Snow weighs down these tree branches and bushes outside The Times office Saturday morning, Feb. 13. Many places around the Upstate, according to the National Weather Service, reported getting upwards of three inches of the white stuff Friday and Friday night. A snow report from Jonesville says 4.3 inches had fallen there by midnight this morning. Do you have pictures from the snowy Friday or Saturday? If you do, send them to nchristophel@uniondailytimes.com and we'll post them on the Web site and our Facebook page as well as use them in Tuesday's print edition of The Union Daily Times. You also can submit them in a fan photo gallery on our Facebook page or in a blog on the Web site.
The Greenville-Spartanburg office of the National Weather Service has issued a special weather bulletin stating hazardous driving conditions will continue through the morning today (Saturday, Feb. 13) as most roads will remain snow and slush covered.
Improvement is expected during the day, however, as temperatures rise above freezing outside the mountains and copious amounts of sunshine helping melt the snow on roads.
The NWS says motorists who cannot delay travel should be prepared for slick conditions and drive with extreme caution this morning.
It looks like the area could see another round of winter precipitation Sunday night through Monday night as the NWS is forecasting a 40-50 percent chance of rain/snow Sunday night and Monday and a slight chance for additional snow overnight Monday.
For more information on the weather, visit www.weather.gov and enter your community's ZIP code for a seven-day forecast.
Crews from the South Carolina Department of Transportation began working diligently Friday morning to make travel for the state's motorists as easy as possible during the storm.
As of Friday night, the DOT reported travel was very hazardous and not recommended. All available resources were being deployed in an effort to keep up with the accumulation, occurring on most South Carolina roadways.
Due to the accumulating snow, the DOT activated its online site for winter weather road conditions.
Motorists can visit www.scdot.org and click on “Winter Road Conditions” to find the conditions of roadways in their home county. This page is activated at times when snow and ice conditions affect South Carolina highways. The reports are updated around the clock by SCDOT personnel in each district several times a day as conditions warrant.
As of 8 p.m. Friday, SCDOT has deployed the following:
* 1824 Maintenance employees actively involved in road operations.
* 6560 Tons of Salt (cumulative total).
* 454 Tons of Sand (cumulative total).
* 219,520 Gallons of Salt Brine and CaCl used(cumulative total).
* 258 Equipment In-Use (snow plows, salt spreaders, sprayers and graders).
Information for this report was gathered from the Greenville-Spartanburg National Weather Service Web site and the South Carolina Department of Transportation Web site. To find more information, visit these sites at www.weather.gov and enter your ZIP code and at www.scdot.org.
SEND US YOUR PHOTOS:
Friday's snow is blanketing Union County and the rest of the Upstate. Send us your snow photos and we'll include them online and on our Facebook page over the weekend and in Tuesday's print edition! You can send your photos to nchristophel@uniondailytimes.com or post them here in a fan photo gallery or at www.uniondailytimes.com or in a blog. Just be sure to include the name of the photographer, the subject and the location where the photo was taken. And be sure to tell us how much snow you received. Have fun! We look forward to seeing how our readers spent their time in the snow!
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