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I’m near D.C. it’s been raining all day. But it’s been 40s to high 50s all day. No ice down here. Tomorrow it’s getting colder, but should be above freezing. And the roads haven’t cold-soaked this week either. If you’re driving the eastern corridor, looks ok farther south.

Finally :) Predicted band of severe rain and wind that I’ll drive through: I go. Maybe I’ll pull over at a rest stop or restaurant for an hour to wait as it passes. chance of ice for a region of the trip: I go, but allow for extra overnight stay at hotel if icing happens. Predicted huge rain...

A risk I’m inferring: you don’t have experience driving in inclement weather. The risks for someone with a lifetime experience of driving in varied bad weather can be different for someone who hasn’t had life teach them how to drive in this stuff. We’re never too late to learn ... but if the...

Youre asking about “driving in winter”. It’s basically all doable. But it can be treacherous and exhausting. And some conditions, particularly ice or blizzards, are outright treacherous. Driving in plague-of-frogs rain. Been there, done that. It sucks. if the rain is so heavy you have minimal...

Practically, this has meant I’ve made an unplanned overnight stop at a hotel 30 miles (after 500 miles driving) from my parents. Because the roads were icing at night. winter rain when it’s been 40s to 50s is a lower risk of ice because the roads aren’t below freezing and so are less likely to...

For 20 years I drove from the NE to Midwest around Christmas time. Snow and blizzards are manageable. But freezing and ice storms are terrible and frightening, and you don’t want to be on the road. This includes interstates. Even if the main road is ok, ramps and flyovers can be skating rinks...