Low pressure was centered over the Plains while surface high was located along the Mid-Atlantic Coast. A southerly flow between these two systems caused enough overrunning for a brief period of freezing rain across the Potomac Highlands of Virginia.
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The episode as NWS LWX wrote it up.
Low pressure was centered over the Plains while surface high was located along the Mid-Atlantic Coast. A southerly flow between these two systems caused enough overrunning for a brief period of freezing rain across the Potomac Highlands of Virginia.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
A trace of ice was reported at Monterey.
A trace of ice from freezing rain was estimated in western Highland County.
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