Winter Weather Advisory in Northwest The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for freezing rain and snow for Lyon, Lincoln, Rock, and Nobles county from 8 AM to 6 PM Monday. Rainfall overnight is expected to transition to freezing rain in the morning to snow in the afternoon before …

Patchy dense fog has expanded across the state with many airorts seeing less than 5 mile visibility readings. At 8:20 PM, the airports in Carroll and Creston reported one and a half mile visibility, the airports in Mason City and Lamoni reported one-half mile of visibility, and Decorah airport reported visibility of a quarter mile. This …

A mild winter day is already being seen across the area with temperatures at noon sitting in the mid 40s to low 50s. Temperatures should rise a few more degrees before topping out. Either way, it’s a beautiful day with the snow pack melting off quickly. Conditions are expected to quickly change as we head …

It’s not often where I speak ‘opinionated’ articles on this site, but I thought it was time to set the record straight for a certain New York governor that felt like blaming the National Weather Service (again) for his own terrible response to natural disasters. Let’s start with the beginning. Andrew Cuomo, governor of New …

Temperatures this weekend were balmy for this time of year in the upper 40s to the low 60s across the region. Rain was seen across the area today along a cold front that was drifting east. These conditions are not expected to return for the beginning of the work week with highs in the 20s …

The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls has issued a Winter Weather Advisory from 3pm Sunday to 6pm Monday. Northwest winds will quickly increase during the late afternoon to evening hours to the 20-30 MPH range with gusts to 40 MPH Sunday and continue through Monday. Little to no accumulation is expected during this period, …

    Snow is beginning to taper off over the majority of the state with an exception of a line of snow from Rochester through Charles City and back down through the Greenfield area. Roads are still hazardous for many with partially to completely covered roads over the majority of the state. Take it easy …

UPDATED: 11:20 PM [table] Location,Amount,Source Graettinger,6,PUBLIC Spirit Lake,6,PUBLIC Emmetsburg,5,PUBLIC Sibley,4.2,CO-OP OBSERVER Estherville,4,EMERGENCY MNGR Spirit Lake,4,PUBLIC 2 NNW Centerville,4,TRAINED SPOTTER Sioux City-Morningside,4,PUBLIC Sioux City,4,CO-OP OBSERVER Algona,3.7,PUBLIC 4 NW Milford,3.5,CO-OP OBSERVER Osceola,3.5,PUBLIC Saint Ansgar,3.2,CO-OP OBSERVER SAC City,3.1,TRAINED SPOTTER Graettinger,3,PUBLIC Eldon,3,PUBLIC Emmetsburg,3,BROADCAST MEDIA Numa,2.5,PUBLIC 1 WSW Robins,2.5,TRAINED SPOTTER Hampton,2.5,PUBLIC 5 NW Cedar Rapids,2.5,TRAINED SPOTTER Sioux City,2.4,CO-OP OBSERVER Sheldon,2.4,CO-OP …

Road conditions across the state continue to be hazardous with mostly covered roads (snow) in the southwestern and northeastern parts of the state. There have been many reports of slippery roads all around the Cedar Rapids, Iowa City, Ottumwa, Corydon, and Des Moines areas, to add on to the snowpack already there. Those out tonight …

As of 6 PM you can see that roads are partly to completely covered across much of Iowa making travel hazardous. If you do travel use caution and take it slow.