By Katie Wilson
FAIRMONT — The area braced for heavy snowfall as the rain poured from the sky Friday.
Predictions of snow proved to be accurate after dark, when the white stuff began to fall. The earlier rain quickly became a thick blanket of heavy, white snow.
According to the National Weather Service’s Web site, www.weather.gov, Marion County is set to receive 6-10 inches of snow before Saturday morning, then an additional 3-5 inches during the day Saturday.
Complicating matters are the plunging temperatures. While the temperature hovered above freezing while rain fell from the clouds Friday, the temperatures were predicted to drop below 30 degrees overnight. According to the NWS, today’s high temperature is predicted to be 29 degrees, with temperatures dropping to 22 degrees before 5 p.m. today.
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