warmer weather with highs climbing back into the 40s and possibly a brief 50! elias: let s get into the top five this morning.. elias: those speed limits on iowa s two-lane country highways are now under review. state lawmakers have two proposals before them that would move the speed limit from 55 miles an hour up to 60 or 65. a study done by the iowa d-o-t found that the average driver goes 62. some are in favor of the changes, but aren t sure if it would work everywhere. sabrina: in the number two spot this morning. morning. sabrina: the u-s justice department has filed a lawsuit claiming the city of ferguson, missouri continues to violate the rights of african americans - even after the shooting death of michael brown. the filing comes after ferguson leaders voted to change the terms of a deal with the d-o-j over reforms to its police force court system. elias: the third thing you need to know before you walk out the door. elias: two more presidential hopefuls throw in th
dropping in, so we will briefly hit a high of 20 but it will be fighting a strong northwest wind all day. friday night and saturday morning temperatures will drop below zero state wide and in the metro we will likely land somewhere right next to -4 degrees. saturday night into valentines day sunday we have a better chance for larger accumulating snow that will likely stack up to a few inches. next week we are definitely going to see warmer weather with highs climbing back into the 40s and possibly a brief 50! elias: let s get into the top five this morning.. elias: those speed limits on iowa s two-lane country highways are now under review. state lawmakers have two proposals before them that would move the speed limit from 55 miles an hour up to 60 or 65. a study done by the iowa d-o-t found that the average driver goes 62. some are in favor of the changes, but aren t sure if it would work sabrina: in the number two spot this morning. sabrina: the u-s justice department has f
looks to be 5-9 inches here in the metro, north to northwest, 6-12 inches. some locations could have thunder snow and see more than that. steve: thank you, kurtis. the des moines public work department says it is already been preparing the roads for the upcoming snow. they are applying brine to the city s 225 miles of snow routes. the snow begins to accumulate oncethe snow begins to accumulate the plows will be out , constantly until the snow stops and the snow routes are plowed. then those same plows will start , work on the residential streets, the side streets. parking bans on city streets will be in effect in most communities across central iowa because of the snow. as kurtis just told us, the snow will not arrive until after the stacey: they start in just under an hour. kcci s eric hanson joins us live from democratic caucus site 62, that s merrill middle school on eric: this is one of the 1681 democratic caucus sites around across the state. the crowd is already gathe
we are catching a brief break. most of the moisture streaming in from missouri. this is freezing precip while and lamoni, we have had liquid rain. it is all streaming to the north. it is still about an hour or so south of the metro. this is our creston webcam. be very careful. road conditions will be changing pretty rapidly. snow will be moving in around 7:00 a.m. it will be heavy at time. most of our accumulation will take place before noontime today, followed by drizzle across southeast iowa with snow, and blizzard conditions. elizabeth: across the state, that snow could impact your morning commute. here s the latest look at 511ia.org. blue means the roads are partially covered. the pink you see means they are there are situated to the west and northwest of des moines. here in the metro, snow already covering parts of the interstates. this is a live look at the east mixmaster. you can see not a lot of issues. switching now to the west mixmaster. you should be in good sh
you re watching kcci eight news. elizabeth: right now, it s snowing. the first flakes falling in the metro around 3:00 a.m. the updated timeline and totals ahead, plus a first look at your morning drive. hillary clinton: so as i stand here tonight, breathing a big sigh of relief, thank you iowa. eric: and hillary clinton thanked her supporters, but the vote counting continued into the early morning hours. right now she has just barely defeated bernie sanders to win the caucus. welcome back to kcci 8 news this morning. elizabeth, shaina and i all here on this very busy morning. elizabeth: the iowa caucuses a big story, but so is the snow. shaina: we want to get over for an outlook of the day but it looks like things are changing. metinka: the messes heading toward the metro at 20 to 30 minutes away from downtown. heavy snow from atlantic to winterset with lightning tracker picking up on a few lightning strikes across southwest iowa. watch out for a burst of snow. lamoni over