FOG BLOG WEATHER LOG: SAINT JOHN RECEIVES 1 CM OF ICE ACCUMULATION IN FREEZING RAIN, POWER OUTAGES!

THE PHOTO I TOOK THIS MORNING TELLS ALL. FREEZING RAIN AS TEMPS HOVERED SO VERY CLOSE TO FREEZING ON THE MINUS SIDE. FREEZING RAIN STARTED EARLY LAST NIGHT AND LASTED UNTIL MID MORNING. AS OF NOW, THE TEMPS HAVE COME UP TO 5C AND ALL HAS MELTED . EARLY THIS MORNING THE POWER WENT OUT FOR MOST OF THE WEST SIDE, ROUGHLY AROUND 6 AM. TWICE THE POWER CAME BACK ON FOR SHORT PERIODS. THE FULL POWER OUTAGE EFFECTED MOST OF THE WEST SIDE OF THE CITY AND FOR ALMOST 4 HOURS. FULL POWER RESTORED AFTER 10 AM THIS MORNING. THE WEATHER IMPROVES FOR TOMORROW . THE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO HIT NEWFOUNDLAND WITH FREEZING RAIN FOR ST. JOHN'S.