Severe Weather Alert from the National Weather Service

...BUCKS PA-CHESTER PA-HUNTERDON NJ-MONTGOMERY PA-SOMERSET NJ-
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR WEDNESDAY AND INCLUDES UPPER CHESTER...MONTGOMERY AND BUCKS COUNTIES...AS WELL AS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF HUNTERDON AND SOMERSET COUNTIES...

FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED BY LATE MORNING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE-QUARTER INCH CAN BE ANTICIPATED. THE PRECIPITATION WILL END WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

UNTREATED ROAD AND WALKING SURFACES WILL BE SLIPPERY AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. THE THREAT OF ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES AND DOWNED TREE LIMBS IS POSSIBLE.

Rain / Freezing Rain
Wind: From the North Northwest at 7 mph
Precip: 80 % Max. Humidity: 84 %

 

Grrr--Another 2 hour trip to work in Exton!

 

I have a STRONG feeling that this forcast is going to be a bust....but, be carefull everyone if it does start geting realy icy

 

Nothing yet, but they're still calling for it......
The car is probably going to be a huge BLOCK OF ICE when I go out after work.

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Severe Weather Alert from the National Weather Service

...BERKS PA-LEHIGH PA-MORRIS NJ-NORTHAMPTON PA-WARREN NJ-
...WINTER STORM WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT...

FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP BY MID MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT...WITH ICE ACCUMULATION OF ONE QUARTER TO AROUND ONE HALF INCH. PRECIPITATION WILL END BY DAYBREAK THURSDAY.

SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES AND DOWNED TREE LIMBS ARE POSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED...AS ROADS AND WALKWAYS WILL BECOME SLIPPERY AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.

IN CASE OF A POWER OUTAGE...HAVE AN ALTERNATE HEAT SOURCE READY THAT CAN BE SAFELY USED INDOORS. KEEP ALTERNATE HEAT SOURCES AWAY FROM FURNISHINGS...DRAPES...AND FLAMMABLE OBJECTS...AND PROVIDE ADEQUATE VENTILATION.

IF YOU MUST TRAVEL OUTDOORS...ALLOW YOURSELF EXTRA TIME FOR DELAYS. TEST ROAD SURFACES CAREFULLY BY GENTLY APPLYING THE BRAKES TO FAMILIARIZE YOURSELF WITH THE EXTENT OF ICY CONDITIONS. MANUALLY PUMP BRAKES OR ALLOW THE VEHICLE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM TO WORK.

 

Its happening here in Montgomery cty Maryland so its on its way

 

Down here in sunny FLA, we've had 7 inches of rain in the last 2 days...................but no snow or ice. I feel for you though....7 years in Maine. Ugh!

 

ice storm on its way to Vermont - freezing rain, sleet and wet snow with 5-7" accumulation... and its only December! Ho Ho Ho

dogfight

 

Care to share your forecasting secrets? All the short term computer models including the RUC are calling for the nasty stuff.

Just curious to your statement, that's all.

 

Hehe, BS my ass Driveway was a sheet of ice.......

 

Pure rain by me, in morris county nj, and they said ice all day....i dont know, call it a gut feeling i guess.

 

I just went up on the second floor and glanced out the window at my car.
It looks like just rain falling, but the car has a white “frosty topping” on it.

NOT GOOD !!!!

Shawn S

 

how was your drive in Shawn...

mine was complete crap. Read my thread in Ramblings...

 

I had no problem, but I’m on overtime so I’m starting at 6AM.
It wasn’t even raining yet at that time.

The ride home is looking to SUCK-BALLS though.

Shawn S

 

acur8ly: Where are you in Mont. County? I live there too. Did you get your car tinted in the past 2 months? A shop I'm going to tint my car tinted a red CL-S recently.

 

I wish I had a camera at work.
When I went outside my car was covered with HUNDREDS of icicles and it looked like it was anchored to the ground.
Every panel had icicles leading from the body down to the ground every two inches or so.
At least a ˝-inch thick coating easy.

Not too bad driving home.
The roads through town were mostly wet or “slushy”.
The last four or five miles through the hills were the only trouble spots because they don’t see much traffic.
I saw two cars that slid off the road, but no one was nearby so I kept going.

Tomorrow morning will be tough again.

BLIZZAK & Front Wheel Drive

Shawn S