Melt Down

The temperatures in the valley today were in the low 50's. It is supposed to be warm again tomorrow. After all the cold it felt almost tropical around here (at least for a few hours)!! The temperatures went up and down all week. With some days in the 50's and some nights in the teens.

There is good news and bad news in relation to the vacillating weather temperatures. The good news is that the snow is melting at a good pace. The bad news is that the water that is running off doesn't always have a place to go. On the nights that it gets cold again, it freezes, forming large patches of ice that can be treacherous.

The roads are mostly OK. WV road is pretty good until somewhere around Tonisgah Road. After that there are some large ice patches that make driving rather bumpy for the rest of the way up the valley.

But the most serious situations are in individual driveways. Some are clear but some are covered with ice. I heard two different stories of people parking their cars in icy driveways only to have them slide (yes, I said slide not roll) backwards. One of them went a fair distance before being stopped by a snow bank. So be careful if you are headed to the valley tomorrow. There is a lot of ice around!! Let's hope by then enough of it will melt that it won't be a problem.