Switch over to sleep in a little bit of snow this afternoon. All the precipitation today will be on the light side. Temperatures will be borderline in the low to mid 30s. It will be a slushy afternoon. A cold rain moves in all of by snow, followed by cold. Shaina the big story developing this morning, north korea says it has tested a powerful nuclear bomb. Nikole killions in washington with the Swift International reaction. Nikole the white house says it cant confirm north Koreas Nuclear test, but it notes the u. S. Is aware of seismic activity on the Korean Peninsula in the same area where other tests have been conducted. The reported quake registered as a magnitude 5. 1. Pyongyang made the announcement on state television that it successfully conducted a Hydrogen Bomb test underground after its president signed an order. What north korea really wants is a conversation, recognition, and respect from south korea, but even more from south korea, from the united states. Test a grave prov
Metinka. We have a mix of wintry weather and today is not the only day. Metinka the next several days are looking interesting with light snow trying to work its way into southwest iowa. This is lifting to the north. Even farther out, even toward the nebraska border, we have possible sleet mixing in as well. Snow from the kansas city area will be arriving late toward noon with freezing drizzle transitioning to sleet and light snow. Temperatures should be at or above freezing. Feels like a slushy afternoon. Temperatures than warm tomorrow and we will see rain that they will be cooling down so we will see snow. Shaina the big story developing this morning. North korea says it has tested a powerful nuclear bomb. Nikole killions in washington with the Swift International reaction. Nikole the white house says it cant confirm north Koreas Nuclear test. But it notes the u. S. Is aware of seismic activity on the area where other tests have been conducted. The reported quake registered as a magn
9 00 a. M. , 31. We will warm up into the mid 30s but it could be a slight wintry mix at times. Not expecting a lot of accumulation. The reason for that is that the main part of this system is to the west. Southwestern colorado will see some light snow. Probably an inch or less. More precipitation on the way at the week goes along, along with some cold. Temperatures pretty moderate the next few days, but look how we drop off. Sunday, that is a High Temperature of only 10 degrees. We will break things down hourbyhour with futurecast in just a bit. Laura count on kcci to help you stay weather aware. Download our kcci weather app to youll get live radar, traffic alerts, and Road Conditions straight to your smartphone. Its available for free for both android and iphone. Steve executive action. President obama today outlined his plan to tighten the nations gun laws and beef up enforcement. He is focusing on boosting background checks for gun buyers. The plan will tighten, but not eliminate,
Authorities identified the woman as Loretta Dillinger of thayer. But how she died or wound up in from her home is still unknown. There was no missing persons report on file for her with the Union County Sheriffs office. Dillinger could have been dead before hunters happened upon her decomposing body. 03 23 07 this time of year, hunting and came over the pond bank and found the something you would be able to see from any gravel road or anything 22 the pond dillinger was found in the road in every direction. Its down in a wooded ravine and one of several ponds on a farm union street. Investigators say that remote location is part of what makes her death suspicious. Area, but wouldnt comment on where it was located. Right now, one of the Big Questions they need answered is when dillinger was last seen. The dci is asking the public to help create a time line of her last known whereabouts. 03 23 26 she wasnt in the pond for like two days. Its been a while just because of the decomposition.
Everybody else, i think well be alright. It was terrible, you couldnt see, you couldnt see 10 feet in front of your car it was that bad. I think its gotten worse now than it was earlier, travelers coming in and out of here are just going to stay here and wait for it to burn off hopefully. It was a foggy, dangerous start to the morning for many of you. Thankfully the fog did burn off quickly. Making way for springlike temps this afternoon. Good afternoon. Im sonya heitshusen. And im dan winters. Thanks for joining us. There is nothing december about will remain in the 50s. The lows will stay above the Freezing Point through thursday. There will be plenty of sunshine through the next few days. Only a slight chance for a shower or two in Northern Iowa late tomorrow through wednesday morning. The end of the week and weekend are looking much cooler. Highs will drop back to the 40s. There is a chance for light rain snow mix late sunday and topping the news this hour. A former central iowa ma