Christmas Snow Advisory

There has been slight chances of snow in the forecast for Christmas for the past couple of days, but it now looks like areas of at least northwest Iowa will be receiving plenty of Christmas Snow. This area of the state missed out on the snowfall from the previous system that dumped over a half foot of snow in southern and eastern Iowa. Light to moderate snow showers have continued to spread southeast into northwest Iowa this afternoon. Enough moisture has pooled up to prompt the NWS out of Sioux Falls to issue a Snow Advisory for their northwest Iowa counties. The band of snowfall should continue to work southeast through the evening and into the early nighttime hours, a total of 2-4 inches of accumulation are likely in the areas under the snow advisory. This advisory essentially includes counties west of highway 4 and north of highway 20...

Areas that are near this snow advisory will still likely see snowfall accumulations this afternoon and tonight, however total amounts should generally be 1-2 inches. This snowfall may also continue to work into the rest of the state overnight and into tomorrow. Current forecasts only put ~1 inch of accumulation over the rest of the state, although I would not be surprised to see some isolated higher amounts. Some areas of the state may also escape this system with little or no accumulation, but a generally light snowfall should occur over a majority of the state.

Hope everybody enjoys their christmas snowfall, happy holidays!!