools have to close due to maintenance issues. Build at least 3 days in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Kids are already off on Monday. Teachers are supposed to report for grading, so maybe co will be quicker to close for all.

Teachers can just grade at home. They are not going to close.