Winter weather is sending federal employees back to remote work status after Trump’s in-person mandate went into effect just one day ago.

The United States Office of Personnel Management is sending government workers home early on Tuesday due to forecasted snowy weather in Washington. After seeing at least 5 inches of snowfall in early January, residents in the Washington metro area are among the estimated 32 million people under a winter weather alert. Around 3 to 6 inches of snow are expected to start falling Tuesday afternoon.

Federal employees are expected to leave their workplace offices no later than 2 p.m. Tuesday, according to a notice on OPM’s website.

The news comes as Monday launched the first week that many government employees have been in the office for years after an executive order from President Donald Trump overhauled work-from-home policies.

The executive order Trump signed on Jan. 20 called for employees to return to the office within roughly 30 days, as an Axios report showed that at least 25.2% of Maryland federal workers, 23.8% of D.C. workers, and 15.7% of Virginia government bureaucrats were working remotely. 

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Nearly 17,000 federal workers were expected to return to work at Washington Navy Yard in downtown D.C., according to military officials. 

All OPM employees are expected to report to work on-site full-time by March 3. Other federal agencies, such as the State Department, are following roughly the same timeline.