Winter Arrives!!

Update #3

As winter official begins with December 21st, winter also arrives with the feeling of ice and the forecast of more ice/snow. Currently sitting at temperatures right at freezing, with light rain falling for the past couple of hours is creating some hazardous conditions finally. Roadways in northwest Iowa are beginning to freeze over, thus partly covered with ice conditions probably exist across many of the roads. The ice is also audible thanks to the wind which is slowly swaying the trees giving the all ominous sound of crackling. So at least a light layer of ice exists across the area…

Winter Weather Advisory still in effect for Iowa counties north of highway 20 and west of highway 4, although icy conditions do exist just east of highway 4 as well. Although this advisory does not begin until 6 am, as you can tell the conditions will deteriorate rapidly in some areas, still looking for light accumulations of ice throughout the night and morning, potentially with some rain before turning over to all snow with 2-4 inches of accumulation possible.