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Light snow Monday evening with an eye towards Wednesday’s storm



METEOROLOGIST ANNE CAMPOLONGO. AND AND YEAH, WE ARE REALLY FOCUSING HERE ON THE IMPACTS WE WILL SEE AS ​​WE MOVE INTO WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND BEYOND. JUST BEFORE THE BIG HOLIDAY WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES CURRENTLY WE ARE COLD BUT IT’S NOWHERE WE WILL BE BY THE END OF THE WEEK HERE AS TEMPERATURES DROP NEAR ZERO BY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. IF NOT BELOW. BUT WE ARE SITTING AT 30 NOW IN ANKENY 31 IN DES MOINES. FEEL TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW TWENTIES NOW. I THINK TEMPERATURES WILL FALL HERE TONIGHT AND THEN TOMORROW MORNING WE ARE INTO THE SINGLE NUMBERS. A COLD START TOMORROW. BUT I THINK WE ARE SEEING MORE SUN AT LEAST DURING PARTS OF THE DAY HERE ON YOUR TUESDAY. A LITTLE SNOW LIGHT SNOW IS FALLING OVER EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE. FOR MOSTLY WE HAVE A FEW MODERATE TO HEAVY GUSTS OF SNOW TOWARDS NEWTON THROUGH PARTS OF JASPER COUNTY TO MONROE. THEN WE WILL ENTER WARREN AND MARION COUNTIES. WE HAVE SNOW TOWARDS KNOXVILLE, PELLA, OSKALOOSA TOO. SO A FEW LIGHT FLURRIES CONTINUED OVERNIGHT. AGAIN, WITHOUT LOOKING AT THE BIG IMPACTS OF SNOW THIS EVENING. BUT WHAT WE ARE SEEING IS THE POTENTIAL FOR VERY STRONG WINDS, VERY COLD AND BITTER TEMPERATURES. AND THEN IN ADDITION TO ALL THIS SNOW OR EVEN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS HERE AS WE ENTER THE MID AND END OF THE WORK WEEK. SO WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT WIND AND WIND CHILL WITH MORE ON THIS, WE WANT TO SEND IT TO CHIEF METEOROLOGIST CHRIS GLONINGER. HE LOOKS AT THESE DETAILS FOR THIS PART OF THE FORECAST. AND WINDS INCREASING DURING THE SECOND PHASE OF THIS COMING STORM. WHERE DOES THE SNOW START FALLING ON WEDNESDAY? WE HAVE GUSTS ONLY 15 TO 20 MILES PER HOUR BUT WATCHES UP THURSDAY NIGHT WITH GUSTS APPROACHING 40 MILES PER HOUR. AND THERE IS A TIME WHEN THESE WINDS MAY ECLIPSE BY MILE AN HOUR AS WE ENTER THE DAY ON FRIDAY. SO EVEN AFTER THE LAST FLAKES HAVE FELL, WE WILL LIKELY SEE BLOWING SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW AS A BIG CONCERN THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON FRIDAY. LET’S LOOK AT THE TIMELINE. WIND CHILLS OVERNIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING FALLING BELOW ZERO. YOU THINK THIS IS BAD BUT WATCH WHAT HAPPENS AS WE GO LATER IN THE PERIOD BY THURSDAY NIGHT. THEN FRIDAY MORNING WIND CHILL BY THIS POINT BETWEEN 30 AND 40 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. DANGEROUS COLD WILL REMAIN INTO THE DAY SATURDAY BEFORE WE START TO SEE THIS WINTER BREATH RELEASING ITS HANDLE THROUGH CENTRAL IOWA. SO TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE TIME, WE WILL RETURN IT TO AND TALK ABOUT WHEN IT WAS HAD TO HAPPEN. AND AGAIN, NO PROBLEM TOMORROW. TUESDAYS ARE A LITTLE BREAK BEFORE THIS SYSTEM REALLY ACCELERATES, UNTIL WEDNESDAY. SOME SUNNY TOMORROW AND THEN CLOUDS FORMING BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. WE ARE STUCK WITH THE COVER, LIKE YOU GUYS STARTING WEDNESDAY AND THE SNOW IS COMING HERE AS SOON AS NOON. FOR SOME OF US, ESPECIALLY IF YOU’RE IN THE NORTHWESTERN AND WESTERN PARTS OF THE STATE, THEN IT REALLY STARTS TO INCREASE AS WE HEAD TO DINNER TIME AND BOOKING TIME. WORK ON WEDNESDAY EVENING WE WILL SEE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW FLOWS WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY MORNING. IT’S AROUND 5 AM SO WE STILL HAVE SNOW OVER THE STATE IN EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN IOWA. AND NOTICE BY THURSDAY CLOSER TO 5 AND 6 AM THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO STOP. WE WILL FINISH WITH SNOW BY THURSDAY EVENING PROBABLY. BUT THEN STRONG WINDS ARRIVE FROM THURSDAY NIGHT TO FRIDAY. SO AGAIN, WEDNESDAY, IF YOU’RE PLANNING FOR PLANNING PURPOSES, IF YOU NEED TO DRIVE, PROBABLY BETTER TO START EARLY WEDNESDAY IF YOU CAN. SNOW WILL LIKELY ARRIVE IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AND THEN THURSDAY IS WHEN THE WINDS WILL START FORCING COLD WEATHER IS COMING HERE, COLD TEMPERATURES, BITTER AND COLD WIND CHILLS COME ON THURSDAY. THEY WILL REMAIN UNTIL FRIDAY. WE HAVE THESE STRONG WINDS UNTIL POTENTIALLY THE FIRST PART OF SATURDAY. SO DELICATE TRAVEL PLANS, AS WE ALL KNOW HERE, AS WE GET CLOSER TOWARDS THE WEEKEND. COLD TONIGHT WILL FALL IN SINGLE NUMBERS. AND THEN THE FORECAST OF TOMORROW ONLY TAKES US INTO TEENS, 13, THE HIGH TOMORROW AND AMES WE ARE TALKING TO ONE DIGIT FOR HIGH TEMPERATURES. FURTHER NORTH YOU GO TOMORROW AFTERNOON THE 8 DAY FORECAST LOOKS LIKE THIS. SOME SUNNY TOMORROW, SNOW ARRIVES BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND. EVENING. THIS WILL STAY WITH US THROUGH MOST OF THURSDAY. AND THEN THE BITTER COLD SET UP FOR FRIDAY, SATUR

