The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory for Ocean City and surrounding areas in effect through 1 p.m. Thursday.
The forecast calls for 1 to 4 inches of snow for Ocean City tapering off by late Thursday morning. As of 5:25 a.m., no snow had fallen.
Temperatures were expected to fall to a low of 22 degrees on Wednesday night and reach a high of 28 degrees on Thursday. Winds will be out of the northeast at 10 to 15 mph with stronger gusts.
At the Ocean City Board of Education meeting on Wednesday evening, officials were hoping that a school cancellation or postponement would not be necessary. No announcement had been made by 5:30 a.m.
The tentative date for the last day of school and Ocean City High School graduation has already been pushed back from June 15 to June 17, after two snow days and one school cancellation for flooding.
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