Montgomery Community Media

UPDATED 1.14.17 10 a.m. The city of Gaithersburg facilities are opening at noon. Update 1/14: All City facilities will be opening at noon. Classes/programs/activities starting before noon at all sites are cancelled. — City of Gaithersburg (@GburgMD) January 14, 2017 Pavement conditions are wet and, in some spots, slick. Drivers should use caution as conditions […]

The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for snow. The advisory is in effect from 3 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday. According to the advisory, some portions of Montgomery County may see between one and three inches of snow. A Winter Weather Advisory means that periods of snow may cause travel […]

State Highway Administration crews are preparing for a coastal winter storm that is expected to impact southern Maryland and the Eastern Shore this weekend. According to an SHA news release, crews are pre-treating roads before the snow arrives. “The coastal storm is forecasted to impact areas south and east in our State, but we are […]

The Maryland Department of Transportation’s State Highway Administration (SHA) is pretreating roads and interstates in advance of Maryland’s first accumulating snowfall of the season. The SHA crews are spraying salt brine on roads to prevent snow or ice from bonding to the pavement. “The storm is expected to impact Friday morning’s rush hour, which presents […]

Montgomery County residents saw their first wintry precipitation of the season on Dec. 17. It arrived in the form of sleet, ice and rain that fell across Montgomery County for several hours on Saturday morning. Here’s a look at some of the frozen scenes that were shared with MyMCMedia: It’s sleeting in @GburgMD – crunchy […]

Maryland Governor Larry Hogan has released a statement following multiple traffic fatalities and dangerous weather conditions on Saturday morning across the state: “I strongly urge all Marylanders to use common sense and put their safety first by heeding all travel warnings from state and local authorities. Road conditions in many areas of the state are […]

UPDATED The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for Montgomery County, effective now thru noon on Saturday. According to the NWS, sleet is the main concern with a possibility of one to two tenths of an inch from freezing rain. The sleet is expected to change to rain around noon as temperatures […]

Remember Jonas? That snowstorm dumped a record amount of snow on Montgomery County last winter, and it also prompted some changes that were unveiled at this year’s Snow Summit. MyMCMedia’s Sonya Burke reports. Snow Operations Center is key to managing operations and tracking weather and road conditions pic.twitter.com/npYanzIgtU — MCDOT (@MCDOTNow) November 2, 2016 MCDOT […]

You may want to cover your plants tonight. The National Weather Service has issued a frost advisory, effective from 3 a.m. to 9 a.m. on Wednesday morning. According to the advisory, temperatures are expected to be somewhere between 32 and 36 degrees outside Washington, D.C. and downtown Baltimore, and the cold weather could damage sensitive […]

A teen program run by the Takoma Park Recreation Department included a basketball game between the teens and city employees. The game was about a lot more than fitness. Take a look: Visit Takoma Park City TV to see more Takoma Park City Television.