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Rush Hour Spared Worst of Winter Storm

By Marcus Gilmer in News on Dec 18, 2008 7:35PM

It's still pretty sunny outside which made us wonder about the alleged storm we're getting. Turns out it's still coming, it's just going to be fashionably late. The new start time of the winter storm waring is now 7 p.m., as opposed to its original start of 3 p.m. so it looks like we won't get a repeat of Tuesday's rush hour traffic snarl. It's still gonna pack a wallop, though. Anywhere from 5 to 12 inches is projected across the metro area with accumulations getting heavier the more north you go.