Across the area right now. 50, as i mentioned here in cedar rapids. Also in oline, decora and charles city. 49 in tama, and the wipds about 6 to 13 Miles Per Hour right now out of the west. Theyll be gusting today. Satellite and radar showing that cold front that did move through late last night. The showers are well off into illinois. The back edge of the clouds you can see all the way down to iowa city so we are clearing out this afternoon, and we will get back to sunshine as our predictor has here plenty of sunshine in the forecast. Well keephe tomorrow. Could sneak a few scattered showers into our Northern Counties tomorrow, but they look to be light at best. Mostly sunny and cool today. It will be breezy with those west winds 15 to 25 Miles Per Hour. Low 60s up to the north. Will be at 67 here in cedar rapids. A little bit warmer down towards iowa city and washington and coming up, we will take a look at the latest river levels and crests in your full weather first forecast in jus
Four miles north of mount vernon the semi was going northbound at the time. Police say no one was hurt. And the Iowa County Sheriffs Office responded at about 12 30 this afternoon to a rollover on highway 151 near amana. They say no one was injured and the rollover didnt cause damage to any other vehicles. Kcrgtv9s brady smith joins us from along interstate 380. Brady, what are semi drivers telling you . We talk to a driver going to Mount Pleasant and he said he wasnt having many problems. Semi drivers werent the only ones. Local Roofing Companies are already getting calls from Cedar Rapidians about wind damage to their homes. One man living on the southwest side called tv9 and local Roofing Companies are already getting calls from Cedar Rapidians about wind damage to their homes. One man living on the southwest side called tv9 and said when he got home, he had dozens of shingles missing from the back side of his roof. Other contractors we spoke with said eyve gotttt calls about damage
The beginning of their weekend wanting warmer temps but getting gusts. Honoring antonin scalia. Us leaders gather today in the nations capitol to remember the Late Supreme Court justice. Well have a look at the services happening this morning. Dead or alive . Well tell you which bills made it through the deadline funnel in the iowa legislature. Youre watching kcrgtv9. Now, from your 24 hour news source, this is the kcrgtv9 saturday morning news. Good morning and thanks for joining us. We begin with First Alert Storm Team meteorologis t britley ritz. Winds wont be as strong this morning, but will continue out of the west at 5 to 15 mph. With these winds and mostly clear to partly clouds skies, our temperatures will continue to stay warm. Throughout the Morning Hours our temperatures will sit in the middle to upper 30s, but will quickly rise. Though they wont be as warm as yesterday, our highs will still top out in the upper 50s. Once again with highs in the upper 50s were about 25 degre
Weve tried to addresessome of e language in the l l and create change but it seems like anytime that happens theres opposition were not trying to overregulate or control all the gun purchases but just clean up some of the language but that hasnt been very successful. In order for sheriff pulkrabeck to deny a permit, he would have to petititi to chanan the law. He cant make any decisions on an individual basis. He hopes lawmakers will eventually reevaluate the law. In cedar rapids, brea love, kcrgtv9 news. Turning to weather and meteorologist joe winters. The temperatures were mild and the winds were wild today. Westerly winds, which picked up as a cold front slid east, now diminishhnd turn to the southwest. The wind shift is in advance of our next storm that holds the promise of a rainy weekend. Light rain develops as early as friday night, on saturday into sunday. With the threat for thunderstorm s we have to also be aware of some heavier rain totals. It looks like widesprea12 amounts