10/11/12 - As the weather gets chilly, the Livingston County Road Commission will begin its preparations for the coming winter months. Managing Director Mike Craine tells WHMI that cold weather preparations so far are similar to those made in previous years and include vehicle inspections, staff readiness meetings, and weather-watching. He says the National Weather Service is predicting that this winter will have average levels of precipitation and above average temperatures, but warmer weather does not exclude the possibility of snow and could actually make it wetter and heavier. He says the NWS looks at conditions in the Pacific to make long-term forecasts, but considers any predictions made that far into the future to be relatively unreliable. The road commission will begin stockpiling snow in the coming weeks. (TD)
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