Some D.C.-area school districts are now closed Friday and others are opening later as snow is making roads slick during the morning commute.
Several districts announced two-hour delays ahead of a storm system that began moving into the region overnight. A few districts, including in Loudoun and Prince George’s counties, later said schools would close for the day as conditions changed.
Some areas are under a winter weather advisory until 4 p.m.
While precipitation is expected to be light, cold temperatures could cause whatever falls to be snow, which may stick to roads and sidewalks.
Announced school delays and closings
- Anne Arundel County Public Schools: Two-hour delay
- Alexandria City Public Schools: Two-hour delay
- Arlington Public Schools: Two-hour delay
- Calvert County Public Schools: Two-hour delay
- Culpeper County Public Schools: Closed; essential personnel and custodians to report at noon. The district had previously announced a delay.
- Fairfax County Public Schools: Two-hour delay
- Falls Church City Public Schools: Two-hour delay
- Fauquier County Public Schools: Closed; essential personnel to report at 11 a.m. and administrative offices open at noon. The district had previously announced a delay.
- Loudoun County Public Schools: Closed; two-hour delay for administrative offices. The district had previously announced a delay.
- Manassas City Public Schools: Closed; Code Blue for employees
- Prince George’s County Public Schools: Closed; Code Yellow for employees. The district had previously announced a delay.
- Prince William County Public Schools: Two-hour delay
- Spotsylvania County Public Schools: Closed; essential personnel report for emergency services as necessary
- Stafford County Public Schools: Closed
(Earlier predictions from the Capital Weather Gang)
The D.C. area looks to be on the northern edge of a storm system sliding by to the south late Thursday night into Friday morning. While precipitation is expected to be light, temperatures falling into the upper and mid-20s will be cold enough for whatever falls to be snow, which may stick to roads and sidewalks.
The Capital Weather Gang is predicting anywhere from just flurries toward northern Maryland to as much as 1 to 2 inches of snow in Southern Maryland and Stafford County. Around 1 inch is the most likely amount in the Beltway region.
As for timing, the light snow should spread into the region from southwest to northeast around 2 to 6 a.m., perhaps remaining just flurries toward northern Maryland, before exiting west to east around 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
SchoolCast
Confidence in accumulating snow, and therefore school impacts, is highest south of the Beltway. It’s possible there is enough snow for school delays in D.C. and to the north, but it’s far from certain because the accumulating snow will probably transition to barely a dusting or just flurries somewhere between the northern Beltway and the Maryland-Pennsylvania border.
FedCast
As of now, it doesn’t look like enough snow in the Beltway area for the Office of Personnel Management to alter operations. But that could change if the system shifts slightly north and produces a longer period of steadier, heavier snow than expected.
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