(Radio Iowa) — Iowa kids from Chariton to Washington to Davenport are getting an extra day of Thanksgiving vacation as many schools across the southeastern third of the state cancelled classes due to heavy snow. Sunday’s blizzard dumped six-to-12 inches of snow on much of the region, but meteorologist Brooke Hagenhoff, at the National Weather Service, says some areas got much more. “The highest report that we’ve gotten so far is 17 inches in Oskaloosa,” Hagenhoff says. “We also had 16 inches reported in Osceola and at University Park in Mahaska County.”
Knoxville reports 14 inches of snow, Muscatine and the Quad Cities both report 13 inches, Sigourney got a foot even, while Clarinda got almost 11 inches of snowfall. While it’s unclear if any records were set with the holiday weekend snowstorm, it left behind temperatures far below normal. “The stiff north winds yesterday helped usher in a lot of that colder weather and we’re looking for that to stick around at least through the middle to the end of the week,” Hagenhoff says. “The normal high for this time of year is 42 degrees. Yesterday we hit 33 and today we’re looking to stay right around 26.”
On the plus side, Hagenhoff says there shouldn’t be any more snow in Iowa anytime soon. “Not right now,” Hagenhoff says. “It’s a relatively active pattern so there may be chances for just light flurries around the state but nothing significant that we’re looking at right now.” A woman answering the phone at the Mahaska County Roads Department in Oskaloosa said no one was available to comment on conditions there as everyone was out on snow plows — and many had been at it with only brief breaks for a solid 24 hours.
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Skyscan Forecast Saturday, November 24, 2018 Dan Hicks
**Winter Weather Advisory for Audubon, Guthrie, Cass, Adair, and Adams Counties from Midnight tonight to Sunday night**
**Winter Weather Advisory for Harrison, Shelby, Pottawattamie Counties from Midnight tonight until 6pm Sunday**
**Winter Weather Advisory for Mills and Montgomery Counties from 2:00am-6:00pm Sunday**
**Winter Weather Advisory for Fremont County from 4:00am-6:00pm Sunday**
**Winter Weather Advisory for Monona County from 9:00pm this evening until Noon Sunday**
**Winter Storm Warning for Union, Taylor, and Ringgold Counties from 3:00am-Midnight Sunday**
**Winter Storm Warning for Page County from 4:00am-6:00pm Sunday**
Today: Patchy fog early then partly cloudy this morning, increasing clouds this afternoon. NW-E @ 10. High 50.
Tonight: Cloudy. Rain developing changing to snow late. NE @ 10-20. Low 30.
Sunday: Cloudy. Snow in the morning, flurries in the afternoon. N @ 20-35. High 30. 2-4″ snow expected in the Atlantic area.
Monday: Partly cloudy. High 28.
Tuesday: Partly cloudy. High 28.
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