RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) is urging Virginians to prepare “as soon as possible” for the first winter storm of 2025 , which will arrive in the Commonwealth on Sunday.
Virginians across the state can expect to see the effects of this powerful winter storm beginning the evening of Sunday, Jan. 5 and continuing into Monday, Jan. 6. For Central Virginians, Stormtracker8 meteorologists warn that snow will start to fall between 7 and 9 p.m. Sunday night.
In areas like VDOT’s Culpeper District — which includes Albemarle, Culpeper, Fauquier, Fluvanna, Greene, Louisa, Madison, Orange and Rappahannock counties, as well as the city of Charlottesville — the department warns that up to 10 inches of snow is possible, according to a Jan. 3 press release.
The department added that more southern Culpeper District counties — like Albemarle, Fluvanna and Louisa — could see lower snow totals overall, but that snow will be mixed with sleet and freezing rain.