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First flakes fall in northern Iowa

The latest KCCI weather forecast.

First flakes fall in northern Iowa

The latest KCCI weather forecast.

WHEN WE WERE KIDS BUT IT IS PRETTY FUN. WE ARE HOLDING ON TO FALL TEMPERATURES WITH A LITTLE BIT OF WINTRY APPROACH ON THE HORIZON. WE HAVE THE SHOWERS PASSING THROUGH AND MOST OF THE MOISTURE IS TOWARDS THE UPPER WEST. WE ARE EXPECTING TO SEE SOME SHOWERS MOVING IN THERE, BUT HEADING TOWARD THE METRO. I WOULD SAY A LITTLE CLOSER TO THE 2:00 HOUR THAN WE HAD EXPECTED TO SEE. WE COULD SEE A COUPLE QUICK PASSING SHOWERS. YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE BIT OF THIS HAPPENING FROM AREAS LIKE SOUTH DAKOTA AND MINNESOTA, AND RIDING THE BORDERLINE TOWARD IOWA. IT’S POSSIBLE SOME OF THE NORTHERN CITIES HAVE AN ITTY-BITTY LITTLE SNOWFLAKE OR SO. I THINK ACCUMULATION MIGHT BE A LITTLE AGGRESSIVE. I DOUBT WE WILL SEE ALL TOO MUCH. IT ON GRASSY PATCHES, BUT YOU MIGHT CATCH SNOWFLAKES AND BETWEEN RAINDROPS. SOMETHING TO BE AWARE OF TODAY. WE CONTINUE TO SEE SOME OF THE HEAVIER RAINFALL PASSING FARTHER TO THE NORTH TOWARD FORT DODGE. WE KEEP MOST OF THIS ABOVE THE DES MOINES RANGE, BUT IT IS POSSIBLE TO SEE A COUPLE QUICK PASSING SHOWERS OR IF YOU FOR THE EVENING HOURS. I THINK WE WILL DRY OUT WEARING THE EVENING. AND, CLEARING OUT SOME SKIES MORE INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON. STILL WORKING WITH A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUDS, SO IF YOU PLAN ON HOPPING ON THE BIKE, EXPECT COMFORTABLE CONDITIONS WITH A LITTLE PRECIPITATION AT TIMES DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU ARE TO GO YOU OFF A LITTLE BIT. TEMPERATURES DROPPED TO THE UPPER 40’S TOWARD THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. IT FEELS PRETTY COMFORTABLE RIGHT NOW. THAT IS BECAUSE THE WIND HAS CERTAINLY CALMED DOWN. WE SEE GREEN, MILD CONDITIONS, GETTING CLOSE TO 50 MILE-PER-HOUR SUSTAINED WIND FOR DES MOINES AND RIGHT AROUND 10 MILES PER HOUR IN CARROLL. WE WILL WORK WITH LIGHT BREEZE HEADING INTO THE EVENING HOURS AND YOU CAN EXPECT THE POSSIBILITY FOR SHOWERS FOR AREAS ALL AROUND THE METRO AND NOT SO MUCH TOWARD THE MORE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE STATE. MAYBE LITTLE MORE LIKELY, UP TO AREAS LIKE POCAHONTAS. FURTHER TO THE EAST, WE SEE IT’S A LITTLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON, POSSIBLY A FUSE PASSING -- IF YOU PASSING SHOWERS. WE WON’T SEE A WHOLE LOT MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST. YOU CAN EXPECT THINGS TO COOL OFF INTO THE 40’S FOR THURSDAY AND WARMING BACK UP INTO THE 50’S. TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, WE COULD BE TALKING ABOUT ANOTHER MIX OF SNOW AND RAIN, TOO S
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First flakes fall in northern Iowa

The latest KCCI weather forecast.

The latest KCCI weather forecast.

The latest KCCI weather forecast.

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