Cleaning up, schools delayed today
Midshipmen 3rd Class Nicholas Hogan, from 8th Company, shovels the steps of a home on King George Street. Midshipmen from the Naval Academy help their neighbors around the outside of the yard by shoveling snow off streets and cars. County schools will open two hours late today. See more weather information on
Anne Arundel County Public Schools will open two hours late this morning as cleanup from the year's first winter storm continued.
A schools spokesman issued a statement Monday afternoon saying maintenance crews spent the day clearing snow school lots and driveways but still had work to do before all access ways were clear.
Because any snowmelt is expected to refreeze on roads and sidewallks overnight, the school system pushed back school start times two ours.
The delayed opening was the latest change after 8 inches of snow fell on much of Anne Arundel County Saturday through early Monday. County schools were closed Monday and many government offices were closed because of liberal leave policies for employees at both county and Annapolis governments.
Anne Arundel County said 252 plow crews were deployed to clear more than 6,700 county roads Sunday. The county said in a release some parts of the region saw more than eight inches of snowfall Sunday.
Roads were largely passable across the county and snow emergency status on state highways was lifted Monday morning.
Anne Arundel County announced Monday afternoon that it would reopen warming centers at county police stations for people without heat or homes.
Firefighters responded to 54 reports of vehicle crashes between 7 p.m. Saturday and roughly 9 a.m. Monday, said Capt. Russ Davies, spokesman for the Anne Arundel County Fire Department.
He wrote in an email that 14 of the accidents resulted in injuries, but none of them serious.
The National Weather Service warned drivers to watch for slippery conditions during their commute as temperatures were expected to remain below freezing for much of the morning.
Maryland State Police said the agency had received almost 1,400 calls for service and responded to 305 reported crashes throughout Maryland as of 7 a.m. Monday.
Trash and recycling services will resume as normal.
This weekend's snowfall may have been just the beginning of an active winter weather pattern for Maryland.
Another snowfall is possible Thursday, as moisture moves up from the south to meet chilly air forecast over the region this week. A light snow or wintry mix is possible especially north and west of Baltimore.
And then, long-range weather models were predicting a potent storm could move up the East Coast this weekend.
“At this time uncertainty is quite high, but with ample available cold air in vicinity of and behind a likely very dynamic system, there is potential for a significant storm,” meteorologists at the National Weather Service's Baltimore/Washington forecast office wrote Monday.