Brrrr: Brace for an icy Friday morning
Jan 10, 2013, 5:44 PM | Updated: 5:46 pm
Get ready for an icy Friday morning. Freezing temperatures are expected to make for slick sledding across Western Washington as the thermometer drops into the 20’s.
KING 5 meteorologist Jeff Renner says there’s still a chance of some scattered snow showers with up to an inch of accumulation Thursday night, mainly in the inland areas of Pierce County and near the Cascade foothills.
But the real story is the hard freeze that’ll grip the region overnight. In Whatcom County, Renner says gusty Northeast winds up to 25 mph could bring wind chills down into the single digits.
“Whatever’s wet out there is going to freeze,” says Bart Treece with the Washington State Department of Transportation. “And so we’re concerned as people head out their doors Friday morning for their commute.”
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Treece says crews will be out de-icing and treating area roads overnight, but there’s only so much they can do. He says bridges, ramps and overpasses will freeze first and be the most treacherous.
“That’s something of particular concern and they just need to slow down and proceed carefully,” he says.
Renner says high temperatures will top out in the upper 30’s Friday and Saturday with lows below freezing throughout the weekend. But the good news is we should see warmer, drier conditions for most of next week.
