Rain, warmer temperatures slated for Tuesday

A front end loader removes a lane's worth of snow on West Ox Road. (WTOP/Neal Augenstein) — A front end loader removes a lane’s worth of snow on West Ox Road. (WTOP/Neal Augenstein)

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 25: Vehicle traffic navigates the narrow paths cut through piles of snow in the neighborhood near Catholic Unveristy after Winter Storm Jonas covered the region with more than two feet of snow January 25, 2016 in Washington, United States. The storm hit the East Coast over the weekend, breaking snowfall records, causing 29 storm-related deaths, leaving thousands of homes without power and serious flooding in coastal areas. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) — WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 25: Vehicle traffic navigates the narrow paths cut through piles of snow in the neighborhood near Catholic Unveristy after Winter Storm Jonas covered the region with more than two feet of snow January 25, 2016 in Washington, United States. The storm hit the East Coast over the weekend, breaking snowfall records, causing 29 storm-related deaths, leaving thousands of homes without power and serious flooding in coastal areas. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 25: Residents of the Capitol Hill neighborhood work to clean snow off their cars after Winter Storm Jonas covered the region with more than two feet of snow January 25, 2016 in Washington, United States. The storm hit the East Coast over the weekend, breaking snowfall records, causing 29 storm-related deaths, leaving thousands of homes without power and serious flooding in coastal areas. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) — WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 25: Residents of the Capitol Hill neighborhood work to clean snow off their cars after Winter Storm Jonas covered the region with more than two feet of snow January 25, 2016 in Washington, United States. The storm hit the East Coast over the weekend, breaking snowfall records, causing 29 storm-related deaths, leaving thousands of homes without power and serious flooding in coastal areas. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Metro estimates that the extra cleanup costs and lost revenue tied to the blizzard added up to $7 to $8 million. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) — WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 25: Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, or Metro, trains resumed service on all but one of its lines by Monday afternoon after Winter Storm Jonas covered the region with more than two feet of snow January 25, 2016 in Washington, United States. The storm hit the East Coast over the weekend, breaking snowfall records, causing 29 storm-related deaths, leaving thousands of homes without power and serious flooding in coastal areas. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 25: Dump trucks and excavators create a miniature mountain range of snow taken off the streets of the capital in one of the parking lots near Robert F. Kennedy Stadium after Winter Storm Jonas covered the region with more than two feet of snow January 25, 2016 in Washington, United States. The storm hit the East Coast over the weekend, breaking snowfall records, causing 29 storm-related deaths, leaving thousands of homes without power and serious flooding in coastal areas. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 25: A television reporter stands on top of a miniature mountain range of snow taken off the streets of the capital and dumped in one of the parking lots near Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium after Winter Storm Jonas covered the region with more than two feet of snow January 25, 2016 in Washington, United States. The storm hit the East Coast over the weekend, breaking snowfall records, causing 29 storm-related deaths, leaving thousands of homes without power and serious flooding in coastal areas. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) — WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 25: A television reporter stands on top of a miniature mountain range of snow taken off the streets of the capital and dumped in one of the parking lots near Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium after Winter Storm Jonas covered the region with more than two feet of snow January 25, 2016 in Washington, United States. The storm hit the East Coast over the weekend, breaking snowfall records, causing 29 storm-related deaths, leaving thousands of homes without power and serious flooding in coastal areas. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 24: Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the U.S. Capitol is covered with snow on January 24, 2016 in Washington, DC. The blizzard that has brought massive snowfall and a standstill to the East Coast and the Mid Atlantic region has stopped. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) — WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 24: Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the U.S. Capitol is covered with snow on January 24, 2016 in Washington, DC. The blizzard that has brought massive snowfall and a standstill to the East Coast and the Mid Atlantic region has stopped. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

A loader piles a full bucket of snow in front of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, Sunday, Jan. 24, 2016. Washington is digging out after a mammoth blizzard with hurricane-force winds and record-setting snowfall brought much of the East Coast to an icy standstill. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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WASHINGTON — As the post-blizzard recovery continues on Tuesday, warmer temperatures should help with ongoing street clearing.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser says that cleanup efforts in the District are continuing, but she’s asking residents to help out. At a news conference on Tuesday, Bowser said that all the city’s major arteries were down to bare pavement, and that the Snow Emergency, which imposes parking restrictions, a cab surcharge and other measures, will be lifted at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
Bowser reiterated the need for residents and business owners to shovel their sidewalks for pedestrians, including the children who will return to city schools on Wednesday, can walk safely without going into the roadway. “We feel very strongly that the kids will have a reasonably clear way” to get to school.
Michelle Lerner, of D.C. Public Schools, says all schools have been checked to make sure they have working heat and no burst pipes or water damage.
Bowser asked residents to help clear paths from bus stops to the street, as well as fire hydrants and sewer drains — “you know where they are.”
Bowser said the city would begin enforcing shoveling restrictions on business owners, though private residents wouldn’t be ticketed.
She also asked for help from residents with clearing fire hydrants and storm drains – “you know where they are.”
The mayor added that a giant snow melter had arrived from Indiana, and another was on the way.
Emergency services director Christopher Geldart said that residents need to not only shovel their sidewalks, but provide a “curb cut” – a path from their sidewalks to the street. He also reiterated Police Chief Cathy Lanier’s sentiments from earlier in the week: While he acknowledged that shoveling out a parking spot is “heavy work … you don’t own your space.”

Still, problems persist: Rock Creek Parkway is closed in both directions from about 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. to facilitate snow removal. WTOP’s Neal Augenstein reports that, while Route 50 in Loudoun County has been cleared, and the main routes in Fairfax have been plowed, lanes may suddenly disappear, even on busy roads such as Stringfellow Lane; neighborhood roads may only have one lane, and many intersections have high piles of snow that you can’t see around.

Many local school systems have announced closings for Wednesday. Read the full list here.

Meanwhile, all Metro lines — except the Silver Line and the Orange Line between Vienna and Ballston — have reopened. The Orange Line problem is a change; free shuttle buses are running from the closed stations — Vienna, Dunn Loring, West Falls Church and East Falls Church — to Ballston.

Metrobus alternatives — Vienna-Ballston: Route 1A/1Z; Dunn Loring-EFC-Ballston: Route 2A #wmata

— Metrorail Info (@Metrorailinfo) January 26, 2016

Closings and Delays

Federal offices in the D.C. region will be closed on Tuesday, Jan. 26. Emergency and telework-ready employees must follow their agency’s policies. .

All local public schools are closed Tuesday. Some have closed for Wednesday, too.

Four Smithsonian museums will open Tuesday, but the National Zoo remains closed.

The National Mall and Memorial Parks are closed.

Find a full list of closings and delays here.

Forecast

Tuesday will be warmer than Monday, with a chance for light rain in the afternoon. The bigger story will be areas of dense fog that will develop as warmer air moves over the cold snow pack. Visibilities may fall to near zero Tuesday afternoon and evening.

For the full forecast, visit WTOP’s Weather page.

Power Outages

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The Bright Side?

If you can get to Capitol Hill, you can sled down it legally now. Also, there’s at least one D.C. resident who is loving the snow …

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