Christmas morning coming up. Shaina good morning, everyone. Thanks for waking up with kcci 8 news this morning. 25. Merry christmas, everyone. A lot of people were very excited to see the snowfall yesterday and it might stick around in some areas. Jason i think it will, with the almost 10 inches. We will continue to see that linger on the ground as we have temperatures will help to melt some of it. It will be hard to get rid of all of it. Fog today because of low level moisture and disabilities to the central portions of the state around the quartermile range. A halfmile in ottoman. If you are headed out and about, note that it could be a little bit slick and disabilities could be down disabilities could be down. Cloud cover lingering and a system off to the southwest but snow cover a cousin that but there could be one to two inch totals on northwestern edges of the state. A bit of a mixed bag of precipitation and light rain into south and central portions of the state. Plan on cloud c
If you are driving this morning, give yourself a little bit of extra time because it could be difficult to see some spots. We will eventually clear the fog out by the 8 00 or 9 00 timeframe. Shaina thank you, jason. The snow on thursday meant a lot of traffic headaches but for many people it also meant the christmas they had been hoping for. Kccis vanessa peng shows us how iowans feel about snow on Christmas Eve. Vanessa just like the ones iowans used to know. It just wouldnt be christmas without snow. Vanessa Mother Nature brought what many had been dreaming of. I think its beautiful. I expect to see snow around this time of year. Vanessa so far this winter, its been relatively mild. When i saw the snow i was like its about time. Vanessa some iowans cant imagine celebrating a green christmas. Its the tradition i mean you think of snow you think of you think of presents you think of family. Vanessa others will take green or white. I would have enjoyed it either way im on the fence abou
Atmosphere. But that said because such light wind, moisture to work, with we do have dense fog advisory, essentially region wide. Not quite as further inland interestingly enough the further go but weve seen reports now guys of visibilities that are at or under a half mile, so you could easily finds it where you travelment pinpoint this through the next few hours, appears as though the bulk of the Poor Visibility will be basically from outlying suburbs, into i95, point south and east of. That will as we hit say 10 00, 11 00 a. M. , notice how things start to get better. Again future of visibility model that were running for you, but general expectation as visibility start to gradually climb with time here, and will become easier and easier to travel throughout the course of the day with minimal weatherrelated impact. Sixtyseven the current temperature, meantime in ac, very, very warm start to the day, very modest breeze, too, again, to help the fog to form, but watch for that here in t
Thats going to be there for a while. 78 eastbound between exit 7 to 11. Right now just the left lane is blocked. Also delays on truck route 19 near 440. Northbound, two lanes blocked. Southbound, left lane blocked. More weather and traffic coming up. Emily, thank you. Breaking news overnight in the search for a shoplifting suspect who escaped Police Custody. Just a little while ago, police told us they found him once again. Today in new yorks Katherine Creag is in tribeca with what we now know. What happened here, kat . Reporter for the nypd, this has happened one too many times. This is where that suspect made his escape, getting out of the back of a squad car. This is at the First Precinct Police station in tribeca. According to the nypd that, young man, a suspect, a shoplifting suspect, got out of the back door of an nypd squad car. We have video there showing investigators taking a look at that squad car. The suspect had on handcuffs but managed to make his way to the station, and
Always gives him a warm feeling to celebrate christmas with the to uses of people who gathered here. He also welcomed two Refugee Families hosted by Catholic Charities who were there for the service. He didnt identify them but said one family fled el salvador and one from the ivory coast. He talked about his christmas message god is everywhere. Its something he shared with Savannah Guthrie on the today show. There is a freshness and newness there all the time. This year i think especially because we so crave the hope and the light and the promise. Reporter Cardinal Dolan had a lot to talk about in is homily and his sermon. He also reminisced, gus, about Pope Franciss visit here just three months ago he shared an he can dote of what pope francis said when he arrived here to st. Patricks cathedral. A little bit taken aback, a little surprised when he saw the cathedral. We will tell you all that b. And great to he so the cathedral with all the scaffolding off it after so many years. We wi