Accumulating snow headed to central Iowa - KCCI Des Moines

SOME OF US ARE EXCITED. THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW. I THINK THIS VIEW. WE QUITE A BIT DIFFERENT HERE AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW MORNING’S COMMUTE YOU’LL WANT TO GIVE YOURSELF EXTRA TIME AS YOU’RE HEADED OUT THE DOOR TUESDAY. BUT FOR NOW, THINGS ARE QUIET ACROSS THE STATE. WE’VE GOT TEMPERATURES RIGHT AT 40 HERE IN DES MOINES. JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A WIND OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST. CLOUDS HAVE ROLLED IN. TEMPERATURES LOW, FORTIES FOR MOST OF US ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE FEELS LIKE TEMPERATURE, THOUGH, HAS STAYED IN THE THIRTIES FOR MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON, FEELING ONLY LIKE THE MID THIRTIES HERE IN DES MOINES. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP AGAIN TOMORROW, WILL STAY IN THE LOW TO MID THIRTIES HERE AS WE HEAD INTO YOUR TUESDAY. WE’RE FAIRLY QUIET ON SUPER DOPPLER 8. WE’VE GOT A FEW SNOW SHOWERS LEFT OFF UP TOWARDS WATERLOO, CEDAR RAPIDS AREA. OTHER THAN THAT, WE’VE GOT CLOUDS MOVING IN. WE’VE GOT SNOW DOWN INTO PORTIONS OF NORTHERN MISSOURI. AND OUR NEXT SYSTEM WILL COME IN OUT OF THE SOUTH AND WEST AND THAT WILL BRING IN OUR NEXT DOSE OF SNOW ACROSS CENTRAL IOWA HERE AS WE HEAD INTO THE DAY TOMORROW. SO I THINK THROUGH THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS, WE’RE OKAY WITH MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, TEMPERATURES DROP OFF INTO THE LOW TO LOW THIRTIES HERE LATER ON TONIGHT. AND THEN SNOW SHOWERS GET HERE AS WE HEAD CLOSER TOWARDS TEN, 11, MIDNIGHT TONIGHT OR SO. AND THEN I THINK THE SNOW STICKS WITH US THROUGH A GOOD PORTION OF THE DAY TOMORROW. SO SNOW WILL BEGIN LATER ON TONIGHT. BUT I THINK THE BIGGER IMPACTS WILL BE FELT, ESPECIALLY TOMORROW MORNING AS YOU’RE HEADED OUT THE DOOR, AS KIDS ARE HEADING TO SCHOOL ON TUESDAY. YOU WANT TO GIVE YOURSELF EXTRA TIME. WE’LL SEE LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY TUESDAY INTO THE LATE AFTERNOON AND THEN THE WEDNESDAY. ONCE WE GET INTO WEDNESDAY SNOW, WE’LL START TO WRAP UP AS WE HEAD INTO THE MID-MORNING HOURS. BUT WE COULD SEE A FEW SNOWFLAKES LEFT OVER FOR THE FIRST PART OF YOUR WEDNESDAY. SO HERE’S WE’RE LOOKING AT AS FAR AS TOTALS GOING ALL THE WAY THROUGH TOMORROW EVENING A WIDESPREAD 1 TO 3 INCHES HERE ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE. IF YOU’RE INTO FAR WESTERN IOWA, YOU’LL PROBABLY MISS OUT ON A LOT OF THE ACTIVITY THERE COULD BE ISOLATED SPOTS, ESPECIALLY ALONG I-35 HERE THAT SEE UPWARDS OF MAYBE FOUR INCHES OR SO OF SNOWFALL. SOME HEAVIER BANDS DO END UP SETTING UP TOMORROW, BUT I THINK IT’S GOING TO BE WIDESPREAD SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS THE AREA THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON TUESDAY. SO SNOW GETS GOING LATER ON TONIGHT. THIS NEXT SYSTEM ROLLING IN LATER ON THIS EVENING. THIS IS AROUND 4 A.M. NOTICE MOST OF US SEE THE SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN IOWA. SO EXTRA TIME ON THE COMMUTE TOMORROW MORNING FOR THE FIRST SNOWFALL OF THE SEASON. SNOW SHOWERS LINGER THROUGH TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS AS THAT SYSTEM GOES OFF TO THE EAST. SOME LEFTOVER SNOW SHOWERS ROTATING BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOT MUCH ACCUMULATION ON WEDNESDAY, JUST SOME LEFTOVER LIGHT SNOWFLAKES. AND THEN WE DRY OUT GOING INTO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND BEYOND. SO MOST OF OUR MODELS IN PLAY HERE WITH THE SAME AMOUNT OF TOTALS, UPWARDS OF MAYBE TWO AND A HALF TO THREE INCHES ACROSS THE METRO AREA. BY THE TIME THE SNOW IS ALL SAID DONE. SO A SNOW HERE START TO THE DAYS THE KIDS ARE HEADING OFF TO SCHOOL TOMORROW AND THEN THE SNOW TAPERS OFF ON THE WAY HOME. TEMPERATURES TONIGHT UPPER TWENTIES TO LOW THIRTIES ACROSS THE AREA. AND THEN ONCE WE GET INTO THE DAY TOMORROW, I THINK WE HANG OUT A COUPLE OF DEGREES ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK HERE BY THE AFTERNOON. WE’LL KEEP THE CLOUDS AROUND AS WE HEAD INTO THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. TEMPERATURES GET A LOT COLDER, THOUGH, AS THE SNOW SYSTEM EXITS IOWA. WE’VE GOT HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER TWENTIES FOR SEVERAL DAYS STRAIGHT HERE. ONCE WE GET INTO THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY TURNS COLD HEADING INTO THE UPCOMING WEEKEND AND THEN FINALLY SOME SUNSHI