9 March 2011 Extended Forecast

Rainfall Totals Thru 8am:
Grinnell 1/2" - Newton 9/10" -  Ottumwa 3/4" - Cedar Rapids 3/4" - Iowa City 3/4" - Knoxville 1.2" - Des Moines 7/10"

National Weather Service Snow Reports:

A WET AND HEAVY SNOW FELL ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF THE STATE OVERNIGHT AND THIS MORNING. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION WAS GREATEST IN NORTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL IOWA WITH VALUES RANGING FROM 3 TO 4 INCHES. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS RANGING FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES WERE COMMON THROUGH CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE STATE. LESSER AMOUNTS FELL ELSEWHERE.

Snowfall Reports thru 10am:
Gilman 2" - Marshalltown 2" - Tama 1" - Des Moines 2.8" - Newton 3/4".

Expect a Winter Mix to continue thru the day.  Rain/Snow line is fine.  Expect mostly Lt Snow thru the Northern 1/2 of Pow Cty - and Lt Rain to the South.  May see a brief heavier snowshower that will dump wet snow quickly.  1-2" is still very much in the mix anywhere in Pow Cty - but especially along the I-80 Corridor West and North............



Today thru Sat 9th-12th: Breezy/Lt Wet Snow mixing with Rain (1-2") - Dry Thurs into Fri afternoon - Winter Mix/Breezy Late Fri into Early Sat - then Dry.  Temps 35-40 Today and Thurs - Low 50's Fri - Near 40 Sat.
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Sun and Mon 13th/14th: Dry early Sun - then Rain/Snow overnite Sun into Midday Monday - then Dry/Breezy.
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Tues and Wed 15th/16th: Rainshowers/Breezy.
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Thurs and Fri 17th/18th: Tstorms/Rain Thurs - Snow/Windy Fri.
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Sat and Sun 19th/20th: Dry.
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Mon and Tues 21st/22nd: Rainshowers/Isolated Tstorms.
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Wed and Thurs 23rd/24th:  Snow Wed - Dry Thurs.
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Fri and Sat 25th/26th:  Rain/Windy.