The forecast was on the money today. The freezing rain materialized as expected, and the amount of rain we got was so beneficial. We started 2008 with nearly a foot rainfall deficit, so we need to count on catching up this year. We get many questions about winter precipitation, especially freezing rain. It's probably the simplest of the precipitation, but often most confusing. Freezing rain is simply rain that falls from the sky, then freezes on contact on surfaces that are 32 degrees or below. Freezing rain and "ICE" can be used interchangeably.
Today we saw the ice mainly on trees and power lines and not on the roads. This is because the earth is a good insulator and retains heat well. Since the roads have been so warm lately, they never made it to 32, unlike the elevated surfaces which hit the freezing mark.
As of Noon Friday, here are some of the ice amounts from the National Weather Service:
VIRGINIA
...AMHERST COUNTY...
MONROE 0.20
...BATH COUNTY...
WARM SPRINGS 0.30
...BEDFORD COUNTY...
FOREST 0.25
THAXTON 0.20
...BLAND COUNTY...
BLAND 0.05
...BOTETOURT COUNTY...
BUCHANAN 0.25
...BUCKINGHAM COUNTY...
BUCKINGHAM 0.10
...CARROLL COUNTY...
CANA 0.30
...CITY OF BUENA VISTA...
BUENA VISTA 0.25
...CITY OF COVINGTON...
COVINGTON 0.25
...CITY OF GALAX...
GALAX 0.10
...CITY OF LYNCHBURG...
LYNCHBURG 0.25
...CITY OF ROANOKE...
ROANOKE 0.25
...CRAIG COUNTY...
PAINT BANK 0.25
...FLOYD COUNTY...
RINER 0.25 TREES DOWN
CHECK 0.30
...FRANKLIN COUNTY...
BOONES MILL 0.30
ROCKY MOUNT 0.25
FERRUM 0.20
...GILES COUNTY...
PEMBROKE 0.25 TREES DOWN
...GRAYSON COUNTY...
INDEPENDENCE 0.25 TREES DOWN
...HENRY COUNTY...
BASSETT 0.25
...MONTGOMERY COUNTY...
BLACKSBURG 0.30
...PATRICK COUNTY...
STUART 0.25 TREES/PWRLINES DOWN
...PULASKI COUNTY...
PULASKI 0.10
...ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY...
NATURAL BRIDGE 0.25
...SMYTH COUNTY...
MARION 0.10
...WYTHE COUNTY...
WYTHEVILLE 0.05
--Meteorologist Brent Watts
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