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Weekend Weather Looks Frightful: Winter Storm Watch Issued for Prince George's

One to two inches of snow and sleet, and a quarter-inch of ice or more may accumulate Sunday night and into Monday.

Written by Jenni Pompi

I hope you enjoyed Thursday's balmy temps, because the next few days in Prince George's County are going to be colder and wetter than a dog's nose

The National Weather Service is calling for a 70 percent chance of rain Friday, bumping that up to a 100 percent chance overnight. Friday's highs in the low 50s will drop to around 37 degrees.

Rain is likely for Saturday morning, though the weather is expected to clear after 7 a.m. Highs should be in the low 40s during the day. Saturday's overnight forecast is dry and cloudy, but temperatures will plummet to 29 degrees.

On Sunday, NWS is calling for a 90 percent chance of precipitation and highs around 35 degrees. Snow is likely before 1 p.m., when it will change to rain or sleet. A quarter-inch to a half-inch of precipitation is possible.

NWS is calling for a "significant weather event" Sunday night and into Monday morning, saying snow and ice accumulations are likely. Freezing rain or sleet are expected before 9 p.m., with sleet or snow expected between 9 p.m. 1 a.m., at which point it should switch over to rain. One to two inches of snow and sleet, and a quarter-inch of ice or more may accumulate Sunday night and into Monday. Temperatures will be around 32 degrees. 

Winter Storm Cleon, the third named winter storm of the 2013-14 season, has already dumped a swath of locally heavy snow from the Rockies to the Upper Midwest, and a stripe of snow, sleet andfreezing rain from the Southern Plains to the Ohio Valley, according to The Weather Channel.


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