Although forecasters still predict 3 to 6 inches of snow will blanket the area by late today, that total is down considerably from the 6 to 10 inches originally expected.
A dry layer of air kept much of the snow from reaching the ground overnight and early this morning, said Brian Guyer, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Sterling, Va.
"The snow was moving over us but as it was coming down it was evaporating because the air was so...
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