Shelby-Pottawattamie-Mills Counties: A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect until 9-p.m.; Periods of intermittent drizzle or light rain will eventually give way to freezing drizzle and then eventually a turn to all snow into midday as temperatures continue to fall. 2-4” of snow is possible.

Cass-Audubon-Guthrie-Dallas Counties: Winter Weather Advisory in effect until 12-a.m. Saturday (midnight tonight); Periods of intermittent drizzle or light rain will eventually give way to freezing drizzle and then eventually a turn to all snow into midday as temperatures continue to fall. Additional snow accumulations of 1-3” possible.

Monona & Harrison Counties: Winter Storm Warning in effect until 9-p.m. (Friday). Storm total snow accumulations of 5 to 8 inches are expected. Northerly winds 20 to 30 mph gusting around 35 mph will likely cause considerable blowing and drifting snow.

Sac-Crawford-Carroll-Greene Counties: A Blizzard Warning remains in effect from until 12-a.m. Saturday. Wind gusts will often reach 35 to 40 mph and while additional snow will be intermittent and light to moderate through the morning, the combination of new snow with already fallen snow will produce near whiteout conditions. Additional snow of 2-4” is possible.

Today: Cloudy w/light mixed precip. changing to snow. Nearly Steady temps in the low 30’s early, dropping into the 20’s this afternoon. N @ 20-35.

Tonight: Cloudy w/snow or mixed precip ending (1-3”total). Low 15. NW @ 20-35.

Tomorrow: P/Cldy. High 33. NW-W @ 10-15.

Sunday: Mo. Cldy. High 39.

Saturday: Mo. Cldy. P/Sunny. High 43.

Thursday’s High in Atlantic was 43. Our Low this morning was 30. We received .3″of snow through 7-a.m. today, plus rain and sleet overnight that amounted to .48″ of liquid precipitation. Last year on this date, our High in Atlantic was 39 and the low was 27. The Record High in Atlantic on this date was 76 in 1930. The Record Low was -15 in 1894.

312 AM CST Fri Feb 24 2017

* TIMING…Snow, occasionally moderate, will continue today before ending this evening.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS…Storm total snow accumulations of 5 to 8 inches are expected.

* WINDS…Northerly winds 20 to 30 mph gusting around 35 mph will likely cause considerable blowing and drifting snow.

* IMPACTS…Reduced visibilities, with whiteout conditions at times will make travel eventually become very hazardous to nearly impossible.

Shelby-Pottawattamie-Mills Counties: A Winter Weather Advisory is now in effect from 3-a.m. Friday (2/24) until midnight.

Cass-Audubon-Guthrie-Dallas Counties: A Winter Weather Advisory remains in effect from 6-a.m. Friday (2/24) until midnight.

Monona & Harrison Counties: Winter Storm Warning in effect from 3-a.m. Friday until Midnight.

Sac-Crawford-Carroll-Greene Counties: A Blizzard Warning remains in effect from 12-a.m. Friday until Midnight.

* TIMING…A mix of rain, sleet and snow will become all snow over night. Snow will continue through the day on Friday ending during the late afternoon on Friday.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS…Snow accumulations of 2 to 6 inches are possible along and south of Interstate 80, with 5-to 8-inches possible along and north of Highway 30.

* IMPACT…Northerly winds of 20 to 30 mph will create areas of blowing and possibly drifting snow resulting in reduced visibilities, which will make traveling conditions become hazardous.