Meteorologist Justin Gehrts is out in the mobile weather lab tonight, checking on Road Conditions. Justin, where are you and what are things looking like right now . Of course, in weather like this getting worse as the snow continues. This as snow plows tried to clear the interstates as well as roads in cities. One crash reduced northbound 380 to one tonight. This is from the department of transportatio n just a couple of hours ago near quaker oats. You can see at least one car spun around, blocking traffic. Kcrgtv 9s chris earl followed the roads as the snow accumulated. Chris joins us live from downtown cedar rapids with more. Chris . From the first snowflakes with thousands of people trying to get out of downtown cedar rapids after the friday workday to the more consistent snow that weve been dealing with for about 6 hours. This remains an active night for anyone not indoors. 3 30 pm. Overlooking interstate 380 south of cedar rapids. No snow. Yet. The feel of drivers trying to get h
Conditionssby signing up for kcrgs text alert. You can always stay up to date conditions by signing up for kcrgs text lert. Jus go to kcrggotcom, click on the cancellations tab, thehehit sign upp then you can get phone notifications on severe weather, breaking news, and cancellations. The snow rolled into eastern iowa early yesterday afternoon, and Road Conditions got worse overnight. The iowa dot said nearly all roads and highways were completely covered. Travel was not advised in black hawk county. The storm is hitting just as football fans are heading to iowa city this morning. State troopers are warning caution. Its just going to take you longer to get from where youre going to where you need to go so when you get in your car and start heading out toniggt or tomorrow during the game, just take that extra time and extra caution. Trooper conrad says one good thing about the storm people had time to plan for it. Rescue teams had to rescce a man stuck in creek near des moines. Kccitv r
Has cold air blowing in over the warmer water creating already some owe sen effect clouds and its that type of situation that a little bit later on tonight as things really get going that situation could lead to some ocean effect snow showers and rainshowers as we head through the overnight hours. Now if you watch the winds theyve been shifting around since our earlier newscast earlier this evening. Kind of a northwesterly wind. Winds shifting now more out of the north and northeast. 34 the current temperature in boston. Boston will drop to around 30 but much colder in the suburbs. Some areas down as cold as the upper teens and low 20s later on tonight. Generally partly cloudy skies but again the possibility of some rain and snow showers in parts of southeastern massachusetts. Coming up in the next half hour, well use future cast to pinpoints exactly when and where those snow showers could happen. With winter fast approaching you can track the forecast any time with the fox 25 weather
Region. Rob eicher joins us now. You are also changing tracking the chance for snow showers . Yeah. You see that cold air coming in and the impact that it has cold air blowing in over the warmer water creating already some owe sen effect clouds and its that type of situation that a little bit later on tonight as things really get going that situation could lead to some ocean effect snow showers and rainshowers as we head through the overnight hours. Now if you watch the winds theyve been shifting around since our earlier newscast earlier this evening. Kind of a northwesterly wind. Winds shifting now more out 34 the current temperature in boston. Boston will drop to around suburbs. Some areas down as cold as the upper teens and low 20s later on tonight. Generally partly cloudy skies but again the possibility of some rain and snow showers in parts of southeastern massachusetts. Coming up in the next half hour, well use future cast to pinpoints exactly when could happen. Approaching you c
We cried together, we wail and scream and cry and pray and thats about all i can tell you. Not at all well. Reporter two of the mitsing crew members attended mass maritime academy. Keith griffith goodiated in 2005, jeff mathis in 1996. They fear that when their ship mates, their schoolmates, their friends, their family members are involved in a marine tragedy. Reporter Keith Griffith grew up in winthrop his wife is expecting twins. Sean driscoll coached him at winthrop high school. He says everyone is praying for him. First thing you find out his wife is pregnant with twins at the same time its just its not a good day for the town of which throp. Reporter there have been vigils across winthrop. There have been vigils across the town. Live in our newsroom. Ted daniel, fox 25 news. Be sure to stay with fox 25 for any new developments. We expect an update from the ntsb in the morning. As soon as the fox 25 morning news starting at 4 00 a. M. Use our fox 25 news app for any updates. We are