This is moved from the Coldest Temp thread.
It was an interesting drive home this morning.
The atmosphere is warm aloft and cold at the surface (29F). It is raining, but the rain is freezing as it hits. I had to scrape the ice off of the windshield and windows when I got to the parking lot this morning. On the way home, I hit one icy patch on a secondary road. The highways had been brined last night and again this morning, so they were wet, but in good condition. The hard part was having to run the defroster on high to keep the ice off of the windshield. The wipers were frozen and the defroster wasn't helping much. It got so hot, I had to drive with the windows open some to keep the temperature bearable. When I got home, everything was ice covered. I had to use both hands to grab the handrail and get up on the porch (5 steps). Put my lunchbox up and went back out to get the cocorahs tube. It's in there thawing so I can turn in a measurement. Settled in bed now watching the news and everyone trying to get to work. It is supposed to warm up some this afternoon, so hopefully it will be gone before I have to go to work this evening.
