Thanksgiving ice coats western Maryland
* Rain to end, turning colder: Full Forecast *
Freezing rain glazes trees in Garrett county, Md. yesterday. By Tim Craig
As a warm front pushed over a shallow wedge of cold air yesterday morning, a wintry mix of precipitation fell in central and western Maryland as well as northwest Virginia where temperatures hovered near freezing.
Spotty sleet was reported as close by as Montgomery and Fairfax counties early Thanksgiving morning. The closest reports of accumulating wintry precipitation came from Allegany county in Md. where between a trace and 0.2" of snow fell followed by as much as 0.8" of freezing rain. Further west, in Garrett County, the Post's Tim Craig reported yesterday: "Everything is coated in ice. Interstate 68 is fine, and just wet, but pretty thick ice on all the trees and grass."
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Jason Samenow
| November 26, 2010; 11:00 AM ET
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Posted by: Jason-CapitalWeatherGang | November 26, 2010 11:17 AM | Report abuse
Friends reported sleet north of Baltimore, in I-95, as they neared the DE border.
Posted by: Camden-CapitalWeatherGang | November 26, 2010 12:25 PM | Report abuse
We had a substantial period of sleet in western Loudoun overnight wed-thursday. Brr.
Posted by: rumbly45 | November 26, 2010 12:44 PM | Report abuse
There was sleet or freezing rain pelting Germantown around 3:30-4 Thursday morning.
Posted by: NickDanger | November 26, 2010 1:12 PM | Report abuse
Typical La Nina...they get all the excitement up there...we get nothing but SAD-inducing cloudiness, cold rain if anything, brisk and raw winds and nary a flurry down around here...BORING!!!
Posted by: Bombo47jea | November 26, 2010 1:13 PM | Report abuse
I'm in Montgomery Village and heard the sleet coming down Thanksgiving morning during a not-quite-asleep period. It had all melted by the time I got up and went out to get the paper.
Posted by: rlguenther | November 26, 2010 1:50 PM | Report abuse
I heard sleet in southern MoCo at like 3 AM.
Posted by: Dylan0513 | November 26, 2010 6:23 PM | Report abuse
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Anyone in the immediate metro region observe sleet early Thanksgiving morning?