New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day in Washington are shaping up to be slightly warmer than normal. According to the National Weather Service, the normal high on New Year’s Day is 31 degrees with a low of 12 degrees. The forecast is calling for tomorrow to have a high of 43 degrees and a low of 33 degrees. New Year’s Day 2018 was the coldest on record with a high of 2 degrees and a low of -22. Mostly sunny skies are expected through Thursday.

Washington County Emergency Management Coordinator Marissa Reisen encourages people to be safe while traveling. She recommends always having your car’s headlights on, especially when your wiper blades are activated, “Headlights when it’s still kind of light out aren’t really going to do a whole lot for your ability to see the roadway and see what’s coming, but they do a huge wonder for other vehicles being able to see you. Especially with certain vehicle colors, if you’ve got a dark vehicle, or that gray-blue that just is like camouflage in fog, turn your lights on.” She adds that automatic lights won’t always turn on your vehicle’s tail-lights.

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