FIRST ALERT: Slick journey this morning

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• NEXT 9 HOURS: Lingering flurries, slick roads
• SHORT TERM: FIRST ALERT Day Today
• LONG TERM: Lots of chilly

Latest Forecast

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) – Reduced visibility and slick roads are the primary considerations on Friday.

Overnight snow showers have led to partially to utterly coated roads for many locations north of Interstate 80 this morning. Take it sluggish and permit loads of following and stopping distance as you’re driving round.

Today is a First Alert Day round japanese Iowa for the specter of areas of snow showers that may very well be accompanied by gusty winds at instances. The mixture of these two components might result in a lot decreased visibility and quick-developing slick roads the place the snow is falling. It’s potential that a couple of of those might flip into snow squalls, which might supply particularly harmful moments in near-zero visibility and snow-covered roads.

For that very same purpose, the National Weather Service has parts of the TV9 viewing space included in a Winter Weather Advisory. It runs from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. at the moment. Some growth of this advisory might happen if the NWS decides circumstances warrant.

Due to the scattered nature of the exercise we’re anticipating, it’s troublesome to nail down precise timing till issues truly develop. Be ready for altering climate circumstances all through the day. If travelling, use additional warning in areas the place snow is falling. Slow down to present your self extra time to react in areas of decreased visibility. If a Snow Squall Warning is issued, keep away from journey utterly. Delay leaving, or pull off to someplace secure to attend for the squall to go.

Snow might add up over time, too, with accumulation between a hint and a pair of inches. Again, with the scattered and random nature of the exercise, it’s exhausting to pin down anybody location’s place inside that vary. We do consider that our northeast zone has a considerably increased likelihood of seeing increased accumulations in that vary, but it surely’s not a assure.

Temperatures shall be at their warmest earlier within the day on Friday, with most reaching the low to mid 30s. They’ll start to fall within the afternoon and night, reaching the 10s and 20s by after darkish. Wind chills shall be down within the single digits by then, too, so it’ll be a cold Friday night time.

Expect below-zero wind chills on Saturday morning to kick off your weekend, with some clouds and a few clearer skies. Scattered showers aren’t out of the query on Saturday, although they are going to be more durable to come back by. Highs on the thermometer shall be within the higher single digits to low 10s, with wind chills within the single digits above zero at their warmest.

Another disturbance brings an opportunity of snow to Sunday, this time favoring the afternoon and night. Among all of this, accumulation might choose up a bit once more, although it should once more typically be on the lighter facet. All in all, it’s probably that a lot of the panorama in japanese Iowa may have at the least somewhat white to it by the tip of the weekend.

Another fairly chilly day is probably going for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on Monday, with lows hanging round zero and highs within the higher single digits to low 10s. Wind chills may very well be at their coldest of this forecast interval on Monday morning, falling into the -10 to -20 vary. That’s the kind of chilly that you simply’ll wish to restrict time in, and definitely will wish to gown in heat layers and canopy up uncovered pores and skin.

Temperatures flip hotter subsequent week, with highs into the 20s probably from Tuesday by at the least Friday. Lows may also enhance a bit, with 10s again on the forecast. These are fairly near seasonal averages for mid-January.

Another alternative for some precipitation comes towards the tip of our 9-day forecast. With the chilly air nonetheless in place, it seems extra more likely to fall as snow.

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