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Wintry Precip Tonight
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 …
Warm with drizzle or snow Sunday, Turning much colder for Monday and Tuesday.
Regional Weather View For once there will be no significant weather happening regionally. We will be dealing with a warm and cloudy air mass Sunday then colder air will make a come back for Monday and Tuesday some places could get some light snow Sunday but nothing significant will come from it. Local View Locally …
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 …
More Snow Chances
More snow chances are on the way once more, but nothing like the blizzard that went through earlier this week. A clipper system will sweep into the state from the northwest Saturday into Sunday with a few snow showers. Accumulations will be light (around 1-2″) with the heaviest amounts north and east. Temperatures will warm …
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 …
FINAL February 2011 Blizzard Snowfall Totals
Here is the list of snowfall totals from the Blizzard of 2011. UPDATE: Here are some late totals that came in after the last post. Gladbrook 8″ Denver 5.5″ La Porte City 10″ Long Grove 9″ Cantril’s total was updated from 11″ to 17″
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 …