Light snow Monday evening with an eye towards Wednesday’s storm

We continue with the themes of freezing cold, strong and gusty winds and heavy snowfall as we approach the holiday weekend. Weather AlertsOn Monday evening there will be light snow, but nothing major. Tomorrow is brighter and sunny but the highs won’t end until the teens in the afternoon. Snow starts Wednesday night – probably around dinner time. Snow continues overnight through Thursday. Blizzard-like conditions could develop, especially on Thursday when winds increase. The strongest winds are expected Thursday evening – with ghosts over 40 MPH. The snow ends Thursday night and Friday looks mostly dry at this point. Friday will be our coldest day, with highs below freezing and dangerously cold wind chills with the strong winds. Dangerous cold and bitter wind chills accompany us until Saturday. It would be best to avoid traveling from Thursday to Friday for the time being. This appears to be the worst window of weather at this point. WATCH: How to prepare for winter. Forecast: Monday Evening: Cloudy with snow showers mostly in the evening. Low 7F. Winds from the SSW shifting to the NNW at 10-15 mph. Chance of snow 50%.Tuesday: Sun and clouds mixed. Very cold. High 16F. NNW winds blowing 10 to 15 mph Wednesday: Cloudy with flurries developing in the afternoon. High 24F. ESE winds blowing 10-15 mph. Chance of snow 70%. Snow accumulates less than an inch.

We continue with the themes of freezing cold, strong and gusty winds and heavy snowfall as we approach the holiday weekend.

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Monday evening there will be light snow, but nothing major. Tomorrow is clearer and sunny, but the highs won’t end until the teens in the afternoon.

winter storm watch

Snow starts Wednesday evening – probably around dinner time or so. Snow continues overnight through Thursday. Blizzard-like conditions could develop, especially on Thursday when winds increase.

The strongest winds are expected Thursday evening – with ghosts over 40 MPH. The snow ends Thursday night and Friday looks mostly dry at this point. Friday will be our coldest day, with highs below freezing and dangerously cold wind chills with the strong winds. Dangerous cold and bitter wind chills accompany us until Saturday. It would be best to avoid traveling from Thursday to Friday for the time being. It looks like the worst window of time at this point.

WATCH: How to prepare for winter.

The forecasts:

Monday evening: Cloudy with snow showers mainly in the evening. Low 7F. Winds from the SSW shifting to the NNW at 10-15 mph. Chance of snow 50%.

Tuesday: Sun and clouds mixed. Very cold. High 16F. NNW winds blowing 10 to 15 mph.

Wednesday: Cloudy with flurries developing in the afternoon. High 24F. ESE winds blowing 10-15 mph. Chance of snow 70%. Snow accumulates less than an inch.

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