Chris is night when we could see a wintry mix, especially to the north and northwest. It is very quiet across the midwest with mild 50s from st. Louis through detroit. Kansas city, 46. A brandnew futurecast. I will take you right into the weekend. Steve all of the wild weather had a big impact on people traveling today for the holidays. Kccis kim st. Onge caught up with some of them who were caught in heavy snow. Shes live in downtown des moines. Kim, looks clear now. Kim that is great news for those drivers who were caught in it earlier. Aside from wet roads and maybe some slick spots, the weather right now is a lot different from earlier today. Just when we thought springlike weather in winter may be here to stay Mother Nature reminded us, midwest weather is anything everyone has been saying where is winter . , do you like the fact that you are kind of getting a taste of it . No. Kim andrea haymondtang and her family got caught right in the middle of the midday snow storm during thei
Low of 2 degrees. The clouds will help out and make is not drop quite as fast. A pretty frigid evening, since 4 p. M. , below zero wind chills. We will likely see that and i come estimate your bottom out in the upper singles to low teens. We are up to 29 by noon. We will see how long the cold glass and why, coming up here shortly. Laura the bonechilling temperatures tonight means an increase in people needing warm shelters. Kccis rose heaphy joins us to explain how the storm impacted a homeless shelter in des moines. Rose the snow may be melting away. But tonight will be the coldest night since march. Wind chill will be close to zero, meaning the shelters will be full once again. More than 5 inches of snow dropped on the metro, sending people like Anthony Garza to shelters for the night. Anthony its really affecting muscles cant really handle it. Rose central iowa shelter and services in des moines took in about 200 people during the storm. Since this shelter doesnt turn anyone away, a
Details vanessa the snow stopped falling a few hours ago, but the roads are still a little wet. Southbound traffic was closed after dozens of car crashes. The fast falling snow created slick roads. Cars were creeping along as they drove through it. Local Tow Truck Companies were busy. The number of cars is going up. Every time you turn around, there is another one going in. Semiversus cars, cars smashed in. Vanessa we asked for advice of what to do we asked an iowa state trooper his advice when he says to slow down, increase your following distance and if you dont have to travel stay at home. Live in ames, vanessa peng, kcci 8 news, iowas news leader. Kim good advice. Here is a look at the latest Road Conditions from the iowa dot. The areas in green on this map have normal driving conditions. Most of the des moines metro area is in blue, which is partially covered. Or pink which is completely covered. So, drivers should use still use caution tonight if theyre out on the roads. Kccis Ma
36 degrees. Christmas day, generally dry and 39. Christmas night, another system comes in with a wintry mix. Cynthia the question is, what are the roads like tonight . The areas you see in green are still normal. The pink is completely covered. Kim st. Onge his live near van meter. Kim the snow actually stopped within the last half hour just east of van meter. If anything, it is drizzling if that. The wind is definitely still a factor. Traffic is moving right along. We saw at 5 00 tonight. Take a look at this video we shot earlier in de soto. The snow has really been sticking to the roads that we have seen, but the roads are definitely whacked. One driver i talked to said his commute from nebraska to minnesota hasnt been too bad and he is happy the weather finally matches the season. Wind and snow, it is pretty crazy right now. We did see a whole bunch of cars overturned in the ditch and a semi overturned as well. On some other drivers i talked to said they have seen several cars and a
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