It's already prompted officials to close federal offices in D.C. and COVID testing and vaccination sites in Maryland and Virginia. Airports coping with thousands of weekend flight cancellations were seeing many more.
A winter storm packing heavy snow was rolling into the District of Columbia, northern Virginia and central Maryland early Monday, bringing up to 10 inches of snow to the area through the afternoon. The system was expected to continue up the East Coast.
The National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning for the area until 4 p.m. EST Monday. Wind gusts of up to 35 mph were forecast, and travel was expected to be very difficult because of the hazardous conditions, the weather service said. "The timing of this isn't great," said National Weather Service meteorologist David Roth."For the D.C. area, it's morning rush hour. At least for places to the Northeast, it'll be closer to midday."
The Weather Prediction Center said 2 inches of snow per hour could fall in some areas, and thunder snow was possible. Localized snowfall totals could reach 10 inches.
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