Another night of below zero temperatures will be in store again tonight. This might be the last night of these bitterly cold temperatures for awhile as a warmup is forecast this upcoming week. Wind Chills will be an issue tonight as well. With that, a Wind Chill Advisory has been issued until 9am Sunday morning …
Author: Jeff Wilcox
Very Cold Night Tonight
A cold night is in store for the state tonight. Winds will begin to diminish this evening and overnight, which will lead to very cold temperatures across the state. Lows by Saturday morning will be in the teens and 20s below zero statewide. A few locations may even drop to -30. The extreme eastern part …
Roads Closed or Impassable This AM
Here are the following roads that are either closed or DOT Plows have been pulled off the roads. These roads are likely to drift shut. US Hwy 6 From Atlantic Westward US Hwy 18 from Emmetsburg to IA Hwy 15 US Hwy 63 from New Sharon to Oskaloosa US Hwy 169 from Humboldt to Minnesota …
Road Conditions Not Good
Above is the road condition map for the state. The roads that are highlighted in Red are “Travel Not Advised”. Purple is Completely Covered, Orange is Mostly Covered. The camera shot along I-80 (above the road condition map) shows that the roads may look ok, but blowing and drifting are likely occurring on many rural …
Jan 6th-7th Snow Amounts
Above are snow amounts so far from the storm system. Most of the accumulating snow is ending in the eastern part of the state, with only a few scattered flurries or light snow showers elsewhere. The big story now is the wind. Whiteout conditions have been reported in western Iowa. This will continue statewide this …
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Very Cold Weather To Follow This Snow
Above is the NWS forecast for lows Saturday morning following this snow storm. This could be as cold if not colder than at the beginning of the year. Temperatures will easily drop into the teens and 20s below zero, but a few locations could see -30 or even -35. Spencer dropped to -37° already this …
Evening Update on Storm
5 inches of snow has fallen already in Sheldon, Primghar and Cherokee. Most amounts in the western 2/3rds of the state are between 2-4 inches right now. Snow will continue at least through Thursday afternoon in the west and Thursday evening in the east. Road Conditions have gone downhill tonight with the snowfall. Travel is …
Winter Storm Warning for Nearly Entire State
A Winter Storm Warning has been issued for nearly the entire state (the only exceptions being Allamakee and Winneshiek counties in NE Iowa which are under Winter Weather Advisories). The Warning goes into effect this morning in the western part of the state and this afternoon over the east. It is in effect through Thursday …
An Update for Mid Week Storm
A Winter Storm Warning has been issued from 9am Wednesday morning until 6pm Thursday evening for the following counties, Adair, Adams, Audubon, Boone, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass, Clarke, Crawford, Dallas, Decatur, Emmet, Greene, Guthrie, Humboldt, Kossuth, Madison, Palo Alto, Pocahontas, Ringgold, Sac, Taylor, Union and Webster. A Winter Storm Warning has been issued from Noon Wednesday …