If it wasn’t bad enough with temperature readings this morning well below zero, another round of 1 to as much as 5 inches of snow is expected late tonight through Wednesday with another Alberta Clipper that will scream southeastward across the state. Winter Weather Advisories are being issued for the NE half of Iowa for …
Author: Jeff Wilcox
Horrible Travel Conditions
Numerous roads across the state are becoming impassable with blizzard or near blizzard conditions. Iowa DOT Incidents shows what roads are closed at this time. Many roads that are still open are not advised to be traveled upon this evening. Winds are gusting to near or over 40 mph in several locations. This is not …
Blizzard Warning Expanded
A Blizzard warning will now be in effect beginning this evening and will continue through Tuesday morning for the following counties, Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Delaware, Dubuque, Iowa, Johnson, Jones, Keokuk, Linn, Louisa, Muscatine, Washington, Jackson, Clinton and Scott. A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect for the same areas through this evening. A Winter Weather …
Big Time Storm
A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect until 6pm for the following counties, Monona, Harrison, Shelby, Pottawattamie, Mills, Montgomery, Fremont and Page. A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect until 4am Tuesday Morning for the following counties, Buena Vista, Cherokee, Ida, OBrien, Osceola, Sioux and Lyon. A Blizzard Warning is in effect from Noon until …
A Blizzard of Advisories and Watches
A Winter Weather Advisory has been issued in NW Iowa. This is in effect until tomorrow morning when a Blizzard watch then goes into effect. The Blizzard Watch also is in effect beginning tomorrow morning for areas north of Interstate 80 in the Des Moines CWA and for the Iowa counties in the La Crosse …
An Arctic Preview
Lows last night gave a preview of what is to come this week as an arctic express comes roaring in on Monday and Tuesday. Lows fell into the single digits below zero in the areas where the heaviest snow fell from the previous storm. It was -8° in Monticello, -5° at Independence, -4° at Cedar …
Blizzard Watch
A Blizzard Watch is in effect from 3am until 9pm Monday for Lyon County, A Blizzard watch is in effect from 6am Monday until Midnight Tuesday for the following counties, Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, OBrien, Osceola and Sioux. A Blizzard Watch is in effect from Noon Monday until 3am Tuesday for the following …
Final Tally of the Jan 9-10th Snow
Some updated amounts are still coming in, but here is the final tally of snowfall from Friday and Saturday’s snow. (Any more updates will be put on this post) The heaviest fell mainly in a 15-25 mile wide band along US Hwy 30 from Boone to Ames to Toledo to Cedar Rapids to Anamosa, with …
Another Storm to Follow
While the state is digging out between 3-9 inches of snow, yet another storm will move into the state on Monday into Tuesday. This one will bring yet another 1 to possibly 3-4 inches of snow as an arctic push of much colder air moves into the state. Readings will be 5-10° below average through …
More than Expected
More snow fell then was expected last night. Snow continues falling this morning in the extreme eastern part of the state where a Winter Storm Warning is in effect until Noon. The Warning was issued very early this morning when total accumulations were expected to exceed advisory criteria. Some very preliminary snowfall accumulations are out …