Winter Storm Warnings are in effect across Western Iowa with some spots under a Winter Weather Advisory (Travel Advisory).
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The heaviest snow is expected Monday morning but additional snowfall and other mixed wintry precipitation of varied intensities will continue into Monday evening before switching predominantly to all lighter snow overnight Monday into Tuesday.
“It’s not unusual to have a winter storm in the month of November”, Cogil says. Freezing rain and sleet are likely during this time.
A hazardous period of winter weather begins tonight and will last through midday Saturday. Click the image above to see which counties are still in the ice storm warning until noon Sunday.
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Rain is expected to transition into freezing rain Thanksgiving night, with episodes of ice accumulation expected overnight into Friday. This very cold air mass sliding south from Canada will cause temperatures to plunge during the next 24 hours in many areas of the West, from Washington all the way to southern California. The farther southeast you are (Iowa City, Cedar Rapids, Washington), the better chance you have of just seeing rain today and much of the night.
