[Colorado] Really Treacherous Driving This Evening

The roads this afternoon and early evening are about the worst I have seen in several decades here in northern Colorado. We had freezing rain falling for several hours while the thermometer hovered just above freezing. The thermometer then dipped below freezing and the freezing rain turned to snow. This has left a layer of ice underneath a layer of slush underneath a layer of snow on all the roads. Even though the surface layer of snow looks the same everywhere, the traction varies from OK all the way down to zero in the distance of a hundred feet.

Tonight would be a great night to stay home and sit by the fire.