The Weather Service also issued a cold weather advisory through 10 a.m. Saturday, as wind chills are expected to dive as low as minus-10 degrees ahead of the storm. 4 to 10 p.m. Sunday: Mix of sleet and freezing rain; more sleet north and west, more freezing rain south and east. This storm ranks as a Category 4 out of 5, or “severe,” on Capital Weather Gang’s winter storm impact scale. The prospect of power outages in areas that receive heavy freezing rain amid this cold weather could turn into a dangerous, life-threatening situation. The Weather Service has also rated this a storm a level 4 out of 5 or “major” on its Winter Storm Severity Index.

Source: Washington Post January 23, 2026 12:31 UTC