Plow tracker, back-to-school, wintry weather

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Weather forecast for Monday, January 7, 2019

A special weather statement is in place across Chatham-Kent. More details, here.

Today – Periods of light snow ending this morning then cloudy. Periods of rain beginning late this afternoon. Risk of freezing rain early this morning. Wind east 20 km/h becoming south 30 gusting to 50 this afternoon. High 9. UV index 1 or low.

Tonight – Periods of rain ending after midnight then mainly cloudy. Wind southwest 40 km/h gusting to 60 diminishing to 20 after midnight. Low 7.

‘Plow Tracker’ in Chatham-Kent

During winter weather events, you can track snow clearing equipment with the Chatham-Kent Plow Tracker.

Municipal officials say the Municipality of Chatham-Kent works hard to keep roads safe and clear of snow and ice.

Plow Tracker shows Municipal and contractor plows working together to clear roads.

On other days, or if a significant snow event is forecasted, Plow Tracker may show Municipal plows doing preventative winter road maintenance like using salt and brine to keep the roads clear of ice.

Use the map to help you find out when roads have been salted and plowed in the Municipality of Chatham-Kent.

The buttons at the bottom of the screen allow you to see where vehicles have been for the past 2, 4, 12 or 24 hours.

The road colour indicates the time range in which your street was last serviced by the selected vehicle.

The routes of the vehicles are displayed for the selected time period.

The map also displays the real-time location of salters and plows.

You can zoom, pan, and change to satellite view.

The Overview option will zoom you back out to the full extent of the map.

To view the map, click here.

Back-to-school

Students across the region are heading back to school today after the Christmas break.

Here is a quick reminder from the Chatham-Kent Police Service:

Buses are back on the road this morning so please use extra caution as roads may be slick with snow and freezing rain in the forecast today. pic.twitter.com/23aogoaAO6

— Chatham-Kent Police (@CKPSMedia) 7 January 2019