Snow and freezing rain began falling in the Fredericksburg about 3am

Get ready for a wintry day

The National Weather Service says a Winter Storm Warning is in effect for almost the entire area, aside from southern MD, which is under a Winter Weather Advisory, starting late tonight and going through Thursday night.

Freezing rain and sleet are the concern

Snow and sleet in our forecast

National Weather Service says it’s likely to start later tonight

Crews will apply a salt water solution on major routes to reduce icing with potential of snow and ice

Northern Neck Electric Cooperative completes storm restoration work

Rappahannock Electric Cooperative reportes they have restored 90% of the outages. More than 200 line workers have been out tackling the remaining outages.

The National Weather Service says new Winter Weather Advisories have been issued for areas generally west of I-95 for light freezing rain or freezing drizzle.

Outages in Northumberland, Lancaster and Richmond counties

REC crews, contractors, vegetation management team members and mutual aid crews continue to make repairs and restore service lost due to the ice storm.

In some cases, member-owners will need to report their outage multiple times as the online system may indicate power has been restored when it is still out.

Six crews from South Carolina – Black River Electric Cooperative, Newberry Electric Cooperative, and Palmetto Electric Cooperative are joining the REC workforce to assist in outage restoration midday today.

The Weather Channel says early week expect rain. No ice