Snow This Weekend - School Next Week?

[Anonymous]

This blows.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Updates from most recent GFS and ECMWF model forecast: snow storm is hitting us Saturday night through Sunday. It's heavy snow and then possibly freezing rain as we sit right around the freezing line. If this is indeed the case, it's going to be a nightmare for travel.

+1 thank you for sharing

As a layperson I was confused to see the prediction for wintry mix/freezing rain given the temps are going to be so low. Can you elaborate on why we will get freezing rain if temps in the 20s and teens?

dp. If the storm trends north, our temperatures will rise and mix precip and sleet will fall. The temperatures will drop again and everything will freeze.

NP A mid-layer of warmer air may get pulled in from the Atlantic by the intensifying low to our north. Then snow from the upper layers, melts some as it passes through a warmer layer, they refreezes closer to the ground forming sleet or freezing rain.
https://justinweather.com/2026/01/21/how-the-weekend-winter-storm-may-become-miller-b-type-and-turn-heavy-snow-to-ice/

I've been following Justin Berk out of Baltimore for 15 years. He really does a good job with explaining models and predicting actual snowfall for central Maryland. Better than forecasts out of DC for the "metro area".

PP that shared the recent GFS forecast. Thanks for helping me clarify. Just got off a full-day meeting and ready to head to homedepot (hopefully they haven't run out of shovels and salt!)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This blows.

Why?

[Anonymous]

Chances are going up for a major storm, per CWG.

Headline is:
Odds rising for one of D.C.’s biggest winter storms in years this weekend
The snow and perhaps ice, accompanied by bitter and long-lasting cold, could cause major disruptions to schools, airports and businesses Sunday into next week.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2026/01/21/dc-winter-storm-snow-ice-forecast/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Prepare for Taylor’s new approach of closing some schools and not others

Not going to happen until after they have magnets in every cluster. Then the transportation issue is mute.

[Anonymous]

Sorry, moot. Dictating sucks.

[Anonymous]

My prediction ( my kid is private but we follow mcps)
Closed Mon and Tues.
Closed or delay Weds.
Delay Thurs and Fri.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My prediction ( my kid is private but we follow mcps)
Closed Mon and Tues.
Closed or delay Weds.
Delay Thurs and Fri.

MCPS is already off on Monday. But I imagine your private will close.

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Anonymous wrote:This blows.

Why?

3-4 missed school days that need to be made up? Yes, that sucks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:This blows.

Why?

3-4 missed school days that need to be made up? Yes, that sucks.

It's ridiculous that they only build in one day. They should build in more, and then just release early if not used.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This blows.

Why?

3-4 missed school days that need to be made up? Yes, that sucks.

You know sometimes the state grants a waiver.

[Anonymous]

I think for the storm early last January that had us closed Mon-Weds and delayed on Thurs, the snow fell Sunday evening into Monday, right? And it seems like for this one the snow will be Saturday evening into Sunday? So I'm gonna guess they'll be closed through Tuesday and delayed opening Wednesday.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:This blows.

Why?

3-4 missed school days that need to be made up? Yes, that sucks.

You know sometimes the state grants a waiver.

Still sucks. I don’t like being cold and trapped.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think for the storm early last January that had us closed Mon-Weds and delayed on Thurs, the snow fell Sunday evening into Monday, right? And it seems like for this one the snow will be Saturday evening into Sunday? So I'm gonna guess they'll be closed through Tuesday and delayed opening Wednesday.

If the predicted storm performs at the high end it will be twice as much snow.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This blows.

Why?

3-4 missed school days that need to be made up? Yes, that sucks.

It's ridiculous that they only build in one day. They should build in more, and then just release early if not used.

Why not have the days? We used to have more than 181 days.