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COLD WEEKEND: A cold and wintry like weekend across the state, with a few flurries possible on Saturday night that won’t amount to much. It will be breezy too with temperatures in the 20s and 30s for highs.

WARMER WEEK: Temperatures will warm next weeks back into the 30s and 40s for highs. A disturbance moves through Tuesday that may bring some rain/snow mix to the area. Amounts will generally be light given the lack of moisture with this system. A slight cool down to seasonal readings is in store the rest of the week as a ridge develops over the west and a trough builds over the east.

COLD HIGHS?: The model run continues to show some Canadian high pressure centers coming into the United States with some colder air the second week in February. If this pans out, that would mean temperatures at least 10° below average if not more, however, the NAO is tracking to stay Positive through the first two weeks of February which makes this seem a bit skeptical for now. It’ll also remain dry for a while as well.

SNOWY END TO WEEK: Snow will move into the state today and move out later this evening. Amounts will range from a dusting to a little over an inch. Some places could receive a little more. Travel shouldn’t be too much of a problem, but just be weary on the bridges and overpasses.

WINTRY MIX : Another storm moves in Tuesday with a chance of some rain snow mix given that temperatures will be at or above freezing across the state. Moisture looks to be limited so any amounts will be light. Things may change however on later runs.

COLD FEB?: The model runs have been all over the place with regards to the first two weeks of February, from snow storms and cold, to warm and pleasant. This run brings back the cold weather but with little precipitation involved. Within a few days, two strong high pressure systems will drop south out of Canada bringing the cold air with it. We’ll see if this continues on later runs, but it doesn’t look to be overly cold at this time at least.

WARM TODAY: Another warm day in store with temperatures in the 30s and 40s across the state. IWB Spotter Hayley Scott got all the way to 42° yesterday at her home in Des Moines. Same can be said for areas south and west of Des Moines as well, but north and east where more snow is on the ground, temperatures were held to the lower and middle 30s. Same goes for today as well with readings a few degrees warmer.

SNOW TOMORROW: Wintry Weather returns to the state on Friday with a disturbance moving through. The main time period will be in the morning and afternoon across the western counties. Afternoon and evening across the east. Snowfall amounts will be light with areas south of a Algona to Waterloo to Clinton line seeing less than a half inch. Areas to the north may get anywhere between 1-2″. A few flurries will linger on Saturday but won’t amount to much.

WARMING UP AGAIN: After a brief cool down this weekend, temperatures head back to the 30s and 40s for highs next week with the pattern favoring more Pacific area instead of Canadian air. Another bout of the wintry stuff is possible again on Tuesday but again this will light.

NEWS: Become an IWB Spotter, here’s how to sign up, send in your name, and city (or nearest town if out in country) to iowawx@gmail.com or tweet the information to @iowawx on Twitter. Looking for spotters in all counties of the state and bordering counties surrounding the state.

WINTRY MIX TODAY: Snow will begin the day across a good portion of the state, however temperatures may rise enough especially across the southern and eastern counties where some of the snowy mix may change to rain before switching back to all snow later Sunday night into Monday. Accumulations are expected to remain light as will the ice potential. However, even with the littlest bit of ice, roads will likely become slippery during the morning and early afternoon hours especially the eastern half of the state.

SEASONALLY COOL: The rest of the week looks rather benign with partly to mostly sunny skies and temperatures in the 20s and 30s across the state depending on the amount of snow cover. A few flurries of light snow showers may dot the landscape on Saturday otherwise the next storm will hold off until the middle of the following week.

FEB SNOW & CHILL: The next storm of significance will come on the 1st and 2nd of February with some snow possible with that system, albeit much lighter than previous runs. However the cold arctic chill has returned following the system on the 5th-6th. We’ll see how this looks on future runs.

NEWS: IWB is looking for weather spotters across the state of Iowa and surrounding counties that border the state. Details will be forthcoming in the next few days.