Montgomery Community Media

Officials with the Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA) are urging motorists to delay or cancel early morning travel tomorrow, Jan. 12, as forecasters are calling for freezing rain overnight into the morning. On Sunday, SHA crews began pre-treating metropolitan area interstates and other major roadways with salt brine as an initial measure to prevent ice […]

The season’s first snow fell on Nov. 26, the day before Thanksgiving. According to a winter weather advisory issued by the National Weather Service, two to five inches were predicted for our area. Below are some photos from the communities of Gaithersburg, Olney, Potomac and at White’s Ferry of the wintry weather event in Montgomery […]

UPDATED The National Weather Service has upgraded a winter storm watch to a winter storm warning for Montgomery County from Feb. 12-13. Heavy snow and ice accumulations are now imminent. A winter storm warning means that significant amounts of snow, sleet, or freezing rain are expected. According to a message from Alert Gaithersburg, travel disruptions […]

UPDATED At 2:30 p.m., there were 54 Pepco customers without power in Montgomery County. At 12:30 p.m., there were 439 Pepco customers without power in Montgomery County. At 9:30 a.m., there are 103 Pepco customers without power in Montgomery County. At 8:30 a.m. the number of outages in Montgomery County was down to 80, according […]

The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory for Montgomery County from 4 a.m. until 10 a.m. on Friday, February 8. A mix of precipitation types is expected.  Snow and sleet accumulation of up to 1 inch and up to a few hundredths of an inch of ice from freezing rain is expected. […]

UPDATED It was a mixed bag for weather on the day after Christmas in Montgomery County. The National Weather Service issued a winter weather advisory on Dec. 26 because of the rain, sleet and snow. A winter weather advisory is issued when frozen precipitation can impact travel so motorists were urged to use caution. Here […]