AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS COUNTIES…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM FRIDAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10-AM FRIDAY TO 6-AM SATURDAY, FOR SAC-CRAWFORD AND CARROLL COUNTIES. AND FROM 9-AM FRIDAY UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR MONONA AND SHELBY COUNTIES.

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2-PM FRIDAY UNTIL 6-AM SATURDAY FOR COUNTIES ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-80, INCLUDING CASS, ADAIR AND MADISON, FROM 9-AM FRIDAY UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR POTTAWATTAMIE AND HARRISON COUNTIES

* TIMING…SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS AND MAY HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING COMMUTE.

* STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS…5 TO 9 INCHES POSSIBLE.

* WINDS/VISIBILITIES…VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES IN FALLING SNOW. IN ADDITION…WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH MAY PRODUCE MINOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING…AND ALSO HELP CONTRIBUTE TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES.

* IMPACTS…THE COMBINATION OF SLUSHY AND SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS… INCLUDING DURING THE FRIDAY EVENING COMMUTE. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY BECOME TREACHEROUS AT TIMES. BE SURE TO USE CAUTION AND USE YOUR WINTER DRIVING SKILLS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS… A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL…KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT… FOOD…AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

CASS-ADAIR-MADISON COUNTIES: WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY NOON THROUGH 6-AM SATURDAY. IN ADDITION, A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9-A.M FRIDAY THROUGH MIDNIGHT, FOR HARRISON AND SHELBY COUNTIES, AND FROM 9-AM FRIDAY THROUGH 3-A.M. SATURDAY, FOR SAC-CRAWFORD AND CARROLL COUNTIES.

* TIMING…SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ACROSS THE AREA BY MID FRIDAY
AFTERNOON THEN CONTINUE OVERNIGHT.

* STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS…2 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE.

* WINDS/VISIBILITIES…WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH DURING THE SNOW MAY
PRODUCE MINOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING…AND ALSO HELP CONTRIBUTE
TO VISIBILITIES UNDER A MILE DURING PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOW.

* IMPACTS…THE COMBINATION OF SLUSHY AND SNOW COVERED ROADS MAY LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS… INCLUDING DURING THE
FRIDAY EVENING COMMUTE.

CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-ADAMS-UNION-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-SAC-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-DALLAS COUNTIES:WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6-P.M. TODAY (11/19)

POTTAWATTAMIE-MONTGOMERY COUNTIES: WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 5-P.M.

* WINDS…AT THEIR STRONGEST WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 30 TO 35 MPH
WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH.

* IMPACTS…THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS…
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH SOUTH ROADS.
LOOSE OBJECTS WILL ALSO BE BLOWN AROUND.

With the chance of accumulating snowfall to occur in Clarinda later this weekend the Clarinda Police Department would like to remind the citizens of Clarinda about the emergency snow ordinance. The ordinance states that; no person shall park any motor vehicle or other apparatus upon any street of the city that will obstruct the removal of snow when there has been an accumulation of two (2) inches or more. Any vehicle left parked on any street in violation of this ordinance may be impounded, and the registered owner of the vehicle will be subject to a $15.00 parking fine, and payment of all applicable towing and storage fees in order for the vehicle to be released.

Today: Wind Advisory from 9am-6pm for Audubon, Guthrie, Carroll. Crawford Sac and Dallas Counties, & from 10am-5pm for Harrison & Shelby Counties; Sunny, with a high near 46. W/NW @ 20-40.
Tonight: Increasing clouds, with a low around 25.
Friday: Winter Storm Watch for part of the listening area beginning at 9-a.m.; Rain-snow mix early, then rain. High 38. E/NE @ 10-20. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
Friday Night: Snow, mainly before midnight. Low around 21. E/NE @ 15-30. New snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible w/higher amounts north & east.
Saturday: P/Cldy. High near 32. NW @ 10-20.
Sunday: P/Cldy. High near 35.

