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Woodbridge (Map, News) - Heavy overnight rains, and a continued wet forecast for the morning, is causing schools to delay opening for at least two hours this Friday morning and forcing some other schools in rural counties to stay closed for the day.
Fauquier County, Winchester County and Carroll County Public Schools announced early Friday morning that their schools would remain closed today. Most schools in Fairfax County, Prince George's County, Frederick County, and Howard County also announced two hour delays.
The National Weather Service has placed the Washington-Baltimore region under a wet winter advisory until Noon today. With overnight temperatures at or below freezing, and freezing rain expected to continue this morning, ice accumulations up to a tenth of an inch are possible, according to the weather service. Higher ice accumulations are also possible closer to the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Temperatures are expectes to rise above freezing during the mid-morning hours chaning precipitation to rain, the weather service said.
A wintry forecast early this morning could mean travel difficulties this morning. Local transportation authorities are advising caution while driving and to be on the lookout for slippery roads and limoted visibility.
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Examiner Reader said:
O'Malley would make a better weather man than he is a politician. He could lie about the weather and blame it on Bob Ehrlich and global warming.
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Had it not been for global warming there would be 40 inches of snow laying on the ground right now with many people losing thier lives!
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Was the issue with VDOT and /or the lack of the national /local reporting
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Examiner Reader said:
Virginia definitely doesn't know how to handle this type of weather, let alone do Virginia drivers know how to drive. Being from Indiana, it cracks me up to see places of business closing down because the weather report says there's a chance of snow. People need to slow down and remember what driver's ed taught them, it'll save lives.
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Cabin fever!!!
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Examiner Reader said:
The problem is that Virginia does not know how to handle winter weather. It's not just highways. "It was a perfect storm at a perfect time..."? Gimme a break. Just own up to not having enough DOT trucks, and to not having an efficient plan when snow/ice falls. There certainly are plenty of other states that deal with snow/ice every year, yet they don't seem to have these issues. It's amazing really.
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ok
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Tinker said:
Just think how much colder it would be if "AL" had not invented global warming!
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Examiner Reader said:
Actually, there was also a 7:05 ferry from Oakland to SF that I was on - what a wild ride!
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