A weak low passed by to the north, causing a warm front to overrun colder air near the surface. This resulted in freezing rain across the higher elevations in the Allegheny Highlands where temperatures were just below freezing.
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The episode as NWS LWX wrote it up.
A weak low passed by to the north, causing a warm front to overrun colder air near the surface. This resulted in freezing rain across the higher elevations in the Allegheny Highlands where temperatures were just below freezing. Ice accumulation totaled a trace to a few hundredths of an inch.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
WV DOH reported a glaze to a few hundredths of an inch of ice on surfaces.
WV DOH reported a glaze to a few hundredths of an inch of ice on surfaces.
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