Felt the sting of this mornings storm in winchester, virginia. Ice covered roads, street signs, and mailboxes. It would be prettier if it didnt make getting around so much more difficult. Check this out, a mark train smashed into a down tree on the tracks west of brunswick, maryland this morning. That was just the beginning of just a very long ordeal, which involved more and more falling trees and train tracks. One of the biggest problems left behind by the ice, the power outages. Pg and e is working to restore power to 73,000 customers. Potomac has 50,000 outages, more than half of them in frederic county. The ice is behind us, but it is going to be a chilly one tonight. Topper shutt joins us. Top, looks like everyone is going to dip below freezing. Make you feel better, folks up in frederic county, there are 500,000 people without power in philadelphia. All right, heres the storm. There it goes. The magenta is the mixed precipitation. The green is the rain. We have breaks in the ouds
You can he whats left of the storm pulling away. Looks like there could be a straggler of a shower or two out here approaching i81. But that is it. So were done with the precip for the day. Now were still hoping to get a little bit of clearing and a little bit of a warmup. Temperatures are in the 40s in luray to elkins. Were holding in the mid30s here. The front is coming through. The winds are going to kick up. That will mix up the atmosphere a bit. Were optimistic for a little sun this afternoon as temperatures struggle to get not quite to 50. I was thinking maybe 50 earlier. No, well be in the low to mid 40s this afternoon. Back to 40 tonight. We are going to have a hard freeze again tonight. So anything that is wet will refreeze. Could have some more slick spots. Ill be back in a few minutes with the sevenday forecast and tell you about the weekend storm potential but not too nervous. Thats a little hint. Sounds good. Well take that. The wusa9 reporting team was out this morning as
Martinsburg to cumberland. You could actually see anywhere from 1 4 to 1 2inch of ice and that would cause some big problems. Glaze inside the beltway by 6 a. M. Ice will accumulate on tree everywhere. Critical areas are still west of i95 and critical times are between now and 8 a. M. Wednesday. Here comes the storm. Magenta is the mixed precipitation, rain across the delmarva, snow to our north. It is not a snow event for us. It is a freezing rain event. Well zoom in. You can see the first batch of precipitation pushing through getting a little sleet up in frederick, but primarily freezing rain around the metro area. Well come back putting the finishing touches on our Ice Accumulation map. You dont want to miss that. You said it, top. Ice is on the way and you know what that means, rough, slippery road conditions. Its going to be very dicey overnight and tomorrow morning. Our mola lenghi is live in northwest d. C. He spoke with driving instructor who says what you should and should no