Gonna Be a Close One

For all the students lucky enough to have an extra week of Christmas Break, there’s a good chance that today could end the streak of seven snow days. With the temperatures expected to remain frigid later this morning, however, counties across southern West Virginia may be forced to once again close schools. Many districts, including my home county of Raleigh, have already called for a two-hour delay.

As I’m writing this, the windchill is one degree below zero. A couple sources have the windchill in the morning around three to four degrees which may be considered dangerous for students who have to walk to school or make their way to a bus stop.

The Sun did a great job melting main roads today, but many back roads are still untouched and most manpower is focussed on protecting the main roads from potential precipitation. Nevertheless, even if school is cancelled today, it will most certainly be the last snow day for a while.

For updates on public school closings in West Virginia, visit http://wvde.state.wv.us/closings/county/all.

UPDATE: Today did end the streak of snow days. Now the weatherman is torturing us with possibly a snow storm tonight.