Be Careful

This road has two solid inches of compressed snow that melted and refroze into solid ice.

Today's weather was just warm enough in the morning to melt some of the snow on the road which later re-froze this afternoon.

By around 3:00 PM the temperature dropped into the 20 degree range. I was out walking the dog and slipped on what I thought was wet pavement, but was really a thin layer of clear ice on the pavement, also known as "black ice."

Tonight is New Years Eve. What we have here is a near perfect storm. A large amount of snow followed by a thaw, then a deep freeze followed by drunken revelry followed by driving.

Drive safely and have a happy new year.