Make sure to bundle up if you’re heading outside Friday as snow falls in the D.C. area for the first time in December since 2017.

It’s the first snow of the season, though winter doesn’t technically start for two more weeks.

A surge of cold air overnight into Friday brought temperatures into the low 20s, with wake-up temperatures not raising by much. The day’s high temperature will max out in the low to mid 30s.

WTOP Meteorologist Mike Stinneford reports most of the D.C. region “will see anywhere from a dusting to 2 inches of snow,” with up to 3 inches in the forecast for areas in the southern suburbs.

“Light snow is now covering most of our area,” he said. “Most of the accumulation continues to be along and south of the Interstate 66/Route 50 corridor.”

Snowy conditions, he said, wi

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