The weather might be great, but the melting snow is a potential danger for drivers, Winthrop police say.

While the snow melts during the day, at night temperatures brush freezing and the dark pavement becomes icy.

“With the warm days we’ve been having, drivers need to be careful at night and look out for black ice patches,” Winthrop police Sgt. Dan Cook said. “Luckily, we haven’t had any reports of trouble with this out here.”

Black ice on roads and bodies of water is extremely dangerous — and sometimes fatal — because it does not contain any air bubbles, which makes it transparent and often takes the color of whatever is atop it.

Avoiding it can be easy, though, Cook said.

"Just slow down."

Want to know what else is affected by the rapidly melting ice and snow? Check out Thursday's Kennebec Journal.