Winter Weather & Wind Chill Advisories remain in effect
Weather
March 1st, 2014 by Ric Hanson
COUNTIES: CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-
3:36-p.m. CST 3/1/2014
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON
CST SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON
CST SUNDAY.
* SHORT TERM TRENDS...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL INCREASE ACROSS
THE AREA INTO THE EARLY EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES OF UP TO ONE
HALF INCH PER HOUR WILL BECOME COMMON WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER
RATES. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER TO FLURRIES BY MIDNIGHT.
* STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TWO TO FIVE INCHES OF SNOW IS
EXPECTED BY LATE THIS EVENING.
* WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WILL PRODUCE
BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE
AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. WINDS OVERNIGHT INTO SUNDAY
MORNING WILL BE 10 TO 15 MPH FROM THE NORTH.
* TEMPERATURES/WIND CHILL VALUES...TEMPERATURES WELL BELOW ZERO
ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF THESE COLD
TEMPERATURES AND WINDS WILL PRODUCE BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS OF
20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT DUE TO THE FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW. FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA MAY ALSO OCCUR IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
COUNTIES: ADAMS-UNION-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-
336 PM CST SAT MAR 1 2014
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
SUNDAY...
* SHORT TERM TRENDS...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL WILL EXPAND
ACROSS SOUTHERN IOWA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOWFALL
RATES OF UP TO ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED WITH
LOCALIZED HIGHER RATES.
* STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...THREE TO SIX INCHES OF SNOW ARE
EXPECTED BY LATE TONIGHT WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS TOWARD THE
MISSOURI BORDER.
COUNTIES: FREMONT-PAGE
330 PM CST SAT MAR 1 2014
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
SUNDAY.
* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION LATE THIS
AFTERNOON...TAPERING TO FLURRIES BY SUNDAY MORNING.
* SNOW AMOUNTS...SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED.