Moderate to heavy snowfall to impact travel across Iowa - KCCI Des Moines

NOON ALREADY TALKING TO 20% CHANCE OF THAT PRECIPITATION THAT’S GOING TO RAMP UP AS WE HEAD IN TOWARDS THAT EVENING COMMUTE TIME FRAME. AND WE’LL EVENTUALLY SEE THAT TRANSITION. OVER TO ALL SNOW. THAT COULD LEAD TO SLICK CONDITIONS ON THE ROADS. WE COULD BE TALKING ABOUT EVEN SOME LIGHT ICING AS THAT MIX MOVES. YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THAT RAIN SOUTH OF I-80 BY 1 P.M. THAT CONTINUES TO PUSH ITS WAY TO THE NORTHEAST. 6 P.M. GOOD OLD FASHIONED. EVERYTHING THAT WE’VE GOT GOING ACROSS THE MAP, RAIN IN A TUMBLE, A MIX IN METRO HEAVY SNOW FOR CAROL AS WELL AS CRESTON. AND AS WE MOVE OUR WAY THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING, YOU CAN SEE THIS STAYS UP TO THE NORTH. SO WE’LL HAVE A PROLONGED TIMEFRAME OF SNOW FOR AREAS LIKE SPENCER, FORT DODGE, UPWARDS TOWARDS WATERLOO IS TAPER BACK INTO YOUR THURSDAY MORNING, BUT STILL COULD LEAD TO SOME VERY TRAVEL CONDITIONS, ESPECIALLY THAT NORTHWESTERN CORNER OF THE STATE. HOW MUCH SNOW CAN YOU EXPECT? WELL, THERE ARE GOING TO BE AREAS TO THE NORTHEAST. SEE 6 TO 9 INCHES. SOME AREAS HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR NINE INCHES PLUS METRO GOING TO BE ON THE BIT OF A LINE HERE. AGAIN, WE’RE DRAGGING IN SOME OF THAT WARM AIR THAT’S GOING TO KEEP SOME OF THIS RAIN FOR A LITTLE BIT LONGER. HOW MUCH OF THAT STAYS AS RAIN AND THE GENERAL TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM WILL DICTATE AS FAR AS HOW WE SEE. BUT WE’LL BE ON THE EDGE OF 3 TO 6 INCHES, 1 TO 3 INCHES