Updated 10:00 p.m. Ottumwa 5.00 Knoxville 5.00 Nevada 4.50 Maxwell 4.50 Indianola 4.50 Davenport 4.50 Durant 4.00 Lambs Grove 3.70 Muscatine 3.70 Altoona 3.60 Gilbert 3.50 Ames 3.50 Norwalk 3.50 West Liberty 3.50 Charles City 3.50 Des Moines 3.40 State Center 3.40 Orange City 3.20 Sheldon 3.20 London 3.20 Mount Pleasant 3.10 Everly 3.00 Oskaloosa …
11:45 PM UPDATE: Roads Completely Covered East of the Metro
The first band of snow currently continues to move steadily east-to-southeast across the state, generally along and around a line from Spencer to Burlington. This has already dropped one-to-two inches across the state and will likely leave some light accumulations. Roads east of the Des Moines metropolitan area are already completely covered, around Newton and …
Light-to-Moderate Snowfall Expected Tonight through Sunday
An upper level system over the Northern Plains will head southeast tonight and into tomorrow and will overspread snow over much of the state. Snow is expected to persist into Sunday afternoon and evening before finally drifting off during the overnight hours. The highest accumulations will likely be over northern and eastern Iowa, where four-to-six …
The Anticipation of Spring
As the sun angle slowly increases and winter loses it’s grip on Iowa, many people catch themselves thinking of those warm days ahead, and we start to anticipate the starting the next season – spring! We are coming up on my favorite time of year, and what an exciting time to be here in Iowa. …
Mother Nature’s Love Letter or Cold Shoulder
No Video Today COLD WINDS BLOW: Snow will be moving out of the state this morning and skies will be slowly clearing. Temperatures will be slowly dropping as well with highs likely occurring during the late morning and early afternoon before the slow fall. Highs in the teens and 20s will be commonplace. What else …
Want More Snow? Good More On The Way
LITTLE MORE SNOW, BITTER COLD: We will see a brief break from the snow chances today with partly to mostly cloudy skies across the state. Highs today will be in the teens and 20s. The snow chances return late tonight into the first half of Friday with a system that will quickly move across the …
A Bit O’ Snow, Temperatures stay Low
SWATHS OF SNOW: A few disturbances will be moving through the state today and again late Thursday night into Friday with some chance of light snow. These systems don’t look to put down a lot of snow (perhaps about an inch for each system) but they will cause some issues as they move through. It …
No Thaw This Week
FEBRUARY FREEZE: There will not be any thawing anytime this week with a northwesterly flow and bitterly cold temperatures staying through the week. Highs will be in the teens and lower 20s across the state through the week with partly to mostly sunny skies. There are some chances of some light snow or flurries Wednesday …
EARLY MORNING UPDATE: Impacts Continue across North Central Iowa
Not much change to note in regards to the road situation across Iowa. Interstate 35 remains closed from mile marker 111 in Ames to mile marker 194 in Clear Lake. I do expect this to re-open hopefully sometime early this morning as cameras show much improved conditions along the Interstate. However, numerous accidents occurred along …
LATE EVENING UPDATE: Dangerous Travel Continues across North Central Iowa
The photo above summarizes it all with the gates drawn at mile markers 194 and 128 on Interstate 35 due to whiteout conditions and numerous accidents. Traffic is being diverted onto Highway 18 in Clear Lake with trucks sprawled all across the area. The CBS affiliate in Mason City has captured the surreal scene in Clear Lake …