Towards the north. Our next area of low pressure is not far off though, and will begin to impact our weather beginning tomorrow. Plan on some showers and storms in the area for friday and especially on friday night. This weekend continues to look great with highs into the 70s and lows into the 50s. The plan weatherwise for saturday night continues to be unchanged with clear sky and comfortable temperatures for football into the 60s. Today gradual clearing. Wind nw 515. High 82 tonight increasing clouds. Wind light e. Low 62 tomorrow ho heavy rain possible. Wind s 510. High 78 tom. Night lingering showers and a few thunderstorms. Wind nw 5 10. Low 57 thanks kaj. Were going to send it back to our studio in cedar rapids where brea is standing by with a look at todays top stories. Mondayits the day for the minimum wage in the county. The board approved the second reading of the ordinance yesterday. One more yes vote would boost the minimum wage from 7dollars and 25 cents an hour now to 825
An Election Special on our subchannel 2. To. 2. 2 on media com channel 10 and channel 02. We will have 072. And we will have complete real 703. 702. We will will have complete rules on the website. On the backside of the a a system we are at 21 in seard pids and wind chill down to 7 and current temperatures from 14 in charles city to 18 over around the area thats got snow he. And the ground is bear in the south and tempmpatures 24 in iowa city and 25 in washington. You can see todays systemkicking off to the east. Another one developing to the northwest and that comes in here tomorrow night with another chance of some accumulating snows. Tonight in advance of that temperatures in cedar rapids should drop into the lower with the snow a singleleigit low will be a good bet. A cold night a night ahead. Sure is. No secret eye was what iowa has dilapidated infrastructure. Tee fishent roads and bridges can be deficient roads and bridges can be found throughout the state. Joe joins with us whe
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Field. Our restaurant and our bar area well have additional offerings we also have some trivia games and contests going in the gate areas just to get the festive atmosphere kicked off. Off. The Eastern Iowa Airport says the last time theyve prepared for this much traffic to come through was in 20022003 when the hawkeyes were headed to the orange bowl. Covering the corridor in cedar rapids, steffi lee, cbs 2 news, live at five. While airports are expecting crowds of their own, its a whole other story on the interstates. Interstates. More are hitting the highways this holiday in the midwest. Triplea expects this to be a record breaking year. More than one hundred million americans will be traveling between wednesday and sunday. One of the big reasons people are choosing to drive are the low gas prices. Prices. Iowas statewide average now sits at a dollar95. Its a dollar eighty and below in some parts of the corridor. Its the first time the National Average is below two dollars new live a