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tern snowstorms usually end after six to eight inches fall, a major winter snow in the MidAtlantic states can easily leave more than a foot of snow, with accumulations varying widely according to the storm’s track as it moves north. Those major storms. Dr. Michaels said, leave accumulations close to the snowfall found in places like Minneapolis, Minnesota or Portland, Maine.
The Mid-Atlantic region, however, faces an additional hazard not found in those frigid climes farther north. Dr. Michaels said. Most of our snowstorms happen with the temperature near freezing, and often before the snow begins to stick some has already melted. That water combines with the snow’ and turns to a slush which is infinitely more slippery than powder snow on a dry, frozen road surface, he said.
That slush, as everyone knows who has driven home after the sun sets and the temperature falls, then freezes into a hard-packed ice which is almost impossible to remove with snowplow blade§. Usually, the highway department’s only alternative is to spread sand or cinders on the road to improve traction.
Then, it’s only a matter of time until warmer temperatures melt the compressed snow and ice enough so it can be scraped down to the bare road surface.
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