Freezing conditions may potentially stick around for several days after a winter storm hit the DMV on Monday, Jan. 6. In Reston, Va., compacted snow and ice covered the roads early Tuesday morning as temperatures dropped.

Northern Virginia's first significant snowfall in three years blanketed the region with anywhere from 5 to 11 inches of the white stuff, according to preliminary reports from the National Weather Service Sterling forecast office.

As northern Virginia is being hit by heavy wet snow, residents shovel snow and clean their vehicles. (AP Video: Dan Huff, Serkan Gurbuz)