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Rainy Weather to Continue Through Morning Rain, cold temperatures remain

Updated 9:00 AM EDT, Wed, Jan 7, 2009

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Rainy conditions are expected to continue through Wednesday morning, but the commute shouldn't be icy in most places.
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Rainy conditions are expected to continue through Wednesday morning, but the commute shouldn't be icy in most places.

 

A winter weather advisory remains in effect for portions of the Washington region through Wednesday morning. 
 
More freezing rain, sleet and icy conditions are possible Wednesday morning well north and west of D.C., as heavier rain is expected to fall throughout the rest of the area.  Temperatures began to warm overnight, allowing for any freezing rain to change to just rain.

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Some Schools Dismiss Early Due to Ice

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Road crews are standing by across the area to make sure roads don't get slick, a threat that meant an early day for some area students.

Wintry Mix Not Too Treacherous for Most of Area

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Motorists report the morning commute wasn't as treacherous as they were expecting.

 
Rain will continue through Wednesday morning but is expected to end Wednesday afternoon, meteorologist Bob Ryan said. Up to another inch of rain is possible.
 
High temperatures are expected to be in the upper 30s to mid-40s Wednesday.
 
Meteorologist Tom Kierein said Tuesday morning that icing was reported along the Blue Ridge Mountain and in the northern Shenandoah Valley but that elsewhere the precipitation was rain.  There was a mix of sleet and rain in parts of Montgomery, Prince George's and Howard counties Tuesday morning.
 
Kierein said road temperatures were above freezing in most areas, so any icing would only occur on tree limbs and power lines.
 
Warmer air came in throughout the day Tuesday, changing most wintry precipitation into rain.
 

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  • abc's are my favorite Wednesday, Jan 7 at 6:49 AM FLAG COMMENT I agree with E, at Jan 6 at 12:09. Also living in Fauquier county, I personally did not feel any effects of the ice storm, yet I know that since Fauquier county (and the rest of VA and MD, for that matter) has a vast difference in elevations, and you have to think about people who live at higher elevations, and that up there, they get ice or snow, when we get rain. I am just gonna enjoy not having to do anything. Just take a b ... MORE >
  • Anonymous Tuesday, Jan 6 at 11:47 PM FLAG COMMENT I agree with the person who said it's not an ice storm can we please just drive our cars already??? I mean this morning I was driving behind a senior woman she was doing like 25 and the speed limit was 40. I couldn't get around her at first and I could feel my frustration mounting! Also, we get too hyped up here over snow. Folks buy up all the bread, milk and toilet paper like we'll be snowed in for weeks. Yet, i've lived ... MORE >
  • JK Tuesday, Jan 6 at 5:34 PM FLAG COMMENT Jim G commented Apparently, everyone spends time during a snow or ice event eating bread and drinking milk while perched on the toilet...Apparently, everyone spends time during a snow or ice event eating bread and drinking milk while perched on the toilet... Enough said
  • Anonymous Tuesday, Jan 6 at 4:38 PM FLAG COMMENT you guys should get a life...
  • Heather Tuesday, Jan 6 at 3:49 PM FLAG COMMENT ummmm, do you guys have lives? Or possibly anything pertinent to say?

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