With storm track 7 meteorologist eileen loan. Good morning. Eileen on camera from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. See the screen here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team temperatures dont look too bad right now, but this is likely the warmest it will be the rest of the day. We may gain a degree or two with the help of southerly winds right now with not too many gusts, but that changes. By late morning the be gust to 30 mph or higher and will be Even Stronger this evening as the winds turn to the west. A wind as eileen mentioned. Today. Weve gotten the most out of the mild weather and our run is over. Later today its going to gilbert joins us live in waterloo. You can tell us more its not to bad right now. But this is actually the warmest its expected to be today. The weather will likely keep droppinng throughout the day. So. Heres five things you need to do to make sure your cars ready for the colder temperatures. Make sure to check your tires
Temperatures dont look too bad right now, but this is likely the warmest it will be the rest of the day. We may gain a degree or two with the help of southerly winds right now with not too many gusts, but that changes. By late morning the winds will be gust to 30 mph or higher and stronger this evening as the winds turn to the west. A wind advisory is posted for the almost half of our counties for gusts to 50 mph. We may have a few showers track through today, but it will be mainly windy and weve gotten the most out of the mild weather and our run is over. Later today its going to storm track sevens Amanda Gilbert joins us live in waterloo. You can tell us more about what its like outside right now. Its not to bad right now. But this is actually the warmest its expected to be today. The weather will likely keep droppinng throughout the day. So. Heres five things you cars ready for the colder temperatures. Make sure to check your tires. With a guage if you can. Check your battery. Get y
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A winter storm watch will go we are dealing with wind, mph current winds are 15 to 30 mph from the west, gusting to 40 matter what the thermometer says, it will feel more like the picking up our team seven coverage storm track sevens Amanda Gilbert is live in waterloo with some tips for drivers before the snow hits. Says, it will feel more like the 20s today with the strong winds. Ill have more on that snow inhe forecast in a few minutes. Picking up our team seven coverage storm track sevens Amanda Gilbert is live in waterloo with some tips for drivers before the snow hits. Well. Several tire shop owners tell me before this week. Theyve had a slower season because of the unusually warm weather. But thats changd these past few days. People are getting their tires checked to make sure they are ready for the Winter Weather that might be coming our way tomorrow. This is video of a new tire that had to be replaced yesterday because of a tiny hole on the side wall. There was lso a tire that
Occurred right about this time. And it may be tomorrow. A winter storm watch will go into Effect Tomorrow for the entire viewing area for the first snow of the season. Today, we are dealing with wind, however. A wind advisory for gusts to 50 mph current windssare 15 to 30 mph from the west, gusting to 40 mph. And it will stay windy today with lots of sunshine. No matter what the thermometer says, it will feel more like the 20s today with the strong winds. Ill have more on that snow in the forecast in a few minutes. Our top story is the weather. As eileen said. Snow is the the forecast. Were expected to get between one to three inches this weekend. Some tire shops across eastern iowa are suudenly seeing a spike in sales. Storm track sevens Amanda Gilbert joi us live in waterloo. You spoke with a number of businesses about this. Well. Several tire shop owners tell me before this week. Theyve had a unusually warm weather. But thats changed these past few days. People are getting their tir