Snow or sleet continues early this morning north of Interstate 80 with the primary band currently over the northeastern portion. It is currently anticipated that the heavy band of snow is setting up along the Highway 20 corridor from Dubuque to Waterloo – this is where the heaviest snowfall rates will be seen. This is …

Quiet weather for the bulk of today with well above average temperatures in the 30s northward to the 60s south. These spring-like conditions will quickly change tonight however as as a powerful cold front with a sinking high pressure center adjacent to it kicks into the area this evening, leading to cooling aloft, and eventually mixing …

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1229 AM CST MON FEB 22 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR… CENTRAL WEBSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA… * UNTIL 630 AM CST MONDAY * AT 1226 AM CST…LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT …

MORE CLIPPERS, AND NOT THE LOS ANGELES ONES: High pressure shifts into the area today, however another clipper system Monday night will swing through the state and bring with it some light snow across the region. Total accumulations with this will be nothing significant by any means, likely in the one-to-two inch range, with locally higher …

Updated 10:00 p.m. Ottumwa 5.00 Knoxville 5.00 Nevada 4.50 Maxwell 4.50 Indianola 4.50 Davenport 4.50 Durant 4.00 Lambs Grove 3.70 Muscatine 3.70 Altoona 3.60 Gilbert 3.50 Ames 3.50 Norwalk 3.50 West Liberty 3.50 Charles City 3.50 Des Moines 3.40 State Center 3.40 Orange City 3.20 Sheldon 3.20 London 3.20 Mount Pleasant 3.10 Everly 3.00 Oskaloosa …

The first band of snow currently continues to move steadily east-to-southeast across the state, generally along and around a line from Spencer to Burlington. This has already dropped one-to-two inches across the state and will likely leave some light accumulations. Roads east of the Des Moines metropolitan area are already completely covered, around Newton and …

An upper level system over the Northern Plains will head southeast tonight and into tomorrow and will overspread snow over much of the state. Snow is expected to persist into Sunday afternoon and evening before finally drifting off during the overnight hours. The highest accumulations will likely be over northern and eastern Iowa, where four-to-six …

Not much change to note in regards to the road situation across Iowa. Interstate 35 remains closed from mile marker 111 in Ames to mile marker 194 in Clear Lake. I do expect this to re-open hopefully sometime early this morning as cameras show much improved conditions along the Interstate. However, numerous accidents occurred along …

The photo above summarizes it all with the gates drawn at mile markers 194 and 128 on Interstate 35 due to whiteout conditions and numerous accidents. Traffic is being diverted onto Highway 18 in Clear Lake with trucks sprawled all across the area. The CBS affiliate in Mason City has captured the surreal scene in Clear Lake …

The latest look at road conditions this morning show that travel continues to not be advised across much of north central into northwestern Iowa. This includes Interstate 35 between mile marker 128 and the Iowa/Minnesota border. Several reports of whiteout conditions have been reported in this area and travel along these roads will be extremely …