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YOUR WAY. AS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION AND INTERESTING THINGS THAT WILL BE HAPPENING WITH TEMPERATURES. THIS MORNING, WE HAVE HAD FIVE COVER OVERHEAD PRIMARILY. WE ARE LOOKING AT TEMPERATURES THAT HAVE NOT DROPPED OVERNIGHT. LOW 50’S. YOU CAN SEE THE MOISTURE AND WINTER WEATHER FURTHER TO THE NORTH, EXPECTED TO IMPACT US THROUGH THE NEXT 24 HOURS. EVEN THOUGH YOU SEE SOME GREEN POP UP THERE, THIS IS HAPPENING MUCH HIGHER IN THE ATMOSPHERE. WE ARE NOT SEEING ANY OF THAT HAPPEN AT THE SURFACE. THINGS ARE STAYING NICE AND DRY FOR ANY OF THOSE EARLY MORNING ERRANDS YOU NEED TO GET DONE THAT ARE CONSIDERED ESSENTIAL. 50 DEGREES, A LIGHT BREEZE, AND WE ARE GETTING READY OR THE ROUND OF MOISTURE INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT MORE RAIN INTO THE LATER AFTERNOON HOURS, GETTING MORE WIDESPREAD, BUT AREAS OF CENTRAL IOWA COULD SEE THAT EARLIER. THIS IS NOON, SEEING THAT LIGHT RAIN ARRIVED. YOU SEE SAM OF THAT RAIN ARRIVE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. PAY ATTENTION TO THE WINTRY MIX HEADING OUR DIRECTION MERRILY GOING TO BE -- PRIMARILY FREEZING RAIN ALSO SNOW IMPACTIN THOSE PLACES PRIMARILY WEST OF I-35, SEEING UP TO ONE OF AN INCH OF ACCUMULATION. THIS FRONT PASSES AND LEAVING BEHIND MUCH COOLER AIR, SO THERE WILL NOT BE AN OPPORTUNE -- THERE WILL NOT BE MUCH OF AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE SURFACE MELT. A SATURDAY AND SUNDAY SHOULD BE WONDERFUL, WE JUST HAVE TO GET THROUGH THE NEXT 24 HOURS. RAIN, SEEING NUMBERS AROUND A HALF-INCH OR MORE FOR SOME AREAS. WE COULD SEE A COUPLE THUNDERSTORM COMING IN AS THE -- AS THE FRONT PASSES THROUGH. EXPECT TO SEE REBELS OF THUNDER AND WE TALK ABOUT SNOW, AND MUCH HIGHER IMPACT FOR AREAS SEEING THAT WINTER WEATHER. ONE TO THREE INCHES AND A HALF-INCH OVER BY SIOUX CITY. THERE IS A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT OR FRIDAY FOR AREAS WEST OF I-35 AND SINKING I-80. FOR THESE SPOTS, IF YOU ARE INCLUDED IN THE PURPLE, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE PRIMARY IMPACT, THE ICING FROM THE FREEZING RAIN. ICE TRACKER SHOWING THE EXTENT OF THIS. DARKER COLORS AND THERE COULD BE EXAGGERATED, BUT I THINK WE COULD SEE UP TO A 10TH OF AN INCH OF ACCUMULATION WHICH COULD LAST INTO SATURDAY. THIS WILL CREATE COMPLICATIONS ON THE ROADS, ESPECIALLY FOR UNTREATED SPOTS. IT IS SPRING BUT IT COULD HAVE WINTRY IMPACTS. DEFINITELY MAKE SURE YOU ARE TAKING EXTRA CAUTION AND AVOIDING SOME OF THAT TRAVEL IF YOU AND FRIDAY. TRY TO GET THOSE ERRANDS DONE NOW OR WAIT UNTIL THE WEEKEND. MONDAY, CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WHICH COULD LINGER INTO TUESDAY. I DO NOT THINK THOSE CHANCES ARE QUITE AS LIKELY.