Look back outside this morning, crimsons.
Nicole Hernandez has been driving around in
the CRIM 2 storm tracker all morning long,
because luckily that CRIM 2 Storm tracker is
amazing and it can go just about anywhere.
So where are you right now, Nicole?
And what are the roads like?
Is there tanning right now
we're driving along I-90 heading
east towards Coeur d'Alene and that,
you know, you mentioned the storm
tracker can go anywhere.
And that's actually kind of
indicative of the road conditions
yesterday compared to today.
Yesterday, it took us a lot longer to
make it out to the valley than it is
today because yesterday the freeway
here was completely covered in snow.
You couldn't see lane lines throughout
the entire morning. Now, though,
things are looking much, much better.
You can tell the plows came through.
They plowed the roads,
they treated the roads.
We've got more traffic on
the roads this morning.
Helping melt all that away and we are just
smooth sailing on I-90 as of right now.
Earlier this morning we did have a crash
at Argonne that's cleared its way out.
Now things are moving smoothly
again and we've also seen a good
amount of plows out and about.
We we do know that the city of Spokane is
under that all city of plough right now.
And what we do know about that
specifically is they actually
added some spots for plows to go
re up their deicer and their sand.
And so because of that and of
course they're 24/7 model of of
12 hour shifts consistently.
During an all city plow,
we also know that they can potentially
get this all city plowed on in three
days instead of the typical four days.
So good news there,
but we are not done yet.
That means a lot of our side roads
still are full of snow this morning.
Taking a look to our right,
you can see some of the spots that of
course you know this is just like kind
of field that got a bunch of snow.
You can see where we're still cold.
So none of that is melting.
The only way that's going to go away
is either if it gets plowed treated or
we have a lot of traffic driving over
it like we see here on the freeway,
so definitely.
Making sure we're sticking to main
roads this morning if you want to avoid
the snow packed roads, side roads,
definitely going to have that compact
snow ice underneath with even potential.
You know grooves and powder on top as well
still depending on how busy that side Rd is.
So go careful or go slow and
drive careful this morning as you
head out the door in Spokane.
Nicole Hernandez from 2 news.
Nicole,
thank you for that look
from our storm tracker.
You can see progress being made on
the road from this storm tracker
and here's a plow map that just
got updated within the last.
Hour or so, we wanna show you
this plow map because it is
the progress that the plows are
making across the city right now.
So let's talk about the different colors.
When you see green on the map,
that means the area is complete.
But you can see there's a lot of blue.
Now that means that crews are
actively working in those areas.
So South of I-90 right now,
near the hospital areas,
and then further N near the five
mile area north of Francis,
they're working on that as well
as in the Hilliard area.
So the colors will change throughout the day.
Red means that, that.
Area is coming up next and then
the purple are the main arterials
that crews have told us that
they are working on actively.
That's their priority.
And then when you see some of the pink areas,
that means that it is not scheduled yet.
So there's only really blue and
purple on the map right now.
So crews are working on 2200
lane miles of streets,
so it could take them a while because
they're under that full city plow.
They will be working 24/7,
so you could see your crew
in your neighborhood at any.
Hour crews think it will take them about
3 days to get through the entire map,
but they do ask for your patience.
If you'd like a link to the plow map,
you can text the word plow
to the number 509-448-2000.
And while out,
crews lay out a combination of
sand and liquid deicer to keep
roads from getting too slick after
hours of driving on them.
This year,
that cruise set up what are
called satellite locations,
and these are really helpful for
those plow crews across Spokane.
Crews are now able to refuel quickly.
Ohh, I like the satellite stations use.
More convenient and we can.
Go back there reloading our do go do our
job without having to drive across town.
Through. Get more product or, you know,
sand or deicer or or whatever we're doing
as crews continue to work
through the morning, be aware
that roads will be very slick.