MANNING. THIS IS. WE’RE GOING TO SEE IT HERE IN A SECOND. THE SOYBEAN PROCESSING PLANT NORTH OF TOWN. THERE YOU GO. THE ICE FORM FROM STEAM FROM A NEARBY EXHAUST. NOT A LEAK. THAT IS QUITE THE PICTURE. IT’S ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT PRETTY THERE, TOO. FINALLY, THOUGH, WE GOT TO SEE SOME WARMER TEMPERATURES TODAY. AND A LITTLE BIT OF SUNSHINE TOO. WE DID? YEAH, WASN’T THAT BAD OUTSIDE FOR ONCE. THAT’S REALLY, REALLY NICE BECAUSE WE HAD A LONG STRETCH THAT WAS REALLY ROUGH OUT THERE. WE COUNTED UP ALTOGETHER 117 HOURS STRAIGHT WHERE THE WIND CHILL HERE IN THE METRO AREA WAS BELOW ZERO. BASICALLY FROM LAST FRIDAY ALL THE WAY THROUGH THIS MORNING. TODAY WE FINALLY GOT BACK INTO POSITIVE TERRITORY ON THE WIND CHILL SIDE OF THINGS TOOK A DAY OR SO AFTER WE GOT THE TEMPERATURE ABOVE THAT ZERO DEGREE MARK 23 RIGHT NOW IS OUR TEMPERATURE. I THINK THAT’S ALSO STILL OFFICIALLY OUR HIGH HERE IN DES MOINES. SIX IS THE DEW POINT CALM WINDS MEANS THERE ISN’T A WIND CHILL AT THIS HOUR. THAT’S A NICE CHANGE. CLOUDS THICKENING UP THOUGH ACROSS MUCH OF THE STATE. WE ALSO. HAVE A COUPLE OF SNOWFLAKES HERE AT LEAST ON THE RADAR PICTURE UP ACROSS NORTHERN IOWA, ROUGHLY ALONG THAT HIGHWAY 20 CORRIDOR, BATTLING SOME DRY AIR, THOUGH. SO NOT ALL THAT’S NECESSARILY COMING ON DOWN TO THE GROUND. THERE IS THE CHANCE OF A FEW OF THOSE SNOWFLAKES REACHING THE GROUND, THOUGH, AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE REST OF TONIGHT. WON’T REALLY AMOUNT TO MUCH, THOUGH. MAYBE JUST SEE A FEW FLAKES OR TWO OUT THERE. MAYBE A DUSTING AT MOST IN A COUPLE SPOTS WHERE THE AIR DOES SATURATE. ENOUGH NOW. TOMORROW MORNING WE’LL START OFF DRY JUST WITH SOME CLOUDS. THEN THOSE CLOUDS WILL THICKEN UP AS WE GO THROUGH THE DAY. ON YOUR THURSDAY, NOTICE OUR NEXT BATCH OF SNOW STARTS TO MOVE IN AS SOON AS LUNCHTIME TOMORROW, ESPECIALLY FOR FOLKS UP IN NORTHWEST IOWA. WE’RE GOING TO SWITCH OVER TO SHOW YOU OUR WIND GUSTS, TOO, BECAUSE THAT’S GOING TO BE A FACTOR TOMORROW AS THIS SECOND LITTLE SYSTEM COMES IN RIGHT NOW, IT’S JUST COMING ONSHORE OVER IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. BUT AS WE HEAD TOWARDS THE MIDDAY. TIME FRAME, PLACES LIKE FORT DODGE, JEFFERSON, CARROLL BACK TOWARDS SIOUX CITY, START TO SEE SOME SNOW SHOWERS. THOSE MOVE INTO CENTRAL IOWA FOR EVERYBODY AS SOON AS 2 OR 3:00 TOMORROW AFTERNOON, THE WINDS WILL START TO GET. GUSTY OUT OF THE NORTH. OCCASIONALLY, 2020 FIVE MILES PER HOUR OVERNIGHT. THEN TOMORROW NIGHT WE COULD SEE SOME 30 MILE PER HOUR GUSTS. SO FOR YOUR THURSDAY EVENING COMMUTE, THIS ISN’T GOING TO BE A LOT OF SNOW. BUT WITH IT BLOWING AROUND AND IT’S GOING TO BE KIND OF A POWDERY SNOW, KEEP THAT IN THE BACK OF YOUR MIND. WE’VE ALREADY GOT LOTS OF SNOW ON THE GROUND, SO WE COULD EASILY HAVE SOME DRIFTING ISSUES OUT THERE. DEFINITELY SOME VISIBILITY ISSUES AS THAT SNOW COMES DOWN, BUT IT’S DONE AS PROBABLY AS SOON AS 10:00 TOMORROW NIGHT AT THE LATEST MIDNIGHT. AND THEN WE’VE JUST GOT SOME COLD, WINDY AIR THAT RUSHES IN HERE AGAIN FOR OUR FRIDAY MORNING ALTA OLD SNOWFALL AMOUNTS GOING TO BE ROUGHLY IN THAT 1 TO 3 INCH RANGE. THERE MIGHT BE A ROGUE FOUR INCH TOTAL IN SOME SPOTS, BUT MOST OF US ARE GOING TO FALL RIGHT IN THAT TERRITORY. NOT THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WE’VE SEEN. CERTAINLY, BUT IT WILL BE NOTICEABLE. CARL ON TOP OF THAT EXISTING SNOW PACK AND CAUSE SOME SLICKNESS OUT THERE. WIND CHILLS TOO, BY FRIDAY MORNING. ALSO GOING TO BE POTENT RIGHT BACK DOWN TO THAT NEGATIVE 30 DEGREE TERRITORY. AND WE ONLY GET AS HIGH AS THE NEGATIVE TEENS DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY. FRIDAY NIGHT. SIMILARLY COLD. LOOK AT THAT LOW BY SATURDAY MORNING NEARING -20 THERE WON’T BE MUCH OF A BREEZE. BUT ENOUGH TO DROP THOSE WIND CHILLS BELOW -30. AGAIN. SATURDAY. STILL FREEZING COLD AND SO IS SATURDAY NIGHT. IT WON’T BE UNTIL SUNDAY DAY THAT THAT PATTERN STARTS TO CHANGE. AND THAT TAKES US INTO NEXT WEEK. WE WILL USHER IN SOME ABOVE FREEZING TEMPERATURES, AT LEAST THE 30S, RIGHT? WE’LL GET A LITTLE BIT OF MELTING, ACTUALLY. WE’LL KIND OF GET KIND OF SLOPPY NEXT WEEK BECAUSE WE’RE GOING TO HAVE ALL THIS SNOW PACK START TO MELT SOME. WE’LL HAVE SOME MORE RAIN ACTUALLY POSSIBLE KIND OF A CLOUDY, SLUSHY SORT OF SITUATION COMING NEXT WEEK. BUT UNTIL THEN WE’