Winter Storm (Dec. 8-9) Update #2

Precipitation has been falling off and on throughout the entire state this afternoon and into this evening. While the northern third of the state has seen this precip turn over to snow, other areas of central Iowa are seeing freezing rain, while the southern third is hanging onto rain. This type of precipitation should continue through the early nighttime hours, with the northern third of the state continuing to see snowfall and the other portions seeing a mix of freezing rain and rain. By the late nighttime hours, the snow should begin to fall over the central third of the state while the southeast quarter of the state stays rainfall. Waking up on Tuesday will likely be quite the mess with ice accumulations in some areas, heavy snow in others, an majority of the state in a simple mess of winter weather.

The heaviest snowfall accumulations are expected to occur over north-central and northeast Iowa where winter storm warnings have been issued with 4-8 inches of snowfall possible. Other areas under a winter weather advisory may see snowfall accumulations of 2-6 inches, or some ice accumulations along with moderate snow. Only the southeast quarter of the state will be able to remain under a couple inches of snow, with little in the way of ice accumulation as well. Other areas of extreme weather Iowa will be far enough away from the low to only see a couple inches of snowfall.

Keep up with the latest road conditions and the latest radar from the Iowa Chaser Homepage.