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A little South of Reston the snow picked up but still needles but the band from the north might make it in some form. I hope it does.

Welp looks like those nice bands in MD and PA are not going to reach me but we got a solid 3 hours of steady snow amounting to near an inch. Maybe some of those bands will still give us some moderate snow. 

Just now, Eskimo Joe said:

Another band reloading along the Berks/Lancaster County border headed SW. . .

We are so close to it and if it holds we get super heavy snow rates for hours and get several more inches of snow. 

We are so close to that band and if it holds we are golden.

It's holding if it holds we could get a very good band.

Just now, Ravens94 said:

Will that in any form reach me

Is any part of that band going to be able to reach down here in Fairfax county.

Looks like snow banding is coming down from northern areas and will reach us and might combine with another band and then might push down to where I am. Also snow starting to lighten after 3ish hours of good snow coming down around another half inch to inch over those hours but the next part might be even better.

Over the hour a little south of Reston it went from lighter precip after nothing to snow and sleet then mainly snow but small flakes and coming down heavy and then to snow with a mix of flake sizes and wind then to good flake sizes and good rates with wind. Also looks like this will continue for at least the next hour or so but I don't really know. The temp is 31 degrees.

Whoever keep saying that the costal has surprises for us was right it looks like the radar is filling in and everyone else is switching to the snow camp. 

I think the snow is feeding back into itself for southern Fairfax Co and then moves to near where I am in Western Fairfax. Don't what what that means for me but with the good flake size and moderate snow it looks good.

Even the treated and plowed main roads are getting snowy again with these bands.

Wind picking up combined with pretty good snowfall rates and a mix of big flakes and icier flakes maxes it blowing into your face pretty painful still just happy we are finally getting snow bands here.  

Great radar fill in for Fairfax county with heavy snow coming down though the flakes are a bit on the icy and small side I will take it and we just passed 3'' on the ground.

It has turned to all snow near Reston

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Just now, Ravens94 said:

Hey look I'm right under that bull's eye of four inches in Fairfax also moderate to heavy snow with pretty good flakes. 

Radar really filling in for Fairfax and the band from DC is also heading my way and it is almost all snow falling might get a late hail Mary save for me. 

On the radar it looks like DC is getting a good band that might rotate over to me what is the precip rate over there?

Snowing pretty good here after getting sleet around 8am then nothing until now.

This is the hardest it has snowed since yesterday morning.

In western Fairfax its snowing again with maybe some sleet in there but I am just so glad to be out of the dry slot and pixie dust and into actual snow. Hope it keeps snowing just under 3'' inches currently. 

When will the dry slot in Fairfax county end or is it going to be a huge bust for us?

In Fairfax county when will snow showers and accumulating snow start to fill back in here.

Just light flurries in Herndon hope that snow picks up again.

Here in Herndon it is now mainly snow (yay) problem is it is pixie dust snowflakes. When should should we get actual snow flakes and what causes pixie dust to happen?