Category: travel conditions
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For most of last week we had rather sunny skies, with bearable temperatures. Unfortunately, as I’m writing this blog it looks like it’ll be hot and steamy over the next week…that is until a potential tropical disturbance. From the end of this week, over the weekend, and into the beginning of next week it looks…
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Nearly ideal conditions for heavy frost and black ice developed early this morning, resulting in massive traffic problems, particularly on bridges and overpasses. So what were the meteorological conditions that resulted in extra long commutes, and plenty of damaged vehicles? Screenshot of Google traffic data from 7:50am Wednesday There are several potential causes for black…
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENTNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN638 PM CST TUE JAN 11 2011 …ICY SPOTS POSSIBLE ON MID-SOUTH ROADWAYS TONIGHT… THE COMBINATION OF MELTING SNOW THAT OCCURRED TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN BLACK ICE DEVELOPING ON AREA ROADWAYS OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. BLACK ICE FORMS WHEN WATER REMAINING ON ROADWAYS FREEZES IN…
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