Dense Fog Advisory until 6PM Thursday (gray-shaded counties)

A Dense Fog Advisory will be in effect until 6PM Thursday for all of our counties, with the exception of a couple in Wisconsin. As of the noon hour here, it is downright thick in some spots, especially northern Iowa. Not much of a surprise – strong south winds transporting warm air over a thick snowpack – a great recipe for dense fog.

Additionally – with temperatures near and sub-freezing still, look out for some patchy freezing fog, and that wind is also blowing loose snow on the roads. Be careful for slick spots with both of those.

Now, on to the latest on the upcoming storm. Tonight we’ll have fog, freezing drizzle and drizzle possible. Thursday’s forecast still holds for murkiness. Fog, drizzle, rain showers. I’m not worried much about the threat of flooding anymore, specifically because our rain amounts should hold to under 0.25″.

Friday is still tricky and will be our transition day back to cold weather. From what it appears, we’ll go from drizzle and rain showers Friday morning to snow showers in the evening, with an icy transition in between. Our temperatures will drop from near 40° in spots to sub-freezing, and highs on Saturday will linger in the single digits, with a howling northwest wind, cold wind chills, and some flurries. I’m still not expecting much snow locally out of the deal. Happy New Year!

If you’re wondering…Thursday and Saturday look to be the better days for travel.

Forecast for Thursday, December 30th

Forecast for Friday, New Year's Eve

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So, showers have wrapped up for today, but the chilly, want-to-stay-inside-snuggled-up-in-a-blanket weather continues for us. We’ll barely see the 50° mark for our Thursday.

Friday, the sun returns, but a cool sun at that – highs once again will stall in the 40s. I’m anticipating there to be a hefty freeze headed into Saturday morning – the growing season, folks, is officially over. Stay tuned for when advisories and/or warnings are issued for that…

…and stay tuned on the snowfall potential. We’re not talking a foot of it, but we are talking about some minor accumulations on grassy surfaces on Saturday. The good thing is that it doesn’t stick around for long this time of the year…just long enough to allow you to get out your true feelings about the cold season.

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