AREA COUNTIES: MADISON-UNION-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-

819 AM CST FRI JAN 10 2014

…FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING…

* SHORT TERM TRENDS…FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THIS MORNING. AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN MAY DEVELOP BY MID TO LATE MORNING. TEMPERATURES ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN IOWA WILL RISE ABOVE FREEZING BY MID TO LATE MORNING. DESPITE THIS…COLD GROUND TEMPERATURES WILL KEEP THE POTENTIAL FOR ICING ON THE COLDER SURFACES HIGH.

* STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS…A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH.

* IMPACTS…THE VERY COLD GROUND TEMPERATURES WILL CAUSE INSTANT FREEZING AND GLAZING ON ROADWAYS AND WALKWAYS. TRAVEL MAY BECOME VERY DIFFICULT AT TIMES. LIGHT ICING WILL CONTINUE FOR SOME TIME EVEN AFTER AIR TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

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Today: A chance of rain or freezing rain before 2pm, then rain and snow likely. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, cloudy, with a high near 35. South wind 6 to 11 mph becoming west southwest in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Little or no ice accumulation expected. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
Tonight: Snow likely, mainly before 10pm. Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 23. West northwest wind 6 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 36. West northwest wind 9 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.
Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 23. West wind 7 to 15 mph becoming south after midnight.

Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 43. South southwest wind 8 to 15 mph.
Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 26.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 37.

348 AM CST FRI JAN 10 2014 …

PATCHY DENSE FOG AND LIGHT FREEZING MIST EARLY THIS MORNING… VISIBILITIES ARE SLOWLY FALLING IN WIDESPREAD FOG EARLY THIS MORNING…RESULTING IN PATCHES OF DENSE FOG RESTRICTING VISIBILITY TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.

IN ADDITION…VERY LIGHT MISTING IS FREEZING ON SURFACES IN SOME AREAS RESULTING IN A THIN GLAZE. BOTH THE LOWERING VISIBILITIES AND PATCHY LIGHT ICING WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS AT TIMES…AND ANYONE ON THE ROADS SHOULD DRIVE CAUTIOUSLY THIS MORNING.

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346 AM CST THU JAN 9 2014

EARLY THIS MORNING…MOSTLY CLOUDY. EAST WIND NEAR 10 MPH.

TODAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGH IN THE MID 20S. SOUTH WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.

TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. NOT AS COLD. PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE EARLY IN THE MORNING. NO ICE ACCUMULATION. LOW IN THE LOWER 20S. SOUTH WIND AROUND 10 MPH.

FRIDAY…CLOUDY. PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE IN THE MORNING. A CHANCE OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN BEFORE NOON…THEN SNOW LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATION AROUND 1 INCH. A LIGHT GLAZING EXPECTED. HIGH IN THE MID 30S. SOUTH WIND 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 70 PERCENT.

FRIDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SNOW THROUGH MIDNIGHT…THEN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOW IN THE LOWER 20S. WEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF SNOW 40 PERCENT.

SATURDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE MID 30S. WEST WIND 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH.

SUNDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 40S.

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(Updated 3:57-a.m, Nat’l. Weather Service/Des Moines)

Today: A 20 percent chance of snow before 1pm. Cloudy, with a high near 16. Wind chill values as low as zero. East northeast wind around 7 mph.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 3. Wind chill values as low as -10. East southeast wind around 6 mph.

Thursday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 24. Wind chill values as low as -5. South wind 6 to 11 mph.
Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a temperature falling to near 21 by 9pm, then rising to around 27 during the remainder of the night. South wind 8 to 11 mph.

Friday: A chance of snow and sleet before noon, then rain and sleet likely between noon and 3pm, then rain and snow likely after 3pm. Cloudy, with a high near 34. South wind 5 to 10 mph becoming west southwest in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
Friday Night: A 30 percent chance of snow before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 22.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 37.

AREA COUNTIES:SAC-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-ADAMS-UNION-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD…

…WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
CHILL ADVISORY.

WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED AND TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED TO ALLOW WIND
CHILLS TO IMPROVE ACROSS THE AREA. WIND CHILLS WILL REMAIN IN THE
5 BELOW TO 15 BELOW RANGE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS BEFORE RISING
ABOVE ZERO BY MID DAY.

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