By: Matt Scher, [email protected]
Des Moines, IA – THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES RELEASED THEIR INITIAL FORECAST FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF A WINTER STORM IMPACTING THE STATE LATER THIS WEEK BEGINNING EARLY WEDNESDAY AND LASTING UNTIL EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.
THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN IOWA. PRECIPITATION WILL BE PREDOMINANTLY RAIN IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF THE STATE, BUT THE LOCATION OF THIS TRANSITION ZONE IS UNCERTAIN, AT THIS TIME. THE NWS SAYS TO MONITOR THE FORECAST AND ANTICIPATE IMPACTS TO TRAVEL PLANS WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY MORNING.