It's been quite a week for weather here in the good old Midwest. First it was a major snowstorm that broke November snowfall records, then a smaller event, and finally the icing on the cake, record-breaking cold to kick off the month of December. And we're not done yet, the shovel will come in handy again by Sunday thanks to a fast moving clipper. It would be fair to say we are on a roll. To recap the cold, record lows were set Thursday morning across much of Iowa. Spencer, i

LIVE WEATHER BRIEFING 7:30 THURSDAY Meteorologist Nick Stewart and I will conduct a Facebook live weather briefing at 7:30pm. Thursday. The topics of discussion will be the record cold Thursday, snow potential this weekend, and the long range weather pattern into Christmas. I'm sure we'll hit on some other weather angles, especially with your questions encouraged. Again, the briefing airs on the Terry Swails Facebook page . For a meteorological deep dive like no other, settle

A few days ago, I mowed my grass. Today, it's under 10 inches of snow and my little corner of the world, (and for that matter the Midwest as a whole) has been whitewashed. Talk about a transformation, what an entirely different look. As you can see, 4–8 inches (in some cases as much as 12 inches) covers most of Iowa, southern Wisconsin, and northern Illinois. One of the things about snow cover, especially deep snow cover, is that it makes the world we live in colder. Without

After the big weekend storm and the little dust up we had Monday, it's looking like a winter wonderland around most of the Midwest. I realize there's a large percentage of you who don't appreciate the snow. I however, was thrilled to pick up 14 inches of white gold at my place in Dubuque. And I will say, if there is one redeeming aspect to snow, it's that Christmas lights look 10 times better in a mantel of white. I'm old-fashioned and sentimental about that. Something else