Blizzard conditions to cause travel problems – KCCI Des Moines, Kcci.com

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SNOW HAS STOPPED FALLING IN CENTRAL IOWA. TISIA: BUT, METINKA, IT IS THE WINDS TODAY THAT PEOPLE NEED TO WATCH OUT FOR? METINKA: YES. YOU WILL NOTICE THAT SHARP WENT OVER THE NEXT HOUR. NOT THAT BAD IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN IOWA, BUT THAT WIND IS GOING TO PICK UP QUICKLY. LOOK AT WHAT IS COMING IN BEHIND IT, THE ARCTIC AIR, THE COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH. BEHIND IT, ONLY IN THE TEENS. OUT AHEAD OF IT, WINDS JUST ABOVE FREEZING OUT THERE. IT WILL TRICK YOU, MAKING YOU THINK “IT IS NOT THAT BAD,” BUT IT WILL GET MUCH WORSE. EVEN BY 5: 20 TODAY, WE ARE STILL GOING TO HAVE WIND GUSTING AT TIMES OVER MILES AN HOUR, SO THAT COULD BE SOME BLOWING SNOW, WHITEOUT CONDITIONS, ESPECIALLY IN NORTHERN IOWA THERE. IT IS GOING TO DO A NUMBER ON OUR WIND CHILLS. LOOK AT THIS. VERY COLD, LOTS OF PURPLE. WHEN CHILLS TODAY RIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY, AND MONDAY MORNING, IN THE 35 ‘S TO ‘S BELOW ZERO. THAT IS DANGEROUSLY COLD WEATHER OUT THERE THAT WE WILL BE DEALING WITH RIGHT FOR THE START OF THE WEEK AND WE HAVE STILL GOT THE BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT RIGHT FROM 6: 06 PM THIS EVENING FOR NORTHWEST IOWA. STORY COUNTY HAS BEEN ADDED INTO THAT, SO IF YOU HAVE PLANS TO TRAVEL NORTH ON I 40, YOU MIGHT WANT TO RETHINK IT. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING. WINTER STORM WARNINGS THROUGH I – 728, WARREN COUNTY, ALSO THROUGH 6: COME OUT TO THE WEST, A HIGH WIND WARNING, AND A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY CONTINUES TO THE SOUTH. FREEZING ALL ALONG THE I 80 CORRIDOR, IN THE METRO, ANOTHER BURST OF SNOW OUT AHEAD OF THAT BLAST OF COLD AIR. LAMONI OVER TOWARD CENTERVILLE, A WINTRY MIX, A LITTLE BIT OF LIGHT DRIZZLE, FREEZING DRIZZLE, AND SNOW. ALL OF THAT SNOW BACK UP THROUGH MINNESOTA, BUT THAT WHOLE SYSTEM IS BACKING UP AND HEADING OUT, WIND AND COLD ON THE BACKSIDE. DOWNTOWN CAMERA IS ICED OVER THIS MORNING. A LITTLE BIT OF LIGHT SNOW COMING DOWN, ALSO FREEZING DRIZZLE CLEARED OF THE WEST WIND IS NOT STRONG RIGHT NOW, BUT IT WILL BE. OVER THE NEXT HOUR, YOU ARE GOING TO HEAR IT HOWLING IN HERE, CAUSING TEMPERATURES TO DROP LIKE A ROCK OR BEEN FOR SUNDAY, WE HAVE THE SUNSHINE BACK. IT IS GOING TO STAY EXTREMELY COLD. OVERNIGHT, BELOW ZERO BANK. HIGHS TONIGHT BARELY ABOVE 0. AFTER THAT, WE DO GET A BIT OF A WARM-UP. WE HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE OF SNOW. THOSE ROADS ARE STILL VERY SLICK OUT THERE. KELLEY IS IN WITH HOW MUCH SNOW HAS FALLEN AND HOW THAT IS IMPACTING TRAVEL. KELLEY: YES, YOU CAN SEE OUR LIFE SNOW REPORTS CHEERED I HAVE ACTUALLY TAKEN OUT ABOUT HALF OF THEM ALREADY COME I AM JUST GOING TO BOUNCE ALL AROUND. WELL, THAT HAPPENS. FOUR INCHES TO FIVE INCHES IS TYPICALLY WHAT WE SEE, THE HIGHEST AMOUNT. WE DID SEE 5.7 INCHES AT DES MOINES INTERNATIONAL P ARE WE WILL WORK ON THAT. WE WILL BRING YOU BACK TO THAT. I WANT TO SHOW YOU SOME OF THE SPOTS THAT ARE DOING WELL. APPARENTLY WE ARE BOUNCING ALL OVER THE PLACE. WE HAVE GOT COMPLETELY COVERED ROADS IN THE PINK. TAKE SOME EXTRA PRECAUTION THERE. DOWN TO THE SOUTH, COMPLETELY ROADWAYS FROM RED OAK TO CLARINDA. ALSO ACTUALLY COVERED ROADWAYS. THOSE ARE NOT MUCH BETTER. THOSE ARE GOING TO BE IN THE BLUE. THERE IS A BLIZZARD WARNING ON TOP OF IT. AGAIN, IF YOU ARE HEADING NORTH, YOU MAY