Snow, Wind & Cold

Saturday featured mostly sunny skies, with falling temperatures and windy conditions.  A peak gust of 48mph at the Quad Cities International Airport Saturday morning.

After a sunny day, our attention focuses to the brutal winter weather headed our way.  Tonight, a "Winter Weather Advisory" goes into effect for counties along and north of I-80:

 Latest radar trends show the clipper tracking just a little farther north than anticipated, so in the Quad Cities expect 1-3" of snow, with just a little more northeast where the heavier snow will fall, and much less in our southwest hometowns.  Up to an inch in southern hometowns as the arctic cold front rolls through Sunday afternoon.

 Sunday evening a "Winter Storm Warning" goes into effect at 6pm.  This is NOT for additional snowfall, but for the strong northwest winds that will blow the fresh snowfall around, reducing visibilities.  This will cause treacherous driving conditions tomorrow afternoon and especially overnight.  Please be careful when driving.  Southern hometowns may be removed from the watch if very little snow falls (see above snow forecast).

After that, VERY COLD temperatures, possibly colder than earlier this month, are likely.  We'll see a high in the lower 30s Sunday afternoon and will drop between -10° and -15° Sunday night and Monday morning.  Wind Chills could be as cold as -25° to -35°!  Wind Chill Warnings are in effect for Knox, Stark and Lee counties in Illinois beginning Sunday night, and a Wind Chill Advisory goes in effect for Henry and Jefferson counties in Iowa Sunday evening at 6pm.

Stay tuned for more updates!