NOAA satellite image of the United States on Friday, Feb. 5th, 2010 at 6:45 pm Eastern Time

A potentially dangerous snowstorm headed for the nation’s Capitol on Friday closed schools, triggered winter warnings and placed an additional financial strain on local and state governments.

An urgent bulletin from the National Weather Service predicted record snowfall in the Baltimore-Washington, D.C. region which could rival the January, 1922 “Knickerbocker Storm.”

“Twenty-eight inches of snow was produced from 3.02 inches of liquid water,” the NWS stated. “Current forecasts for this event have total liquid falling from this storm approaching 3 inches, which accordingly would create a snowfall that will rival the ‘Knickerbocker Storm’ total.”

The National Weather Service in Ohio issued a Winter Storm warning for many counties north of the Cincinnati metro area. According to the latest forecast models, Central Ohio could get as much as 6-8 inches of the white precipitation.

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