An early look at the travel situation across the state shows continued deterioration of road conditions. Visibilities have been reduced to under a mile for many areas. Hazardous conditions has led to several accidents in west central and central Iowa and travel is not advised for much of north central Iowa, including Interstate 35 from …

Roads continue to rapidly deteriorate across the area at this early hour with numerous accidents across west central Iowa and travel not advised in north central Iowa. Light snow has overspread much of the state per airport weather observations, and with winds in the 25-35 MPH sustained range (gusts to 50 MPH), travel has become …

Things are beginning to pick up once again across the area with sustained winds at many airports across the state hanging out in the 20 to 30 MPH range with gusts to over 50 MPH at times. Several roadway stations have reported wind gusts over 50 MPH with the airport in Sioux City reporting a …

Sunny skies will be the weather story for the morning and afternoon hours today as high temperatures reach the mid 30s north to nearly the upper 40s along the Iowa/Missouri border. This will unfortunately be the highest temperatures we’ll see for the rest of the week. A pair of low pressure troughs will swing through …

Boyden 16.00 Hawarden 15.00 Sioux City 14.50 Akron 13.60 Rock Valley 13.50 Sheldon 13.50 Otho 13.50 Sioux Center 13.00 Struble 13.00 Remsen 12.70 Sergeant Bluff 12.50 Fort Dodge 12.30 Kingsley 12.00 Webster City 12.00 Orange City 12.00 Stuart 12.00 Swea City 12.00 Manson 12.00 Bode 11.50 Cherokee 11.00 Washta 11.00 Spirit Lake 11.00 Sibley 11.00 …

Blizzard Warnings, Winter Storm Warnings, and Winter Weather Advisories remain posted this morning across much of the northwestern part of the state. While snowfall will begin to diminish overnight, the worst of the winds of this event will create the worst of the blizzard conditions that we’ve seen thus far. Northwesterly winds of 20-30 MPH …

A major winter storm is expected to impact the area beginning later tonight and into early Wednesday morning. Models have come into somewhat better agreement over the last 24 hours on tracking the upper level cyclone out of the southwest and into the central Plains later today via a fast upper level jet at 250 mb. …

A significant blizzard is current on track to affect the state early next week, beginning late Monday night and continuing through early Wednesday morning. A disturbance over the Pacific is expected to develop into an upper-level low today and trek it’s way to the Oklahoma panhandle by tomorrow. By Tuesday night, a very strong 300 mb …

Confidence is continuing to increase by the day and the hour for a blizzard to impact the state early next week. A disturbance currently over the Pacific Ocean, over 3,000 miles away from the state, is expected to be the “match” for a potentially significant event to impact the area. This disturbance will likely develop into …

Confidence is increasing for a winter storm to impact the area next week. Models have been oddly very consistent on timing, path, and strength of this system, which is currently lurking in the central Pacific as of the time of this post. The two primary models that we are looking at, the European ECMWF and American …