Foot of snow to dig out from this morning. Meterologist sam schreier joins us right the snowfall sam sam adlibs sam sam weather adlib sam tags on cam tonight it should be very chilly as temps fall into the upper iowa with a very calm are going to see some more snow showers move through in the morning with a quick one to two inches possible, so the morning commute could be a bit slower. We are going to fall extra cold by the end of the week with highs in the upper teens on thursday and a high near 20 on friday. We should warm back into the 30s by the end of the weekend and into early next week with another snow possible around next tuesday. Elias lets get into the top five stories this morning. Elias and the weather is our top story. Bad roads, slipping and sliding and digging out. Road conditions were not great after a halffoot of snow fell. Well check back in with sam in a bit for more details. Elias number two is. Bit for more details. Elias number two is. What public works crews are
What to expect on your lunch commute. Local 5 news midday in hd starts now. We are iowa elias good morning and thanks for joining us for local 5 news midday. Im Elias Johnson. Elias were expecting new details this hour on an accident at hubbell avenue last night that killed a pedestrian trying to cross the street. It happened around 530 tuesday evening. At east 42nd and hubbell avenue. Des Moines Police say the pedestrian was crossing hubbell when a car hit the man. The victim was pronounced dead on scene. Police say they had to shut down the area for several hours to gather more evidence, and the crash is still under investigation. Elias meanwhile in ames, Police Continue to piece together mondays hit and run that left an isu student dead. 18 year old emmalee jacobs of urbana was died at the hospital after being hit by a car on the isu campus. She was found lying in the road at the intersection of lincoln way. The site has now become a memorial for jacobs with candles and messages wri
In the upper teens on near 20 on friday. We should warm back into the 30s by the end of the weekend and into early next week with another snow possible around next tuesday. Sam weather adlib sam tags on cam alright sam and lets get into the top five stories this morning. Elias and the weather is our top story. Bad roads, slipping and sliding and digging out. Road conditions were not great after a halffoot of snow falls. Well check back in with sam in a bit for more details. Elias number two is. Were not great after a halffoot of snow falls. Well check back in with sam in a bit for more details. Elias number two is. What public works crews are doing about it. The city of des moines has 700 miles of residential streets to plow. Once snow routes were done, they were moving onto residential streets which is still happening now. Elias the third thing walk out the know before you walk out the door. There could be a rush at the des moines airport today. Many flights out of the Des Moines Inte
Local 5 news midday in hd starts now. We are iowa elias good morning and thanks for local 5 news midday. Im elias elias sam schrier with a look at weather adlib tonight it should be very chilly as temps fall into the upper teens across central iowa with a very calm wind. Wednesday we are going to see some move through in the morning with a quick one to two inches morning commute could be a bit slower. We are going to fall extra cold by the end of the week with highs in the upper teens on thursday and a high near 20 on friday. We should warm back into the 30s by the end of the weekend and into early next week with another snow possible around next tuesday. Elias 1shot snow plow des moines public works has been out with crews overnight clearing roads. Hour shifts. And once theyre plowing, they plan to also put salt down to surfaces. Elias most metro cities also have their snow ordinances now in effect which means you cant park on snow streets to clear the way. In des moines, theyve also
Through the afternoon. The roads may be a bit slick in the afternoon and evening when you are coming home from work depending on how much slush wants to stay on the roads so be careful driving home later today. If anyone sees snow accumulation it should remain fairly low with maybe a couple isolated areas north of i80 seeing around an inch or so. Highs will stay just above freezing today in the mid 30s, and this evening lows should fall to around 33 here in the metro, so im not worried about icy roads. Thursday still looks warm enough across most of iowa to see mainly rain showers, a few of which could come in the morning, but primarily falling through the afternoon. Friday is going to be more of a wintry mix to light snow day lasting into saturday morning. Temperatures are going to be falling dramatically saturday from the morning into sunday where the coldest air of the year is expected to slam home. We are going to stay very cold throughout the remainder of next week with only one o