The heavy bands of rain associated with Hurricane Sandy could result in major inland, low-land and stream flooding across Maryland. That's according to Ken Widelski, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, who briefed reporters during a news conference Monday night at the Maryland Emergency Management Agency in Reisterstown. He says the area from Baltimore to the Eastern Shore could see eight to ten inches of rain, and five to ten-inches from Baltimore west to Hagerstown.

He also noted that winds will continue to be strong. "The areas between Point Lookout and Hagerstown could see wind gusts near hurricane force, up to 75 {miles per hour}, there," he says.

Widelski says the hurricane made landfall on Monday at Cape May, New Jersey, and is expected to travel slowly across northern Maryland.

But the far western half of the state is experiencing winter weather. "Western Maryland: we have blizzard warnings in affect from Garrett County, and now from western Allegheny County," he says. He's projecting areas above 3500 feet could see 18 to 24-inches of snow, with wind gusts over 60-miles per hour, and 6-12 inches above 2000 feet. "And that will continue into Tuesday," he says.

During the news briefing, Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown outlined the state's priorities. "We will continue working with local first responders in minimizing loss of life," he says. "Loss of life that could be due to downed power lines, flooding, flying debris."

He also says inspections will be conducted on Tuesday on the state's infrastructure, such as dams, bridges, roads and buildings to see how much damage was sustained.

"We're America's weather in miniature today," said Governor Martin O'Malley, during the briefing. "We've got the blizzard on the one side; we've got the waves of the Atlantic; we've got the tidal surges and the flooding. Every emergency operations center is fully activated."