Overnight Winter Storm Brings Fresh Snow To DC, NoVA

VIRGINIA/DC — The National Weather Service was spot-on with its snow predictions for the snowstorm that covered the District of Columbia and a large part of Virginia with a blanket of snow.

Snow totals were less than Monday's storm, which brought nearly a foot of wet snow to parts of Virginia that caused extended power outages in areas, especially counties near Fredericksburg.

As predicted, snowfall totals Thursday night were slightly higher in the western suburbs. The National Weather Service had predicted 3 to 4 inches of snow in the area from Fredericksburg north to Alexandria and D.C., with slightly higher totals in Loudoun County and western Fairfax County.

Nearly 60,000 customers in Virginia were still without power Friday morning, according to the PowerOutage.US site, which tracks power outages. Louisa County, southwest of Fredericksburg, remains the hardest-hit county, with 9,722 customers still without power.

In Spotsylvania County, 7,600 customers are still without power, while 6,200 customers in Stafford County are waiting for the power to be restored.

In the counties of Arlington, Fairfax and Prince William, only 200 customers remain without power from Monday's storm.

Dominion Energy, the largest electric utility in Virginia, reported Friday morning that its crews restored thousands more customers overnight and has hundreds of crews in Fredericksburg "rolling out to work until every last customer is restored."

All school systems in Northern Virginia, as well as D.C. Public Schools, were closed on Friday due to the new snowfall and ongoing efforts to clear snow from Monday's storm.

Many parts of the region will not see temperatures climb above freezing until Sunday, contributing to little melting over the next two days, according to the Capital Weather Gang. On Sunday, temperatures are expected to be in the low-40s, with a chance of rain in the afternoon.

Cold weather is expected to return on Monday and Tuesday, with high temperatures forecast to be below freezing.

The Virginia Department of Transportation said Friday that some subdivisions and secondary roads in the Fredericksburg area are still waiting for their streets to be plowed.

"Today, VDOT crews resume work plowing lower-volume secondary roads, which remain in moderate condition with partial snow coverage. This work will continue 24-hrs. a day until all roads are passable," the department said.