Really not that cool. Keeping some of the heating from the day yesterday towards the ground but the wind is a little stiff from the northwest, currently at 15 miles per hour. 8 00 a. M. Temperature holding in the mid50s. It will be a slow warm up and we will not warm up much. Low 60s by 4 00 with mostly sunny skies. It will be a great day to be outside as long as you can stand that wind. Alyx thanks, frank. Getting right to commitment 2016, the Democratic Party may be down to only 3 candidates, but as many as 7000 democrats are expected to gather in des moines tonight for political rallies and the Jefferson Jackson dinner. Our chief political reporter Cynthia Fodor has a preview from hyvee hall. Cynthia here at hyvee hall, the candidates will each have 15 they will be in the center of the audience. The tables are set for 2000 chicken dinners, the teleprompters tested, the ballroom lit with stars and stripes but the fun will start hours before the main event. Hillary clinton will hold a
Lets go now to meteorologist at Kingston Stadium in cedar rapids where Jefferson High School is hosting linnmar tonight. Its a game you can see at seven oclock tonight on kcrg nine point two. Joe, its some nice football weather. Clouds will thicken as the night goes on, keeping us mild with lows in the 50s. A few showers are possible will start in the afternoon for most of us. Well have highs in the lower 60s. Wet weather continues into friday evening and night, so the High School Football games are looking somewhat soggy. Fortunately, lightning should not be a significant issue. Rainfall totals of a quarter to halfinch are looking common, but some locally higher amounts may fall. Well clear out on saturday, which gives us a pleasant weend. Tonight turning cloudy low 4955 winds e 1015 alo 52 dbq 49 iow 52 tomorrow showers likely high 6066 winds se 1020 alo 62 dbq 63 iow 65 bruce and beth. One member of the iowa board of regents says they may have dropped the ball when they chose Bruce
They are going to the world series and what a postseason for Daniel Murphy. You see it right there, six home runs in six straight playoff games. That is a record. He is a beast. We have so much more on that coming up. First we begin with breaking news overseas. A masked man with a sword attacking a school in sweden. Details just coming in and lama hasan starts us off, good morning, lama. Reporter good morning. Thats right. This news coming in right now. A truly horrific and frightening attack as class was beginning. A masked man wielding a sword burst into a school in the town of trollhattan, sweden. Police saying the man attacking at least four people. Killing one teach and wounding students seriously aged between 11 and 15. Who is now in critical condition. No word yet on the attackers motive. Amy. Thank you. Well turn to Hillary Clinton and todays capitol hill showdown over benghazi. It will be an all day grilling for the frontrunner hearing her allies calling it a political witchhu
Iowa city and points south briefly touching 55 later today. Clouds will increase yet again by Late Afternoon as our next system moves in. This system looks to bring rain late tonight into the first half of our saturday. The bulk of the rain should be out and east of us by 2pm, though an isolated shower may yet linger into the iowa game. It still looks dry for trick or treating on saturday evening. Enjoy your weekend toda y partly sunny high 5056 winds s 510 alo 54 dbq 52 iow 55tonight showers late low 4248 winds s 515 alo 45 dbq 44 iow 45tomorrow showers likely high 4854 winds sw 515 alo 53 dbq 51 iow 53tomorrow night gradual clearing low 3945 winds sw 510 alo 42 dbq 42 iow 42 thanks kaj. The us budget bill is on its way to president obamas desk. Senators approved the budget early this morning, finalizing the vote around 2 am iowa time. The house of representativ es passed a budget deal wednesday, despite many republicans voting against it. The twoyear fiscal proposal would increase fe
First, meteorologis t kaj omara has your first alert forecast, kaj. Clouds will still be an issue over parts of the area today, mainly in our Northern Counties. They should tend to break up as the day goes on. Temperatures will generally average around 50 degrees over our Northern Counties with iowa city and points south briefly touching 55 later today. Clouds will increase yet again by Late Afternoon as our next system moves in. This system looks to bring rain late tonight into the first half of our saturday. The bulk of the rain should be out and east of us by 2pm, though an isolated shower may yet linger into the iowa game. It still looks dry for trick or treating on saturday evening. Enjoy your weekend toda y partly sunny high 5056 winds s 510 alo 54 dbq 52 iow 55tonight showers late low 4248 winds s 515 alo 45 dbq 44 iow 45tomorrow showers likely high 4854 winds sw 515 alo 53 dbq 51 iow 53tomorrow night gradual clearing low 3945 winds sw 510 alo 42 dbq 42 iow 42 assault on a trail