IEM Daily Feature
Monday, 11 November 2002

Warm Soil

Posted: 11 Nov 2002 07:02 AM

4 inch soil temperatures on this Veteran's Day are hovering at or above 40 °F. Having warm sub-surface temperatures makes freezing rain / ice events more difficult, but still possible. Road bridges are particularly vulnerable to freezing rain, ice and frost since they don't have that warm soil underneath them.