HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTIES IN WESTERN IOWA:
611 AM CST TUE JAN 10 2017

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST TODAY.

* TIMING…RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WILL SPREAD NORTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH 9 OR 10 AM.

* MAIN IMPACT…UNTREATED ROADS AND SIDEWALKS WILL BECOME VERY
SLICK. RAISED SURFACES MAY ACCUMULATE A LIGHT COATING OF ICE
WHERE SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN
WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS
AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES… AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

SOME SLICK SPOTS MAY DEVELOP EARLY THIS MORNING… ALTHOUGH AIR TEMPERATURES WERE AT OR ABOVE FREEZING ALONG THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR. ROAD TEMPERATURES FROM OVERNIGHT COOLING WERE STILL HOVERING AROUND THE FREEZING MARK.

THIS MAY LEAD TO SCATTERED SLICK SPOTS…ESPECIALLY ON LESS Traveled OR UNTREATED AND ELEVATED SURFACES THROUGH 7-AM. MOTORISTS AND PEDESTRIANS ARE ENCOURAGED TO DRIVE DEFENSIVELY INTO THE EARLY MORNING COMMUTE AS TRAVEL CONDITIONS MAY CHANGE FROM LOCATION TO LOCATION.

MONONA COUNTY: WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN UNTIL 10-A.M. TODAY.

SAC-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE COUNTIES: WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A WINTERY MIX OF SNOW…SLEET & FREEZING RAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM TODAY.

* TIMING…A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO QUICKLY DEVELOP ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA THIS MORNING BEFORE SWITCHING TO ALL SNOW BY MIDDAY AND ENDING ALTOGETHER BY 3PM OR 4PM.

Winter Weather Advisory for counties shaded in purple.

* STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS…SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR LESS ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 20. VERY MINOR SLEET OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY OCCUR IN THE SAME AREA. ANY ICE ACCUMULATIONS WOULD BE NO MORE THAN SEVERAL HUNDREDTHS.

* WINDS/VISIBILITY…WINDS WILL SHARPLY INCREASE WEST TO EAST BETWEEN 10AM AND 2PM. SUSTAINED SPEEDS MAY REACH 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. THESE WINDS MAY BRIEFLY COINCIDE WITH SNOW PRODUCING LOW VISIBILITIES AND DIFFICULT TRAVEL.

* IMPACTS…ALTHOUGH AMOUNTS WILL BE LIGHT…ROAD TEMPERATURES REMAIN BELOW FREEZING AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN…SLEET OR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS MAY LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. BLOWING SNOW MAY ALSO COMPOUND THE SITUATION WITH LIMITED VISIBILITIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS… A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW, SLEET, OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES, AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

Early This Morning: Cloudy with a 30 percent chance of light rain. Not as cold. South wind 5 to 10 mph.
Today: Cloudy with light rain likely through mid morning, then cloudy with light rain likely possibly mixed with freezing rain and snow before noon. Mostly sunny in the afternoon. Areas of blowing snow before noon. Breezy. No snow accumulation. A light glazing expected. High in the upper 30s. West wind 10 to 15 mph increasing to 15 to 25 mph in the afternoon. Gusts up to 40 mph. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
Tonight: Partly cloudy then becoming mostly cloudy before midnight then becoming partly cloudy then becoming mostly cloudy early in the morning. Low in the mid 20s. South wind 5 to 10 mph.
Wednesday: Mostly cloudy. High in the mid 30s. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph shifting to the north 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon. Gusts up to 25 mph.
Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of light snow after midnight. Colder. Low 5 to 10 above. North wind 10 to 15 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph through midnight.
Thursday: Partly sunny. Colder. High in the lower 20s. North wind around 10 mph.
Friday: Cloudy. High 15 to 20.

346 AM CST TUE JAN 10 2017

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN…WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING FOR MONONA COUNTY.

* TIMING…RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WILL SPREAD NORTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION AFTER 5 AM AND CONTINUE THROUGH 9 OR 10 AM.

* MAIN IMPACT…UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL BECOME VERY SLICK AND RAISED SURFACES MAY ACCUMULATE A LIGHT COATING OF ICE WHERE SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES, AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.