Listening Post

...WINTER STORM EXPECTED TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...

.ANOTHER WINTER STORM WILL BRING ACCUMULATING SNOW AND A WINTRY
MIX TO PORTIONS OF IOWA AND ILLINOIS ON TUESDAY AND TUESDAY
NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WILL FALL FROM LATE TUESDAY
MORNING TO MIDNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT. DUE TO TEMPERATURES NEAR OR
SLIGHTLY ABOVE FREEZING, THERE WILL BE A VERY TIGHT GRADIENT IN
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ON THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF THE MODERATE TO
HEAVY SNOW BAND.

FOR AREAS THAT RISE ABOVE FREEZING, PAVEMENT TEMPERATURES WILL
LIKELY BE SLOW TO RESPOND BECAUSE OF THE VERY COLD CONDITIONS THE
PAST SEVERAL DAYS. THIS INCREASES THE RISK FOR LIGHT ICING
AMOUNTS FROM FREEZING RAIN. TEMPERATURES WILL QUICKLY FALL
THROUGH THE 20S AND INTO THE 10S DURING THE EVENING TUESDAY
EVENING, WHICH MAY KEEP ROADS HAZARDOUS INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING.

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT...

* WHAT...MIXED PRECIPITATION EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF
3 TO 5 INCHES AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN
INCH EXPECTED IN THE HIGHWAY 20 CORRIDOR, WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES OF
SNOW FARTHER SOUTH THROUGH NEAR HIGHWAY 30.

* WHERE...PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS.

* WHEN...FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. THE
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS COULD IMPACT THE MORNING AND EVENING
COMMUTE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW, SLEET OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. EXPECT SLIPPERY
ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES, AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/QUADCITIES

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