Wednesday Morning Update 5:35AM

Freezing drizzle continues in the Metro Richmond area this morning, which is adding to the thin glaze of ice on primarily elevated surfaces like trees. As you go outside early this morning, you will notice some of those tree limbs starting to sag under the weight of that glaze of ice. Already compromised or previously damaged tree limbs are breaking, and some of these are ending up in roadways. Please be on the lookout for limbs in the roads early this morning. Also, bridges and overpasses have that same glaze of ice on them, with patchy black ice on other roads (primarily secondary streets).

This picture was taken outside of the CBS 6 studio by John Ives, showing the glaze of ice accumlated on tree limbs this morning.

The good news is that temperatures are expected to rise above freezing in Richmond shortly after sunrise, which will end the freezing drizzle and begin the melting process. Freezing rain will continue this morning, though, in Western and Northern Virginia until Noon, when the Winter Storm Warnings and Advisories will expire. By this afternoon, temperatures will be in the 50's in much of Central Virginia as warmer air surges Northward with those Southerly winds.

--Carrie--