A bitter cold snap is creating the conditions for a long-lasting snow event in the D.C. area.
A plow removes snow from the White House driveway after a winter storm, on Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015, in Washington. The season’s first major snow storm to blast large parts of the South dropped up to 8 inches of snow around the Washington area.
(AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
AP Photo/Evan Vucci
Tevin Doughty shovels snow at the Community Fire Company, Inc., Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015, in Exmore, Va. A snow and ice storm blasted parts of the Mid-Atlantic and the South on Tuesday, creating treacherous road conditions and leaving hundreds of thousands without power.
(AP Photo/Jay Diem, Eastern Shore News)
AP Photo/Jay Diem, Eastern Shore News
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(AP Photo/Jay Diem, Eastern Shore News)
Duane Read clears snow at the Eastern Shore Family YMCA, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015, in Onley, Va. A snow and ice storm blasted parts of the Mid-Atlantic and the South on Tuesday, creating treacherous road conditions and leaving hundreds of thousands without power.
(AP Photo/Jay Diem, Eastern Shore News)
AP Photo/Jay Diem, Eastern Shore News
Bob Wessel takes a break from shoveling his sidewalk, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015, in Onancock, Va. A snow and ice storm blasted parts of the Mid-Atlantic and the South on Tuesday, creating treacherous road conditions and leaving hundreds of thousands without power.
(AP Photo/Jay Diem, Eastern Shore News)
AP Photo/Jay Diem, Eastern Shore News
Early morning streets are quite, Tuesday, February 17, 2015 in Washington. Tens of thousands of people in the Mid-Atlantic region stayed home Tuesday as government offices shut down following a winter storm. Roads and sidewalks in the nation’s capital looked desolate as Mayor Muriel Bowser declared a snow emergency.
(AP Photo/Amanda Myers)
AP Photo/Amanda Myers
Men walk past one another on a snowy sidewalk, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015, in Baltimore. Tens of thousands of people in the Mid-Atlantic region stayed home as government offices shut down following a winter storm, leaving the roads and sidewalks in the nation’s capital and its suburbs looking desolate.
(AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
AP Photo/Patrick Semansky
A plow removes snow from the parking lot at the Pentagon after a winter storm, on Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015, in Washington. The season’s first major snow storm to blast large parts of the South dropped up to 8 inches of snow around the Washington area.
(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais
Mike Simms of Annapolis, Md., clears snow from his car, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015, in Annapolis. Several inches of snow fell in the region closing the federal government and area schools.
(AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
AP Photo/Susan Walsh
A worker clears the sidewalk near a chicken sculpture in Annapolis, Md., Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015, after several inches of snow closed the federal government and schools. The chicken sculptures sprinkled in the arts district of Annapolis pay homage to the debate at the time in City Hall over laws allowing the raising of backyard poultry. The law eventually passed, bringing chickens both real and abstract to Annapolis.
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A look at the road conditions Tuesday morning at the intersection of Wisconsin Avenue and M Street in D.C.
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WTOP/Neal Augenstein
Snow-covered cars are parked along the streets in Northwest D.C.
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WTOP/Neal Augenstein
Snowy cars are parked in a D.C. parking lot Tuesday morning.
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WTOP/Neal Augenstein
Cars are covered in a thick layer of snow in Northwest D.C. Tuesday morning.
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WTOP/Neal Augenstein
A snow blower can be a good friend during D.C. snow events.
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Snow coats the Albert Einstein Memorial in Northwest D.C. early Tuesday morning.
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WTOP/Mitchell Miller
Georgetown in the snow — a rare time when there’s no traffic.
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Snow falls in the pre-dawn hours of Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015, in Northwest D.C.
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Snow in the pre-dawn hours in Northwest D.C.
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WTOP/Dave Dildine
College Park, Maryland, at about 2 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015.
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WASHINGTON — Bundle up — the region is dealing with frigid temperatures and snow that won’t be melting any time soon. Here are photos of the weather people are seeing around the region.