RICHMOND, Va. — CBS 6 Chief Meteorologist Zach Daniel is urging everyone in the Richmond area to stay off the roads Sunday evening as heavy sleet transitions to a dangerous wave of freezing rain.
The most serious threat is expected between 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. Sunday, when the final band of precipitation arrives.
Zach expects ice accumulations of 0.25 to 0.5 inches from Danville to South Hill to Emporia, stretching through Petersburg, Chester, Richmond, and Ashland.
"That’s significant and it’s a big area," he warned.
Zach cautioned that the current relative calm, with most areas still having power, may not last.
“Charge your phones, charge your devices now so that if [an outage] does happen to you, at least you’ll have a good full charge,” he said.
Precipitation should end by 10 p.m. in Richmond, with clearing later further east.
He said we can expect some melting Monday thanks to sunshine and slightly above-freezing temperatures.
“If you can just scrape everything down pretty low, let the sun work for you,” he advised. “Even when it’s in the 20s, that’ll happen.”
Zach said he will remain at the station through the evening. “Pray that you keep your power on,” he told viewers.
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