(Area) A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect today through 6:00 a.m. Friday morning for all of southwest Iowa. A powerful cold front will move through the area today with strong northwest winds gusting above 45 miles per hour at times, falling temperatures, and snow. The high winds are forecast to create widespread blowing snow and blizzard conditions at times the remainder of the day into this evening, especially in rural areas in the north.
Roger Vachalek meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Des Moines says the worst of the conditions already affecting southwest Iowa this morning. Light to moderate snow is already falling over the southwest region of the state and moving east-northeast at this time.
Snowfall totals are not expected to be heavy, but even light amounts may be enough to worsen impacts. Wind chills will fall below zero by this evening into tonight, which could serve as another hazard should motorists become stranded.
