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This is Stephen Schmidt from the Gazette digital news desk and I’m here with your update for Friday, January 1.
Happy 2021.
The New Year will come with a little bit of snow in Iowa. According to the National Weather Service, there will be a high of 28 degrees in the Cedar Rapids area. A chance for snow in the morning will increase into the early afternoon. Total snowfall is expected to be a few inches. The temperature will drop to a low of 10 degrees Friday night, with snow tapering off into partly cloudy skies.
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This is Stephen Schmidt from the Gazette digital news desk and I’m here with your update for Thursday, December 31st.
Your last day of 2020 will be chilly, sunny, and calm. According to the National Weather Service, there should be a high near 22 degrees in the Cedar Rapids area with partly sunny skies. A calm wind will hover around 5 mph throughout the day. New Year’s Eve it will be mostly cloudy, with a low around 10 degrees, with wind chill values as low as zero.
Combine about 10 inches of snow falling with in an evening with some bad travel decisions and you get Tuesday night in Iowa. The Iowa State Patrol says it handled nearly 100 crashes across the state during the storm from Tuesday afternoon to Wednesday morning.
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This is Stephen Schmidt from the Gazette digital news desk and I’m here with your update for Wednesday, December 30th.
As was foretold, a whole lot of snow fell on Tuesday evening. In Eastern Iowa, recorded snow totals ranged from as low as 4 inches to as heavy as a foot of snow in some areas. According to the National Weather Service, Wednesday will be comparatively much calmer, with an eventual partly sunny sky and a high of 24 degrees. Watch for some blowing snow, however, as a 10 to 15 mph wind could gust as high as 25 mph.