The Virginia Department of Transportation was not taking any chances, and on Thursday its crews began spraying portions of I-95 with a solution of salt and brine, which helps prevent ice from bonding to roadways.
Elsewhere in the South, meteorologists said, northeastern Georgia and the Carolinas were expected to bear the brunt of freezing precipitation on Saturday night into Sunday.
“While much is going to be said about the snow, we’re also raising the alarm of the ice storm that’s going to occur across the Carolinas,” Mr. Porter said. “It looks like that’s a recipe for extended power outages and tree damage in those areas.”
Temperatures fell to well below zero on Saturday throughout New England and parts of New York.
In Saranac Lake, N.Y., the temperature had fallen to 12 below zero by Saturday morning and was expected to drop to minus 20 by nightfall, with wind chills as low as minus 31. That kind of cold is not unusual in the region, said Clyde Rabideau, the mayor of Saranac Lake, a town of about 5,400 people in the Adirondacks.
Up to a foot of snow was expected to fall in the area starting on Sunday — welcome news for residents and ice fishermen who have seen snow accumulations fall and winter temperatures rise in recent years, Mr. Rabideau said.
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