Saturday was a beautiful day for late December standards in the Quad Cities. The temperature reached 46° here in the Quad Cities, and even approached 50° in southern hometowns.
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| High temperature's Saturday 12/28/13 |
Hopefully you were able to get out and enjoy those temperatures, because they are a thing of the past and we will not be anywhere close to them in at least a couple weeks. That's because we have an arctic cold front headed to the Quad Cities. It will sweep through by sunrise Sunday, leaving us with falling temperature throughout the day.
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| Saturday evening around 8pm, cold front in NW Iowa |
It's clear to see from the graphic above where the cold front is situated (Sat. evening). This front doesn't have very much moisture to work with but we will still see a few flurries and light snow showers, especially north of Interstate 80. Behind the front winds will pick up from the northwest anywhere between 15 to 25 mph, gusting over 30mph at time, creating wind chills well below zero in many areas.
A "Wind Chill Advisory" goes into effect at 6AM Sunday for Cedar, Jefferson, Johnson and Washington counties in Iowa and lasts through Noon Monday. I suspect the rest of the area will get in on the advisory later tomorrow afternoon or evening. Wind chills could be anywhere from -10° to -30°!
A few chances for snow exists this week as we will be stuck in a northwesterly flow out of Canada, bringing a parade of clipper systems that could leave a little accumulation. Details to follow in the next couple days.
Stay warm!
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