Closings and delays for central Iowa schools and businesses

Iowa weather: Closings and delays for central Iowa schools and businesses

Updated: 6:56 AM CST Jan 2, 2025

TOWARD THE METRO, RIGHT IN TIME FOR RUSH HOUR. AND SO IT IS IT LOOKS LIKE IT’S FLYING HORIZONTALLY. SO WE YOU SAY IT’S A THICK BAND MARCHING THIS WAY. AND THAT’S WHAT IS GOING TO IMPACT VISIBILITY. EXACTLY. YEAH. EVEN THE LIGHTER STUFF STILL GOING TO IMPACT IT, BUT NOT AS MUCH AS WHAT I’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT. AS FAR AS THE THICKER BAND OUT TO THE WEST RIGHT NOW, OUR SKY CAMS SHOWING PRINCIPAL PARK CAMERA NOT REALLY ANY FLAKES GOING ON INSIDE THE DOWNTOWN AREA, HOWEVER. SEVEN OAKS, THAT’S WHERE WE’RE DEFINITELY SEEING MORE OF THAT ACTIVITY. SOME ACTUAL SNOW. YOU DON’T NEED THE SNOW MAKERS IN THE SEVEN OAKS AND BOONE COUNTY THIS MORNING. AS THE SNOW CONTINUES TO MAKE ITS WAY OVER THE STATE RIGHT NOW, HYPER FOCUSED ON THE METRO IN DES MOINES DOWNTOWN, NOT REALLY SEEING THAT THAT’S GOING TO BE EVEN PERIODS OVER ALTOONA GOING TOWARDS PLEASANT HILL, SEEING SOME OF THE LIGHT FLAKES ALREADY, SOME PARTIALLY COVERED ROADS BEING REPORTED THIS DIRECTION, BUT REALLY FARTHER NORTH, LIKE OVER ANKENY TOWARDS AMES AS WELL. BUT THE THICKER BAND OF SNOW, THAT DARKER SHADE OF BLUE THAT’S GOING TO REDUCE VISIBILITIES UNDERNEATH A MILE, POTENTIALLY EVEN SOME WHITEOUT CONDITIONS EMBEDDED IN THAT BAND IS WHAT WE CAN EXPECT, AS THAT HEAVIER SNOW MAKES ITS WAY CLOSER, NOT TOO FAR AWAY. IT’S JUST NOW ENTERING GUTHRIE COUNTY, GOING INTO GREENE COUNTY AND ALSO ADAIR COUNTY CURRENTLY. SO IT IS KNOCKING ON OUR DOOR AS WE GO THROUGH THE REST OF THIS MORNING, HOUR BY HOUR, TRACKING THAT BAND AND ALSO THE LIGHT SNOW TO MODERATE SNOW AHEAD OF IT THROUGHOUT THE MORNING. IT’S GOING TO CONTINUE TO MAKE ITS WAY EAST, KEEPING ITS STRUCTURE. IT’S NOT GOING TO WIND DOWN. THIS IS NOT A WEAKENING SYSTEM. IT’S GOING TO STAY PRETTY CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE MORNING. THAT BAND TOUCHING THE I-35 CORRIDOR CLOSER AROUND THE 8 TO 9:00 HOUR OR SO ALONG I-35. TRAVEL IS GOING TO BE RATHER TREACHEROUS. NOT JUST SLICK ROADS, BUT AGAIN, THOSE EXTREME LOWERED VISIBILITIES WITH THIS AS IT CONTINUES TO MAKE ITS WAY FARTHER EAST, WE’RE STILL GOING TO BE LOOKING AT SNOW OVER POLK COUNTY, OVER THE METRO BY 10 A.M., BUT IT DOES START TO WIND DOWN BY AROUND THE LUNCHTIME HOUR. AND MAINLY THE SNOW IS NOW ALL EAST OF I-35. CATCHING A BREAK AND EVEN COULD EVEN CLEAR THINGS UP FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AFTER THE SNOW PUSHES OUT. BY 5:00 ON OUR RIDE HOME. NOT DEALING WITH ANY MORE OF THAT SNOW, BUT THIS IS WHAT’S GOING TO LEAVE IN ITS WAKE. AROUND 2 TO 4IN FOR CENTRAL IOWA. ALONG THAT I-80 CORRIDOR AND SOME AREAS OF THE SOUTHEAST AND NORTHWEST OF THERE. SO WE’RE SEEING THE MOST IMPRESSIVE TOTALS WITH THIS, BUT THEN NORTH AND SOUTH OF THAT, YOU MAY CLOSE AROUND A TRACE TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW FOR, AGAIN, NORTHERN IOWA AND SOUTHERN IOWA. THEN FOR THE REST OF FRIDAY, WE’RE PRETTY MUCH DONE. WE’RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES, SOME CLOUD COVER HOLDING ON TO THE SOUTHWESTERN PORTION OF THE STATE. THIS IS ALL AHEAD OF THE NEXT SYSTEM MOVING IN FOR THE WEEKEND. THAT WILL BE SATURDAY NIGHT. WE’RE TALKING AFTER MIDNIGHT AND THEN GOING ALL THE WAY INTO SUNDAY. THE BULK OF THIS SYSTEM, THE MAIN FOCUS OF THIS NEXT WEEKEND SYSTEM, WILL BE SOUTH OF IOWA, BUT IT IS EXPECTED TO CLIP THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES LIKELY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FARTHER SOUTH OF I-80. POSSIBLE AND CENTRAL IOWA UNLIKELY. THE FARTHER NORTH YOU GO. SO ALONG HIGHWAY 20 AND NORTH OF THERE. NOT GOING TO SEE A GREAT CHANCE OF SNOW THIS UPCOMING WEEKEND. THIS IS A SYSTEM THAT STILL CAN CHANGE ITS TRAJECTORY, ITS PATH. SO I’M GOING TO KEEP AN EYE ON THIS AS WE GO THROUGH THE REST OF THIS WEEK. I’M REALLY GOING TO BETTER INFORMATION, MORE ACCURATE INFORMATION GOING THROUGH THE REST OF TODAY, GOING INTO TOMORROW, AS FAR AS WHAT TO EXPECT FOR SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW WRAPS UP AS WE GET IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS RIGHT NEAR 30 DEGREES, NOT BREAKING THE FREEZING POINT SO THAT SNOW IS GOING TO STICK EASILY. IT WILL STAY WITH US AS WE GO INTO THE WEEKEND EVEN. BUT THEN SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY, COLDER TEMPERATURES, ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW POSSIBLE, AND THEN WE’LL BE LOOKING AT SOME COLDER TEMPERATURES EVEN MORE AS WE GO INTO NEXT WEEK. HI

Iowa weather: Closings and delays for central Iowa schools and businesses

Updated: 6:56 AM CST Jan 2, 2025

While most Iowa students are not back in classrooms yet, a handful of school districts have already announced closings and delays. Multiple central Iowa districts, including Carroll, Madrid, North Polk and more, have announced closures or 2-hour delays Thursday due to severe weather. Beautiful Beginnings Childcare in Polk County is closed Thursday.Additionally, all DMACC locations will open at 10 a.m. Thursday. You can see a full list of closings and delays here. Interactive Radar | Weather Alerts» Download the free KCCI app to get updates on the go: Apple | Google PlayGet the latest headlines from KCCI

DES MOINES, Iowa —

While most Iowa students are not back in classrooms yet, a handful of school districts have already announced closings and delays.

Multiple central Iowa districts, including Carroll, Madrid, North Polk and more, have announced closures or 2-hour delays Thursday due to severe weather. Beautiful Beginnings Childcare in Polk County is closed Thursday.

Additionally, all DMACC locations will open at 10 a.m. Thursday.

You can see a full list of closings and delays here.

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