A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE AREA The second winter storm in a week is destined to produce several more inches of snow Saturday night. The clipper that generates the snow tracks from Nebraska into NE Missouri laying down a swath of snow that covers the majority of my area asid from the far south. The event does not begin until Saturday evening and due to the quick movement of the clipper, most of the accumulations occur in a relatively short 6-8 hour

The morning models have cleared the internet and it still appears much of the area is in line for several inches of snow Saturday night. The clipper that generates the snow tracks from Nebraska into EC Missouri laying down a swath of snow that covers all but my far southern counties. The event does not begin until late Saturday evening and due to the swift speed of the clipper most of the accumulations occur in a 6-8 hour window. In other words, the snow is exiting west to ea

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