The latest updates on weather.dtn.com, some areas in the US region is still in bad weather. We should be aware to prepare for the snow storm. It’s been reported that snow totals will still continue across the United States. And here’s the brief information on today’s snow storm.Heavy snow will taper off across the D.C.-Baltimore-Philadelphia corridor by the mid-afternoon with snow ending during the evening. Mainly dry conditions are then expected across the region by the late evening and lasting through the overnight hours.Snow will continue across the region today on the backside of a departing low pressure system. Some areas will remain as rain during the morning across southeastern Virginia and the Delmarva before changing over to snow by the early afternoon.Maryland is under a state of emergency today as a winter storm forecasters described as “extremely dangerous” spread across the area with potentially record-breaking snow totals and gale-force winds.Accumulation rates as high as two to three inches an hour were seen overnight and buried the region in about two feet of snow.

If forecasters are right, another five to nine inches of snow could fall by the time the storm ends this evening. The national weather service reported varying measurements, from 32 inches in Elkridge to 5 inches in Salisbury.

Some 34,000 customers in the region were without power, and abandoned cars were scattered on state highways in the early morning today.

State highway spokesman David Buck said crews working overnight were struggling to keep one lane open on all highways, although they had fallen behind somewhat over the night as two to three inches an hour fell.
He said the crews were reporting 24 to 25 inches of snow had fallen along the I 95 corridor through Maryland with snow starting to pick up in Carroll County. “We have abandoned cars all over. People got curious as the sun came up … People are waking up and thinking, ‘Hey, time to go out. Wrong move,’” Buck said.

Snowfall amounts will then quickly fall off north and south of this corridor with 2-6 inches for central Pennsylvania to northern New Jersey and southern Virginia. Highest totals will be from northeastern Virginia eastward to Delaware and southern New Jersey where 20 inches plus will be possible. Winds will also be quite gusty across the east with gusts to 35-45 mph being possible, especially in coastal areas. A few gusts to 50 mph will also be possible. Winds will then diminish through the overnight hours. Temperatures will run 3-7 degrees below normal across the north with readings 7-14 degrees below normal in the south.