Month: January 2015

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11:30 PM: Most Roads Completely Covered, Tow Bans for Central and SW Iowa

  The latest update here at 11:30 PM shows nearly all roads across the state are completely covered with either a slush or snow. There are some exceptions in northwest Iowa and southwest Iowa, but these will likely become fully snow covered later tonight. Note that many of the white or “dry” spots on the …

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8:00 PM: Roads Completely Covered for Western Two-Thirds of State

Snow has overspread most of the state at this time. The only exception is southeastern Iowa where roads are still in decent shape however the precipitation will be changing over to snow in those areas in the coming hours. The rest of the state is seeing partly to completely covered roads in snow, slush and …

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5:45 PM: Roads Deteriorating in the West

Snow continues to overspread the state at this hour with the heaviest band currently sitting from Sioux City through Carroll, Ames, and north of Grinnell and lighter snow elsewhere. Roads are completely covered with snow for many areas west of I-35 from approximately Mason City to Spencer and south to Denison, Atlantic, and Ames areas. Another …

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Afternoon Road Condition Update: Snow Beginning in Western Iowa

The precipitation has changed over to snow in our western counties and some of the roads are starting to become partly to completely covered in snow and slush at this time. The rest of the state especially in the eastern counties are still dealing with some light rain and drizzle at this time. As temperatures …

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MORNING UPDATE: Significant Winter Storm Set to Impact the State this Weekend

A potentially significant winter storm is expected to impact the area this weekend as a large area of low pressure tracks into the region by Sunday and collides with another system from the north. This complex will flood precipitation into the state, as it currently is already doing across Kansas with rain-snow mix falling this morning. …

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Winter Storm to Affect Area This Weekend; 7-9″ Possible in SE Iowa

You know you live in Iowa when you can have temperatures in the 50s and 60s for an extended period and then have a winter storm affecting the state over the weekend. Well, that’s the exact situation that will setup for the weekend. A large and broad storm system is ejecting from the Rockies tonight …

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Iowa Weather Report January 30th 2015: Happy Times for Snowmobilers

WEEKEND FUN: A storm system will be approaching from the southwest as we head into the weekend which will bring a plethora of precipitation to the state at that time. In the meantime today skies will be partly to mostly sunny across the state. Winds will be calmer than they were on Thursday but readings …

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Iowa Weather Report January 29th 2015: North by Northwesterly Flow

COLDER AND COLDER: The days of the warmer than normal temperatures are gone for a while and in to replace it will be readings more typical of late January which looks to then be replaced by Arctic air as we head into the beginning of February. Highs today will be early on in the 30s …

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Iowa Weather Report January 28th 2015: Warmth Now. Weekend Snow?

ONE MORE WARM DAY: Another warm day across the state today with readings well into the 40s and 50s across the state. Some areas in the southwestern counties may hit the lower 60s. Some readings will be close to records. The eastern counties which haven’t been seeing a lot of this warm air that has …