There will be several nights this week where temperatures will fall below zero, but two of those nights, Tuesday night into Wednesday morning and Thursday night into Friday morning will see readings well below zero. The image above shows the forecasted morning lows for Friday morning (which will be the coldest of the next week) …
Category: All of Iowa
Above Freezing
Most of the southern part of the state has risen above the freezing mark this afternoon and the precipitation that is currently falling in those areas has switched over to all rain. To the north where readings are still at or below freezing, sleet, snow and freezing rain are still possible, with accumulations of another …
Snow Sleet Ice Today
Wintery precipitation will be the rule on this Martin Luther King Jr Day, with Sleet, Snow and Freezing Rain moving through the state. The best chances for the ice will be south of Interstate 80 where a tenth of an inch of ice could accumulate, with isolated heavier amounts (a freezing rain advisory may be …
Snow Accumulations Sun Night into Monday
Here is the latest snowfall forecast from the NAM Model run at 0z (6pm CT). It has forecasted a lot more snow for the northeastern sections of the state then will probably fall. The image shown above is the snowfall forecast based on the 10:1 ratio (1″ of precipitation (rain) equalling 10″ of snow) which …
Winter Precip Today
Radar fifteen minutes ago showed a large swath of radar returns across the western and central sections of the state. While most of this isn’t reaching the ground, some of it is, and in the form of snow, sleet and even some freezing rain. Temperatures are in the upper teens and lower 20s currently over …
Bitter Cold Back For Next Week
After a few model runs which showed that the cold air that would come into the state in the middle of next week wasn’t going to be as bad, the last few model runs have brought it back with a vengeance. Lows by Wednesday morning next week (seen above) could be well below zero across …
Light Snow Off and On
A few days of light snow showers will be moving through the state off and on through the rest of the week into the upcoming weekend. Little accumulation is possible with these systems as they move through. Colder air will be moving back into the state early to middle of next week. Whereas it isn’t …
Bitterly Cold Wind Chills Tonight
The National Weather Service has issued a Wind Chill Advisory through Wednesday morning for the areas shaded in light blue on the map above. Temperatures below zero tonight along with a wind of 10-15mph will produce dangerous wind chills between -20° and -30° in the advisory area. Outside of the advisory area, wind chills will …
Snowfall Totals FINAL (Jan 9-11 2011)
Here are the final snowfall totals from this storm. (NOTE: This is as of 5:30pm 1/11/11)
Travel An Issue
The image above shows how bad the roads have gotten in the Des Moines Metro area. The road was closed westbound due to the semi accident (which you can see blocking the two lanes of the road). Numerous other accidents have occurred in and around Des Moines all morning and into the afternoon. If you …