NWS (National Weather Service) is Forecasting:
Mixed precipitation expected. Total snow accumulations of up to 2 inches and ice accumulations of up to one tenth of an inch expected from 3 AM to 3 PM Wednesday
TIU Facilities Services will access conditions during the early morning hours and into and will dispatch 2 trucks and 2 tractors around 5am or 6am. Facilities Services will be applying 100% salt brine, followed by rack salt (as ice develops) on sidewalks and roads as needed.
Snow shovelers Early in the morning (around 5am or 6am) please check your area for snow and/or icy conditions. Shovel as needed and apply salt to your areas . Please have your area salted and cared for by your 6am or 7am morning building time assignment.
NWS (National Weather Service) is Forecasting: Snow accumulations of 2 to 4
inches expected, with a few locally higher amounts of 5 inches possible.
Facility Services Has dispatched our first crew of trucks and tractors this morning. A second crew of trucks and tractors will be dispatched as the snow progresses. Facility Services team will be spraying 100% salt brine on all paved and sidewalk surfaces once all the roadways and sidewalks are cleared of snow.
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Snow Shovelers Throughout the duration of the storm please remove snow accumulations and try to keep your areas to 2 inches or less of snow throughout the evening.
On Monday morning do a final cleanup and have your area done by your morning building time assignment (6am or 7am) . Please use granular salt during the duration as needled around all your areas (not just steps and stairs).
Accuweather is forecasting 1″ to 4″ of snow to begin falling around 6:00 pm tonight turning to rain or possible freezing rain overnight.
TIU Facilities Services will access conditions during the evening hours and into the early am hours if we need to dispatch a truck and tractor with salt to keep roads and sidewalks safe. Facilities Services will be applying rock salt on sidewalks and roads as needed.
Snow shovelers In the evening and into the early am hours please check your area for snow or icy conditions. If necessary, shovel apply salt as needed to your areas throughout . In the morning please re-check your area once again and shovel and salt as needed – Please have your area salted and cared for by your 6am or 7am morning building time assignment.
NWS (National Weather Service) Has issued an Ice Storm Warning from 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM WEDNESDAY:
“Significant icing expected due to freezing rain. Ice accumulations of one tenth to four tenths of an inch expected… with the highest ice amounts along and northwest of a line from… Some snow and sleet may mix with the freezing rain early in the evening.
TIU Facilities Services will access conditions during the evening hours and into the early am hours as to when to dispatch a truck and tractor with salt to keep roads and sidewalks safe. Facilities Services will be applying rock salt on sidewalks and roads as needed.
Snow shovelers In the evening and into the early am hours please check your area for icy conditions. If necessary, using your salt spreader and the granular salt from the buckets apply salt as needed to your areas. Then in the morning check your area once again and salt as needed and please have your area salted and cared for by your 6am or 7am morning building time assignment.
"To provide a safe and well cared for campus during snow and ice events "
TIU Facility Services Snow And Ice Management Blog 