By CBS 2 meteorologist Tammie Souza
Following back-to-back storms, your complete Chicago space has been left below a number of inches of snow and ice. Now, Arctic air will settle throughout the area tonight plunging us to close zero with the coldest temperatures since final February.
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Black ice turns into the issue on sidewalks, stairs, driveway and porches and with temperatures not anticipated to go above freezing for the following seven days that ice turns into harmful if not handled.
Making use of a skinny layer of “Ice Soften” pellets or flakes is one of the simplest ways to attenuate the ice menace. What sort of Ice Soften depends upon the air temperature.
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Probably the most generally used soften is rock salt, higher often known as sodium chloride. One pound can soften as much as 46 kilos of ice. Sadly it’s only efficient to about 20 levels and stops working beneath that temperature. With our temperatures anticipated to be at or beneath zero the following few nights there are different choices that may work higher at such low temperatures.
In excessive chilly consultants suggest utilizing both Calcium Chloride or Magnesium Chloride. Calcium chloride will soften ice all the way down to -25 levels and is essentially the most light on walkways and surfaces.
Magnesium Chloride works effectively all the way down to -10 levels and works the quickest. It is usually thought of extra environmentally pleasant than the opposite two.
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Bear in mind to all the time preserve any ice soften product away from youngsters and pets and wipe off your pets paws after they stroll by a handled space.
