Ice-coated morning in DC area captured in photos

Freezing rain resulted in icy ground in Northwest D.C. in this 2016 file photo. (WTOP/Dave Dildine) — Freezing rain resulted in icy ground in Northwest D.C. Saturday morning. (WTOP/Dave Dildine)

Freezing rain in the D.C. region resulted in chaos on the dangerously icy roads, school closings and event cancellations early Saturday. (WTOP/Dave Dildine)

Ice covered the roads in much of the D.C. region early Saturday morning during a Winter Weather Advisory. (WTOP/Ian Crawford)

A woman attempts to clear ice from her windshield Saturday morning, when sleet and freezing rain coated the D.C. area in ice. Ice covered the roads in much of the D.C. region early Saturday morning during a Winter Weather Advisory. (WTOP/Ian Crawford)

@WTOP @wusa9 icicle lights hanging in my window and real icicles on the trees here in Silver Spring. pic.twitter.com/qrz3wwAINJ
— Gay Piotroski (@toothdegay) December 17, 2016

(WTOP/Ian Crawford)

It's an ice slick in Alexandria VA @WTOP Staying in to grade @USCPrice grad papers and wrap #Christmas #frozen pic.twitter.com/pLXtQhnmWk
— Dr. Dora K Vertenten (@DoctorDora) December 17, 2016

(WTOP/Ian Crawford)

Car windows were coated in ice due to freezing rain in Northwest D.C. Saturday morning. (WTOP/Dave Dildine)

DDOT salt trucks were a welcome sight on a slick Wisconsin Avenue in Northwest D.C. Saturday morning, when freezing rain resulted in sheets of ice on the roads. (WTOP/Mike Murillo)

@WTOP pic.twitter.com/VKEBecCu7P
— James (@triceraranger) December 17, 2016

(WTOP/Mike Murillo)

Brrrrr! Sheets of ice coat Mount Vernon Triangle neighborhood in DC this morning @WTOP pic.twitter.com/kfQcrF7gi8
— Sarah Beth Hensley (@SarahBethHens) December 17, 2016

(WTOP/Mike Murillo)

.@Capitalweather Icy impassable driveway, Short Hill Mtn, western Loudoun Co. No melting at higher elevations. pic.twitter.com/lEyfb74mep
— Jon Parrish Peede (@JonPeede) December 17, 2016

(WTOP/Mike Murillo)

.@WTOP you asked for pix of current conditions? pic.twitter.com/SA96WN0DEZ
— Jimmy Bingo (@mcjimmybingo) December 17, 2016

(WTOP/Mike Murillo)

@WTOP around 8 am, Gaithersburg. pic.twitter.com/UJvihKh3E7
— RED Robin Tweets (@BluebirdCatnip) December 17, 2016

(WTOP/Mike Murillo)

@WTOP No melting yet - 10:45am in Falls Church City. pic.twitter.com/OuQaKF5Uwp
— Charles Hansen (@CharlesHansen) December 17, 2016

(WTOP/Mike Murillo)

@WTOP Pasadena MD roads are pretty good and the sights are pretty good too #WinterWonderland pic.twitter.com/mFwRZBZceJ
— Untitledcarshow (@untitledcarshow) December 17, 2016

(Courtesy Joy Waltzer Price)

#ice can be #beautiful @capitalweather @JimCantore @dougkammerer @WTOP #cold #Abstract pic.twitter.com/9VHp7tNWvw
— Eric Druxman (@druxman) December 17, 2016

(Courtesy Joy Waltzer Price)