Our 24-hour High in Atlantic as of 7-a.m. today was 46. Our 24-hour Low as of 7-a.m. today, was 31. We received 05 inches of rain over the past 24-hours. Last year on this date, our High was 25 and the Low was 9. The All-Time Record High in Atlantic for Nov. 19th was 73 in 1930, while the Record Low was -1 in 1914.

HARRISON-SHELBY COUNTIES–

WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 9-A.M. FRIDAY THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

SAC- CRAWFORD & CARROLL COUNTIES:

WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 9-A.M FRIDAY THROUGH 3-A.M. SATURDAY.

* TIMING…SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN FALLING MID TO LATE MORNING
FRIDAY AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY EVENING. SNOW SHOULD DIMINISH
FROM WEST TO EAST FRIDAY NIGHT. GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY MORNING.

* ACCUMULATIONS…3 TO 7 INCHES. LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.

* MAIN IMPACT…VISIBILITIES MAY DROP TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE
AT TIMES AS GUSTY NORTH WINDS CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW. TRAVEL MAY BE IMPACTED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW…SLEET…OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

COUNTIES: SAC-CRAWFORD-CARROLL…

WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT…

* TIMING…SNOW OR A RAIN/SNOW MIX IS EXPECTED TO ADVANCE WEST TO EAST ACROSS IOWA STARTING MIDDAY FRIDAY…EVENTUALLY CHANGING TO ALL SNOW AREA WIDE BY FRIDAY NIGHT BEFORE ENDING EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.

* STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS…SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE WATCH AREA ARE EXPECTED TO VARY FROM FIVE TO SEVEN INCHES ON VEGETATION…WITH LESSER AMOUNTS DUE TO MELTING ON SIDEWALKS AND PAVEMENT. CONFIDENCE IN SNOW AMOUNTS IS NOT HIGH AT THIS POINT HOWEVER DUE TO UNCERTAINTIES WITH REGARD TO STORM TRACK AND THE DEGREE OF MELTING.

* WINDS/VISIBILITIES…WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH DURING THE SNOW MAY PRODUCE MINOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING…AND ALSO HELP CONTRIBUTE TO VISIBILITIES UNDER A MILE DURING PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOW.

* IMPACTS…ROADS WILL BECOME WET INITIALLY AND THEN SLUSHY BEFORE SNOW BEGINS ACCUMULATING. THE COMBINATION OF SLUSHY AND SNOW COVERED ROADS MAY LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS… INCLUDING DURING THE FRIDAY EVENING COMMUTE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS… A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AS THE EVENT NEARS AND DETAILS ARE BETTER KNOWN.

AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-SAC-CRAWFORD-CARROLL AND DALLAS COUNTIES…

WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING…HARRISON & SHELBY COUNTIES: WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10AM-5PM.

* TIMING…THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN ABOUT 11 AM AND 3 PM TODAY.

* WINDS…SUSTAINED 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH.

* IMPACTS…THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS… ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH SOUTH ROADS. LOOSE OBJECTS WILL ALSO BE BLOWN AROUND AND MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE MAY OCCUR.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS… A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT…ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

Today: Mo. Cloudy w/scattered showers. High near 49. W/SW @ 10-20 w/gusts to near 30.
Tonight: Light rain ending. Cloudy to Partly Cloudy. Low 32. W/NW @ 15-25.
Thursday: P/Cldy & windy. High near 45. W/NW @ 20-35 w/gusts to near 40.
Thursday Night: Increasing clouds, with a low around 24.
Friday: Cloudy w/a a rain-snow mix. High near 39. New snow accumulation of around an inch possible.
Friday Night: P/Cldy w/a 40% chance of snow, mainly before midnight. Low around 20.
Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 32.

Our 24-hour High in Atlantic as of 7-a.m. today was 60. Our 24-hour Low as of 7-a.m. today, was 44. We received 1.05 inches of rain for the past 24-hours. Last year on this date, our High was 30 and the Low was 7. The All-Time Record High in Atlantic for Nov. 18th was 72 in 1999, while the Record Low was 0 in 1891.

• KJAN (Atlantic)  1.05″
• Massena  .64″
• Bedford  .68″