Use caution if you have to be out anywhere in iowa tonight. Lots of blowing snow making roads treacherous for evening kccis vanessa peng is live in ames with current conditions. Vanessa when strong winds start whipping the snow around blowing snow can really create its own problems. Vanessa city, county, and state plow drivers can only do so much. You could start to clear the roadway and then we have isolated spots where you think the roads ok and somebody sets their Cruise Control again and they end up in a slick spot and spin out of control. Vanessa the problem is the wind makes certain areas of the road appear clear, but then the minute there is a wind break ice and snow piles up. Some of the closed areas, the protected areas, are the worst right now because the winds blowing most of the snow off where its not protected, but the protected areas is really bad. Vanessa on both the rural and take it slow, increase your following distance, and dont use your Cruise Control. Drive for the
Coverage right now at noon. Roads across central iowa and beyond, very slick as snow mixes with freezing rain in some areas. Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for joining us, i am mollie cooney. And well check out those latest Road Conditions in a live report straight ahead. We will also go live to the airport for an update on delays or cancellations, but we begin with frank for the latest on the storm and what to expect this afternoon. Frank we are seeing that snow of the metro. Moderate to at times heavy snow from west central iowa to northcentral iowa all the way back into eastern iowa. Down to the south and to the east, they have sleet. Notice as we widen this map out a little bit, we are going to catch a break in the action as north. That is the area of low pressure and that will continue to move off to the north and east. A winter storm watch, advisory, all over the area. A winter storm warning including the entire state of iowa. Kansas city right now, winter storm warning. Thi
Even when were not on the air, theres still many ways to track the weather. Weather. Our cbs 2 weather app has a lot of tools available, including radar. You can download it free for apple and android devices. Many corridor kids are enjoying winter break now, but you can always find types on our website. Website. For a full list visit cbs 2 iowa dot com. The combination of snow and ice created challenging conditions across much of the area all day. Several cities have declared snow emergencies. Tow bans are also in effect for several counties including linn and johnson. A number of collisions have been reported and police are urging caution if you do have to be out on the roadways throughout the night and into the morning. But for a snowfall expected to make things difficult for many drivers some would call today unusual. Unusual. Cbs 2 News Reporter steffi lee isisive in northeast cedar rapids near first avenue and collins road. Still a lot of freezing rain, snow and sleet taking over
29 degrees right now in des moines. The downtown streets are a little blustery. A wind chill of 16 degrees. Grab the warm coats as you are heading out. Temperatures today will be holding pretty steady. It is that wind that is going to make the big difference. It is coming in from the northwest. It is going to make it feel like it is in the teens through the afternoon. Tomorrow, we get started on a warmup. Weve got 30s on the way, followed by 40s. Eric the snow monday is still causing some problems this morning for your commute. Were also seeing a Couple School delays right now. Well get right to Shaina Humphries for that, shaina . Shaina eric, right now audubon and interstate 35 schools are both having two hour delays for all students. Those are the only two were seeing so far, but if that changes you can find an updated list at the bottom of your screen, or online at kcci. Com. Youre looking at video here in des moines taken just a couple hours ago. Downtown. You may slip and slide a
Road conditions and show you can see many roads to the north are still partially covered that in central iowa and the south of the metro area, roads are back to normal. Good afternoon and thank you for joining us. We begin with good news, make sure you have plenty of windshield washer lewis because a warmup is on the way that will make things very messy. Lets begin with frank with more on that. Frank i washed my car this morning and im already regretting it because those roads are just dirty that slushy stuff. 28 is the temperature in des moines right now and that will be steady around 30 degrees for the rest of the afternoon. You probably noticed the wind out of the northwest, it will be a breezy afternoon. We might wrap in a few flurries this afternoon, but otherwise we stay locked in with clouds and could he more sunshine, tomorrow. A chilly breeze and 29 degrees, factor, by 5 00 it will feel more like 16 degrees and the wind district to calm down a little bit. We have 30s and 40s a