Tonight:{/strong} Scattered snow showers
Temps:{/strong} 11-18
Wind{/strong}: NW 5-10 mph

Thursday:{/strong} Cloudy start with clearing late
Temps:{/strong} 17-23
Wind:{/strong} NW 15-25 mph

Several chances for snow in the upcoming days with much colder temperatures early next week.{/em}

TONIGHT
{/strong}Light snow showers continue through the night. Total snowfall accumulation will approach an inch before it's all said and (finally) done. Temperatures drop into the teens.

THURSDAY//FRIDAY
{/strong}Mainly cloudy skies early Saturday. Temperatures will be in the low to mid 20s with a gusty northwest wind around 20mph. There may be some partial clearing late in the afternoon and early evening before clouds build right back in late Thursday.

A cold front will follow on Friday sending temperatures into the low to mid 30s prior to its arrival. Snow showers will be likely around the morning commute with a northwest wind gusting over 30mph. Roads may be a bit slick at times.

THIS WEEKEND{/strong}
Temperatures will be in the near 20 on Saturday and in the teens on Sunday.

A winter storm will likely move through the region over the weekend in the form of a classic Alberta Clipper. With cold temperatures, snow associated with this clipper will be light, fluffy and will accumulate rapidly on roadways. There is increasing confidence a good swath of eastern Iowa could see 4-6" of fresh snow from this system, but the exact placement of this snow is still a bit too early to tell. This clipper will ride along a stout temperature gradient which will likely be positioned in southern Iowa Saturday morning. This track of a low would being the heaviest snow along/north of Highway 30. Travel impacts will be likely Saturday from at least noon through and through the night.

The main snow axis looks to be along a long from Grundy Center to Dubuque with a swatch about two counties tall. Highway 20 and Highway 30 will likely see the biggest impacts.

EARLY NEXT WEEK{/strong}
Sub-zero lows with single-digit highs are likely early in the week sending the month of January out much colder than it started.

Meteorologist Nick Stewart
WeatherFirst Team

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