Short Term Forecast-The arrival of an arctic airmass is causing significant travel delays in parts of Iowa this morning and causing travel to be completely halted in others because of the very high winds associated with it. First north Iowa-Some light snows fell overnight generally amounts were light between 1-2″ however this new fluffy snow …
Category: All of Iowa
After Today, Just a February Freeze
BITTER COLD: After some warmer days this past weekend, it will not be the case this coming week with bitter cold temperatures returning to the state through the week and into the weekend as well. Before we get to that we have to discuss the system moving through the state today with a bit of …
Quiet before a February Fury Sunday
No Video Today NICE TODAY, CHANGES COMING: It will be a nice day across the state with some sunshine coming in as the day progresses after some possible morning fog in our northeastern counties Highs today will range from the 30s north to the lower 40s south. We will see another warm day on Sunday …
A February Flurry of Meh
DISTURBANCES: A disturbance will move across the state today bringing a few snow showers or flurries to the state. The best chances look to be across the northern half of the state but any accumulations look to be a half inch or less at best. Highs today will be in the 20s north to the …
Evening update on conditions and travel
Short term forecast-Our winter storm continues to rage on and cause major travel issues. The center of low pressure responsible for this storm is currently located in far southeast Nebraska, nearing southwest Iowa and it is moving very slowly to the east and north. There are three bands of concern right now in the state, …
Mid Day Road Conditions
Road conditions are very bad and travel is not advised in all the northern 1/3rd of the state including I-35 north of Ames to the Minnesota border and I-29 in the Sioux City area. Here roads are completely covered and travel is very poor to impossible due to falling snow or blowing snow. Anywhere from …
Mid Day Update- Preliminary Snowfall Reports
Short term- The Major winter storm continues. In northern/northwestern Iowa conditions are very significant at this time and travel is not advised. I-29 is closed near Sioux City because of such poor conditions. Many cities are here are reporting heavy snow and whiteout conditions and winds are also very strong causing substantial blowing …
A Quiet Few Days
No Video Today THE WEEK AHEAD: Sunshine will be returning in force later this week as warmer air will be coming as well. Today, however will be mainly cloudy with only the western counties seeing any prolonged sunshine. Highs today will be in the 20s to around 30. As we head toward the end of …
Little Ice, Little Rain, Little Snow
A PEPPERING OF PRECIPITATION: A system will be moving through the state today bringing with it a chance of some rain, wintry mix and snow. Most of the precipitation will be in the form of rain over the southern and eastern counties of the state by the late morning hours after some freezing drizzle or …
Something Wintry to talk about
A WINTRY MIX: Skies today will be mainly cloudy with only some peaks of sunshine here and there. Highs today will be in the 30s. A storm system will move into the state late tonight through Monday into early on Tuesday. There is a chance of a wintry mix early on changing over to some …