The National Weather Service (NWS) in Washington DC has issued a Winter Storm Watch for portions of central, southern and western Maryland, central, northern and northwest Virginia and the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia.
Just before noon on Saturday, January 4, 2025, the NWS issued the following alert:
Beginning at 1 a.m. on Monday, January 6, 2025, heavy snow is possible, along with the potential for sleet and freezing rain.
Total snow and sleet accumulations of five inches or greater and ice accumulations up to one tenth of an inch possible. In some areas, up to 10 inches of snow is possible.
The storm watch includes the following areas:
The District of Columbia, Garrett, Prince Georges, Anne Arundel, Charles, St. Marys, Calvert, Extreme Western Allegany, Central and Eastern Allegany, Northwest Montgomery, Central and Southeast Montgomery, Shenandoah, Frederick VA, Page, Warren, Clarke, Madison, Rappahannock, Culpeper, Fairfax, Arlington/Falls Church/Alexandria, Stafford, King George, Northern Fauquier, Southern Fauquier, Western Loudoun, Eastern Loudoun, Northwest Prince William, Central and Southeast Prince William/Manassas/Manassas Park, Hampshire, Morgan, Berkeley,Jefferson, Hardy, Western Grant, Eastern Grant, Western Mineral and Eastern Mineral.