March is definitely coming in like a lion this year. Yesterday’s winter storm watch has been upgraded (or downgraded depending on how you feel about snow) to a winter storm warning.

Montgomery County has issued a winter storm warning for our area starting at 3 PM and lasting to 7:00 the following morning. The county expects an accumulation between five to eight inches, which should make for a most unpleasant commute.

From other sources:

6ABC: Meteorologist Chris Sowers says snow and rain develops later this afternoon. Some locations could pick up more than a half a foot of snow.

CBS3’s weather maps show that we’re going to get four to eight inches.

My DarkSky weather app shows the storm warning details, but shows only light rain and light snow over that period.

This is a great weather app, but because the data is crowdsourced, sometimes it takes a while for conditions to update. In my experience, it’s generally accurate.

WXPN this morning forecasts a 100% chance of precipitation with snow and sleet into the early morning tomorrow.

Full details from the County:

…WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM EST MONDAY…

* WHAT…HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES EXPECTED.

* WHERE…MOST OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA, AND NORTHERN NEW JERSEY.

* WHEN…RAIN OR SNOW DEVELOPS THIS AFTERNOON, THEN ALL SNOW BY EVENING WHICH SHOULD FALL HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT BEFORE ENDING EARLY MONDAY MORNING.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS…TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT. SNOWFALL RATES OF UP TO AN INCH PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE BETWEEN ABOUT 5 PM AND 11 PM. WHILE THE SNOW WILL END BEFORE THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE, HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS SHOULD STILL BE OCCURRING FROM THE EARLIER HEAVY SNOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL, KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT, FOOD AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.