From the National Weather Service:AT 1 PM...AN ORGANIZED AREA OF SNOW SHOWERS WAS OVER PENNSYLVANIA. THESE SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO PROGRESS SOUTH OVER MARYLAND... THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA... AND VIRGINIA DURING THE MID AFTERNOON THROUGH EVENING HOURS. LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A HALF INCH OF SNOWFALL ARE POSSIBLE...BUT ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE MAINLY ON UNPAVED SURFACES. IF PAVEMENT TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING OR MORE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MAY BE ISSUED. AT THIS......

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This one's for the doubters (I'm looking at you, Mattos). Kyle Walton was able to snap this shot of today's brief flurries from his vantage point in Chinatown.......

It's not sticking at all and is so light it's difficult to photograph, but the first flurries of the season began to fall in D.C. during the lunch hour today. By no means a snowpocalypse, but bona fide snow nonetheless. Where I am on U Street, the flurries lasted for about eight minutes before the clouds rolled past and the sun came back. Did you see flakes where you are? Rest assured, we've put a......

We're by no means ready to trot out our favorite cold weather word, but at 3:15 p.m., the Capital Weather Gang was still predicting a possibility for a light dusting of snow this evening. The key passage is here: "no significant accumulation expected in the metro area." You hear that, drivers? Keep your wits about you if the drops of water expected to start falling from the sky soon start turning into white fluffy flakes......

It's by no means pleasant outside today, but yesterday's fears of a thick coating of ice in the District haven't come to pass. Still, Davy DCist sent us this totally obnoxious postcard just to rub today's winter storm in our faces. The nerve of that guy. So here's the deal now: most of the suburban school districts are closed, and there was indeed a 15-car pileup on I-270 in Montgomery County, but warmer temperatures......

If you didn't have enough fun with slipping and falling on the ice last week, the National Weather Service has exciting news for you: another winter storm warning has been issued from 10 p.m. tonight through 10 p.m. Friday. Normally we don't like to leave all-caps in blockquotes, but given the apparent need for D.C.-style winter weather panic, capital letters seem somehow appropriate. A STORM MOVING IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST WILL BRING PRECIPITATION INTO......

When yesterday's ice storm was just getting underway, I posted a rather pathetic admission that I had fallen down on the ice outside of DCist HQ. Since then, many of you have added your icy sidewalk tales of woe to the comments, some with far worse results than mine. But if this FOX News report is any indication, my slip and fall truly pales in comparison to that of U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates,......

So, yeah. I totally just bit it on the brick sidewalk in front of DCist HQ, which had been coated with an invisible layer of slick ice since I left a few hours ago. I was even wearing all-weather boots! Sadly, my fall was more of the forward onto one knee and then over to one side variety, rather than the more classic comedy-style feet flying up and landing squarely on your bottom. Sigh.......

Mayor Adrian Fenty will adopt a different approach to removing snow from District streets after a winter storm - one that places a bigger emphasis on residential streets instead of putting them on the back burner until the main roads have been plowed. The Washington Post's copy editors get a gold star for dubbing this plan "No Street Left Behind". The basic idea behind Fenty's new snow removal plan is to send out two teams......

The National Weather Service had issued a Winter Weather Advisory between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. today because of some light snow and freezing rain in the forecast, but it has now canceled that advisory. Apparently rising temperatures (it's now 36 degrees in the center of the city) mean any more precipitation today will just be plain old rain. Some commenters over at Capital Weather Gang were reporting more of a wintry mix about an......

We haven't had much snow so far this winter, so we thought it was high time to trot out everyone's favorite MS Paint stick figure, Davy DCist. The snowy view from DCist HQ is below -- it's finally starting to stick. You can check live traffic cam shots to see if the snow is sticking where you are over here. Look for the snow to change to a mix of sleet and rain after......

Parts of the District were treated to a very brief snow flurry around noon today, but it disappeared as fast as it started, leaving area snow lovers aroused, yet unsatisfied. But wait! The newly renamed Capital Weather Gang says there's another chance for snow, if also a little slim, on Thursday. Here's the deal: A storm will come up the coast Thursday. Enough cold air will be in place when the precipitation first arrives......

Temperatures are expected to remain well below freezing again overnight, which can mean danger for the District's homeless population. The city has put out a reminder to call their Hypothermia Shelter Hotline should you spot anyone trying to sleep outside when it's this cold. By calling 1-800-535-7252, the Shelter Hotline can provide transportation to emergency shelters and distribute items such as blankets, gloves and jackets. If you live outside the District, Express has compiled a......

Our Pilgrim cousins to the north have been having all the wintry fun of late. While we sit here in the mid-Atlantic frantically wondering if we'll get snow instead of an annoying, ice-cold spritz, Boston gets about eight inches of commute-snarling precip. Why do they get all the snow AND all the good sports teams? This weekend is our next chance at a winter coating, but again, we sit on the line of pure snow......