Montgomery Community Media

The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory for Montgomery County until 6 a.m. on Friday, January 3rd. A winter weather advisory is issued when frozen precipitation is expected which may impact travel. Caution should be used during any travel. Snow begins this afternoon (Jan. 2) and will continue throughout the night with […]

With snow, high winds and bitter cold expected later today into Friday throughout Maryland, the Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA) encourages all travelers to plan ahead. While forecasts are for moderate snow accumulations, wind gusts could blow snow and reduce visibility and extremely low temperatures pose dangers for motorists who become stranded with broken down […]

Pepco crews restored power to thousands of customers who lost service during the Dec. 8 winter storm. The vast majority of customers were expected to have service restored by the evening of Dec. 9. New outages were occurring throughout the day as weakened trees and limbs are causing additional interruptions. According to a news release, […]

The Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA) reminds motorists to drive with caution this morning (Dec. 9). Highway crews salted routes and plowed shoulders and merge lanes overnight, and will continue to address potential icy conditions in some areas and remove debris. The small break in the storm last night allowed crews to salt area routes, […]

Montgomery County crews are actively treating all primary roads, secondary roads and county salt routes. Road conditions remain slippery. If you must drive, use extreme caution and allow plenty of breaking distance as pavement conditions remain unfavorable. County officials are also resident to use extreme caution and remain vigilant observing pedestrian traffic as pedestrian traffic […]

What a wintry way to start spring break. Send us your snow photos to pix@mymcmedia.org and tell us how you are spending the day.

UPDATED 3/18 The NWS has canceled the winter weather advisory for Montgomery County. Winter is not over yet. The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a winter weather advisory for snow from midnight until 2 p.m. on Monday, March 18. According to the NWS’advisory, snow may spread over the Montgomery County area late tonight with […]

Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA) crews are preparing for a storm forecasted to begin later today and continue into Wednesday, with the possibility of significant accumulations and travel impacts to motorists. Crews pre-treated major roads with salt brine, which will help prevent initial bonding of snow and ice on pavements. “After numerous squalls with minimal […]

Rockville announced they have declared a snow emergency in preparation for the major storm projected to affect the Washington area tonight (Mar. 5) through Thursday. Crews have already pre-treated major roadways in Rockville, and are on standby to treat and plow roads as needed. The city has declared a snow emergency for Rockville and issued […]

Updated 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 5. The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a winter storm warning beginning at 12:01 a.m. on Wednesday, March 6 until 3 a.m. on Thursday, March 7. According to the NWS, this storm is expected to start as rain on Tuesday evening, but change over to snow late evening. […]