Good Tuesday Morning! Below is your latest forecast update:
Current temps:
A pulse of energy will move through early tomorrow morning/afternoon and provide a shot at some freezing drizzle across Central IA. Sim radar from 8 PM CT tonight through 3 PM CT Wed:
Latest thoughts on ice potential in the overnight/ early AM hours. We are favoring this to start working into the Des Moines area around 12 AM CT and could continue into the mid-morning hours:
Current favored precip totals with this pulse. The overwhelming majority of us look to see below 0.1″ of liquid:
After this very light precip works through tomorrow, attention turns to a low pressure system that looks to work across the Central Plains this weekend. Shown below is the *current* preferred model solution for Friday morning through late Sat night. Based on some of the latest model guidance, we think Friday PM into Saturday could be a bit slick across parts of IA with wintry mix. Please watch the video for the latest thinking:
Current favored snowfall totals- this is certainly not the final forecast, however this is the data we are siding with at this time:
Current favored total liquid precipitation with this system:
With all that said, there is still model spread with the low and as we know, a 20-30 mile difference in storm track as well as a degree or two difference in temps can make a big difference with wintry precip type and accum:
Wind panel over the next 4 days:
Temperate charts over the next 10 days:
Ankeny:
Des Moines:
