Outfit for an ugly christmas sweater party. So, he, too, will be back. While these shoppers will battle crowds at the mall this weekend, hundreds of other iowans like Morgan Wright morgan im about to travel to ecuador to go see my husband. Kim are heading out of town for the holidays. Des moines airport Officials Say this is a busy travel weekend, but lines shouldnt be too long. Still, they recommend arriving an hour and a half ahead of your flight. Thats no problem for morgan, whos been waiting 10 months to see her husband. Morgan we havent seen each other for a while, and were just so excited to be reunited. Kim good news, if you have havent finished your holiday shopping. Experts say most stores slash prices as it gets closer to christmas. Kurtis, nice weather for shoppers this weekend, too. Kurtis pretty nice, a little chilly out there really getting up early tomorrow to get a head start, temperatures will be 17 in ottumwa, a bit of a wind chill tomorrow. The wind will select pick
Christmas weekend, you can track iowas Winter Weather by using our kcci storm team app. You get interactive radar and weather alerts, whenever you want them. The download is free. Search storm team 8 in the apple store or on google play. Lots of people heading out tonight, looking for something to do on christmas, when just about everything is closed. Kccis rose heaphy joins us live , she has solved that problem for you tonight. She is live from Flix Brewhouse with the story. Rose this place is hopping. The manager tells me this theater will serve thousands of people today. People are packing the theaters. Seven showings of star wars are already sold out at flix. For one ankeny family, going to the theaters was the plan all along for Christmas Day. They told me they bought their tickets two months ago to see star wars. In the spirit of christmas, they wanted to spend time together and share the experience. Rich im from california. Families, so theres 18 of us. Star wars. Weve probably
Is this morning. It has not been real heavy but it has created some travel problems off to the north. Buying noon, just some spotty showers in the metro, create. We clear out 38. We clear out this afternoon, and a big storm on the way in the 8 day forecast. Alyx thank you, frank. Right now, survivors of the deadly storms in the south spent Christmas Day cleaning up wreckage and giving thanks just to be alive. Unusually warm weather spawned an outbreak of tornadoes that killed at least 14 people. Mark strassman reports from mississippi. This is bad, this is bad. Mark Sonia Wilkins came home to know christmas joy. This is where i used to live and its all gone. Cluster of deadly tornadoes. The youngest victim, 7yearold nikolas pumroy, trapped in the car with his mother and sister. The winds ripped him out of the vehicle. Among the six who died in tennessee, three were found in a car submerged in a river. This aerial view of ashland, mississippi shows the devastation of the most powerful s
Tennessee, three were found in a car submerged in a river. This aerial view of ashland, mississippi shows the devastation. It reportedly stayed on the ground for at least 145 miles, packing wind of up to 160. Barbara williamson was inside her clarksdale home. Barbara i dont know how i am alive. It is a christmas miracle. Mark the Christmas Spirit was on display, donating toys to children who lost them in the storm. Laverne picked out new gifts for her niece and nephew. Laverne the smile on their face makes me happy. Ryan quiet back here at home. But kurtis, that could change over the next couple of days. Kurtis the first system moving in, generally light snow from making a sweeper there, even some rain on the southwestern edge. Temperatures have been going up in the matter. Two hours ago we were 31 now above the freezing mark of 33. A much different situation from central down the southern iowa. But off to the north and northwest, going to see some snow. Maybe even a bit of an icy mix.
Your forecast first. Weather adlib see the sunshine thursday afternoon, and it looks like we will have more of it in the forecast however, that really doesnt mean it is going to warm up real soon. Tonight will be clear to partly cloudy with temps dropping into the low 20s while those winds keep wind chills into the 10s. Friday will also bring us more sunshine, but also those chilly winds that could exceed 20 mph at times. Temperatures will be about average which means the low to mid 30s for highs. Saturday morning will be our coldest morning yet this month with lows in the 10s for most areas, but at least the winds will calm down. With lots of sunshine and southerly winds saturday, we will warm up to the upper 30s. Those southerly winds will increase on sunday helping to push temps back up into the upper 40s ahead of a new weather system. The clouds will be increasing all day by mid to late eastern iowa into the snow is expected with temperatures into mostly going to be in the 40s. The