Some light precipitation is moving into the state late this afternoon. Most of it will fall in the form of snow, however some rain is possible for a few hours in areas where temperatures are above freezing. Accumulations will be light with most locations receiving an inch or two. There are no advisories in effect …
Category: Winter Weather
Short Term Warm Up
Temperatures this afternoon are near average for the early part of February with readings in the 20s and 30s across the state with a few 40s in Nebraska. A few more days of near or slightly above average temperatures will continue in the state and the region through the weekend. Don’t get used to this …
Heading Below Zero…Again!
Readings already at 10pm are below zero across a good portion of the state, with another 6-11° drop more in readings tonight along with some light breezes will create dangerous wind chills in the -20s. A Slow warming trend is in store before another blast from the arctic returns by the middle of next week …
Wind Chill Advisory Statewide Tonight
The National Weather Service has issued a Wind Chill Advisory for the entire state of Iowa. It will be in effect from 6pm this evening until 10am Thursday morning for the following counties, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass, Cerro Gordo, Crawford, Emmet, Franklin, Greene, Grundy, Guthrie, Hamilton, Hancock, Hardin, Humboldt, Kossuth, …
Road Conditions Improving Slowly
Roads are slowly improving across the state. At least the main travelled roads are, as for the county and secondary roads, many of them are still drifted shut and or closed. Many of those will “try” to be plowed later today and tonight (if they haven’t already). There are still numerous state and US Highways …
Early Morning Road Conditions
Much of the state is still experiencing horrible travel issues this morning with blizzard conditions still raging across the eastern half of the state. Many roads are impassable across the state due to the blowing and drifting of the snow. Here are the roads that are impassable and or closed as of 3am. US Hwy …
10pm Road Condition Report (2/1/11)
Numerous roads in SE Iowa and a few in SW Iowa have been closed or are impassable due to the blizzard conditions across the state. The eastern 3 quarters of the state, travel is not advised at this time. Road conditions will not improve until tomorrow morning at the earliest.
Travel Not Advised Becoming the Norm
Trave is becoming virtually impossible across the southeastern half of the state. More and more roads are becoming impassable and many counties have pulled their plows off the roads for the night or until conditions improve (which likely won’t happen until morning). NOTE: Purple indicated Travel Not Advised, Pink is completely covered roads and blue …
Drift of Things to Come
Even though this drift is only 9 inches high, the actual snowfall amount was only about 2″ so far with a lot more on the way. Snow drifts of 3-6 FEET will be possible when the storm wraps up Wednesday afternoon.
From NWS Quad Cities
This message from the NWS in the Quad Cities should be taken seriously! …LIFE THREATENING BLIZZARD TAKING PLACE… HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH STRONG WINDS AND COLD TEMPERATURES TO BRING LIFE THREATENING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO THE ENTIRE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. VISIBILITY WILL FREQUENTLY BE NEAR ZERO IN OPEN AREAS…WHILE …