Jon Rivas KCCI

12/31/2025

Don't be fooled with the mild temperatures today. You will need the winter layers tonight!!! Wind chills will dip into the teens and single digits for any late night plans.

12/31/2025

Tampa is currently under a cold weather advisory this morning. Wind chills as low as 27°. 🤣
Hopefully, they are ready for the Hawkeye Warning that goes in effect at 11am! GO HAWKS!!!

12/29/2025

I-35 UPDATE - I-35 from Ames to Minnesota is now fully open! Travelers should use extreme caution on partially snow and ice-covered (blue) roads with scattered snowpack. 🚗 Put plenty of distance between vehicles 🚗 and take it slower as conditions continue to improve. Drive safe!

12/29/2025

✅ I-35 UPDATE: We're planning to reopen I-35 from Ames to Minnesota early this afternoon. Iowa State Patrol is working to remove disabled vehicles and we're clearing snow and ice-packed roadways. Alternate routes are still hazardous until later in the day. https://iowadot.gov/news/2025-12-29/iowa-dot-and-dps-plan-reopen-interstate-35-early-afternoon-december-29

12/27/2025

The latest on the Sunday morning winter weather

12/26/2025

⚠️WEEKEND TRAVEL IMPACTS⚠️
Our next winter system is headed our way and will impact any Sunday travel with ice, snow, wind, and cold.

A strong cold front will pass over Iowa Sunday mid to late morning. This will bring wind gusts near 45mph and morning rain showers. The cold air will move in and we will dip below freezing through morning to midday and into the afternoon. Any moisture on untreated surfaces will freeze and roads will become slick.

As the temperatures drop, the rain will also transition to a wintry mix of freezing rain/sleet for the lat le morning to early afternoon. This will add to the slick road conditions for the afternoon. Snow will prevail as the final form of precipitation into the overnight hours. Accumulations are still uncertain, so the attached snowfall potential will adjust as we get closer. The trend now is favoring more than an inch along and north of highway 30. An inch or less south of highway 30 including the DSM Metro.

Areas that receive enough snow will also have to deal with blowing snow with 45 mph gusts, potentially continuing into Monday. Blowing snow could limit visibilities and generate potential whiteout conditions for the northern half of the state Sunday afternoon into the night. Wind chills will drop below zero and we could see -10° to -20° feels like temps Monday morning.

This is a good reason to change travel plans. One option would be to move travel to Saturday with morning fog clearing for the afternoon. Sunday early morning would be another option, but arriving at your destination before 10am would be ideal. Areas will already have trecherous travel by mod to late morning. Pushing travel into Monday could still hold blowing snow potential depending on how much snow falls where you are traveling along with the cold.

12/25/2025

Merry Christmas from your holiday morning team! Beau Bowman KCCI

12/25/2025

***EXTENDED AGAIN***
Dense Fog Advisory now until 9am Friday morning

Dense Fog sticking around for our Christmas into Friday. The areas shaded could experience visibilities under a quarter of a mile at times. Give yourself extra time for any Christmas travel!

12/25/2025

These furry friends want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas!

Thank you all for sending in the Christmas themed puppy photos! We love to have your dogs on the show, so keep sending in your photos to [email protected]

12/21/2025

Happy Winter Solstice!

12/19/2025

We had some fun with The Polar Express this morning. 🤣
I couldn't hold back the giggles

12/19/2025

We sure do deserve the quiet forecast through next week :)

It'll be nice not to have any headlines with "wind", "winter", or "cold" next week.