AWUS83 KDMX 310946 RWSDMX IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075-081>086- 092>097-311530- Weather Summary for Iowa National Weather Service Des Moines IA 346 AM CST Tue Dec 31 2024 Today: Low pressure moving from Missouri into Central Illinois overnight produced a broad area of light rain and snow across central and southern Iowa early this morning. There were spotty areas of snow accumulations with a few areas receiving around an inch or so. Most primary roads and highways remained wet although less traveled roads did become slushy in areas. Otherwise, northwest winds increased and were common from 10 to 20 mph with gusts to almost 30 mph at times. The light precipitation is expected to come to an end this morning as the system pulls away from the state. Some minor snow accumulations, generally less than an inch remain possible in far south central to southeast Iowa through mid morning, otherwise the north winds persist for much of the day as cooler air arrives. Additional flurries are expected late this afternoon into the evening as another weak system passes through the state. Tonight and beyond: Any flurries are forecast to end tonight with clearing expected toward daybreak on New Years Day. Mostly sunny skies will greet the New Year with near normal temperatures in the mid 20s to lower 30s. However, a clipper system approaches the state on Thursday with light snow overspreading much of central into southern Iowa. Minor accumulations are forecast by Thursday evening along with the arrival of cooler air. Highs by Friday are forecast to remain in the teens to lower 20s over much of the state as cold polar air overspread the Midwest. && This concludes the issuance of this product. A resource document has been created to aid users in this transition and is available at: https://www.weather.gov/media/dmx/RWSResources.pdf $$