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Trying to assess the possibility of a delay.

My high schooler is half sick and is wondering whether he should stay up late to finish his project or sleep right now and use the possible delay to finish it.

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Delay looks pretty real at this time for MoCo. The roads are all wet, the temps are below freezing.

The formula to calculate the delay or closing for the morning is pretty simple.
The earliest busses leave the depot at 6 ish AM and pick the first kids at 6:20ish. 
If the roads are not safe at this time, then there is 2 hour delay. 
That means that roads MUST be safe by 8  to 8:20ish.

If you look at tomorrows weather, the temperature at 8 AM are projected as follows; 
in Clarksburg: 28F
in Gaithersburg: 30F
in Rockville: 30F
in Bethesda: 32F
in Silver Spring: 32F

So you do the math. What is supposed to melt the black ice by 8 am for the busses
to safely carry kids in rural and urban areas? Probably nothing.
So however the two hour delay seem most possible, the full closing is also possible
however the very little snow there is as MCPS has a history of closing for black ice
more willingly then for any amount of snow because ice is what is the most  unpredictable
and dangerous. Bus + Ice = Danger = greatest chance of closings and delays. [/quote]

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