UPDATE: Sunny Thursday with freezing rain, sleet expected on Friday - minor ice accumulation possible
by Bobby Moore, staff writer
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Haven Glick, 6, (left), and her brother John Glick, 8, race up a slide at Ridge Ferry Park, January 23, 2013. Locals were out at the park to enjoy the warm winter weather on Wednesday. Today's forecast calls for partly sunny skies with a high near 46, according to the National Weather Service. (Brittany Hannah/RN-T)
Haven Glick, 6, (left), and her brother John Glick, 8, race up a slide at Ridge Ferry Park, January 23, 2013. Locals were out at the park to enjoy the warm winter weather on Wednesday. Today's forecast calls for partly sunny skies with a high near 46, according to the National Weather Service. (Brittany Hannah/RN-T)
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Today's high is expected near 46 with a low around 29 tonight and the freezing rain and wintry mix, originally expected for tonight, has been pushed back to Friday during the day, according to the National Weather Service.

A freezing rain advisory has been issued from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday.

Friday there is a chance of rain or freezing rain before 1pm, then rain likely. Cloudy, with a high near 39. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60 percent. New ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible.

Click here to see an interactive weather map on Weather.com.

Friday Night Rain likely before 4am, then a slight chance of freezing rain. Partly cloudy, with a low around 31. Northwest wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60 percent.

Saturday Sunny, with a high near 48. North wind around 5 mph.

Saturday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 24.

Sunday Mostly sunny, with a high near 50.

Sunday Night Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30.

Monday Partly sunny, with a high near 60.

Monday Night Mostly cloudy, with a low around 38.

Tuesday Partly sunny, with a high near 66.

Tuesday Night A 40 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 45.

Wednesday A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 65.

Tim Herrington, Floyd County Emergency Management Agency deputy director, said there is potential for the accumulation of as much as a quarter-inch of ice.

Herrington said county residents should keep monitoring the weather throughout the watch, online or on television, and be cautious if they have to drive on icy roads. “The most dangerous thing is ice building up on roads, especially on bridges and overpasses,” he said.

Ice could potentially affect power lines and cause outages, Herrington added.

The NWS will provide updates as conditions change. A “watch” means conditions are favorable for bad weather, while a “warning” means a storm is occurring or likely.
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