an idea of how freezing rain actually forms, it's cold enough in the upper levels of the atmosphere to fall as snow, but there's this warm layer about 5,000 feet in the air that melts the precipitation. temperatures are lower at the surface. and it freezes instantly. and when you start factoring in wind gusts over 20, 30 miles per hour, that's going to take down tree limbs, and the potential to perhaps cause some electricity outages for this area. by the way, 79 counties in georgia declared state of emergency. alabama, our neighbor to the west, also states of emergency in place, and that is not the only area getting hammered by winter weather right now. we do not like to see this shading of pink setting up south of charlotte and into raleigh. that is the rain/snow mix, at