🚨 Big, important forecast update: more ice, higher outage risk We’ve released a new map and revised the storm timeline. Here’s what’s changed — and what matters most: • Totals similar, but more sleet than before. Less pure snow, more sleet mixing in. Some spots could stack 1–3 inches of sleet on top of snow. • Nearly everyone flips to sleet. Even near the PA line. The change from snow → sleet may happen quickly south to north Sunday morning into early afternoon. • Freezing rain risk is rising. Especially south of the Beltway, where icing on trees and power lines raises power-outage concerns. We’re most worried from Fredericksburg to Southern Maryland. • Snow may start later Saturday night. Beltway likely after 10 p.m.; dinner plans probably OK if you’re home before late evening. • Not a blockbuster snow, but a severe storm. Faster changeover limits snow totals, but this will be high-impact because of cold temps before, during, and after. Expect a cement-like mix of snow + ice that won’t melt for days. • Clear early and often. Shovel and salt as it falls. If you wait until the end, this hardens fast and becomes much harder to remove.

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