sandwell joins us now...chad, when are we going to see the snow start to fall here in the metro? 3 <> 3 as you just heard chad say... we're expecting blizzard conditions throughout much of siouxland tomorrow.our jaclyn driscoll spoke to the iowa d- o- t earlier today... to find out what they're doing to prepare to clear the roads before, during and after the snow falls. 3 blizzard alerts stretch from north-central kansas to southern minnesota, and the worst of it hitting right here in siouxland.

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half we got "first alert weather with siouxland's chief meteorologist chad sandwell." "first alert weather" with chad said well -- witchad sandwell reporter: 60s is what we saw for high tempmpatures today. tase a look at the sky watch camera from norfork. plenty of traffic. temperatures going up. 55 tomorrow, 48 on sunday. all above average for this time ofofear. monday night into tuesday we see a little rain with a few snowflakes as temperatures get from sioux falls down to omaha things up and quiet today. cloud cover around the i-80 from lincoln to des moines. for the most part in siouxland we will enjoy it quiet night. we will look at a mostly clear sky tonight. temperatures tomorrow morning around 30 degrees. a chilly start. we will warm up quickly. not strong winds tomorrow but plenty of sunshine ahead of the cold front. the backslide will slide through on sunday. that will push our emperatures down bit. cloud cover as well. partly cloudy skies and upper 40s. not as quite as nice as today. 44 used asian 44 degrees in sioux city. percent. temperatures across the re

with siouxland's chief meteorologist chad sandwell. >> chad says we may have a repeat of last week. >> in what way? >> warmer temperatures. >> sounds like a beg there. we are also going to see a night into thursday. so we have to watch for that. warmer weather is on the way. we just have to get there first. it will take a couple of days to do so. our sky watch camera, looking at sioux city. a very quiet night. generally clear skies for the post part. that has helped temperatures to cool off. 40 tomorrow, mostly cloudy skies. then tomorrow night, we could d see, yes, a little bit of snow. we will certainly keep our eyes on that. doesn't look like it will be a big problem for us. then we will put that to bed and wake up to friday and saturday with absolutely gorgeous weather. plenty of sunshine. highs near 60 on sunday or saturday. then a cold front comes through. that knocks our temperatures back down into the 40s and we may see another rain snow mix sunday. so again, just a gentle reminder we are still not out of the month of february just yet. cloud cover is pushing off to the east.

chief meteorologist chad sandwell." 3 3 diana and chad >>> what a huge change in temperatures from yesterday to today and it's only going to get better tomorrow. >> if you really like today just hang on because we're going to see virtually the same type of conditions but a little bit warmer. certainly good news. take a look at downtown sioux city. you can see things are pretty quiet out there this evening. with light winds even after getting into the lower 40s and 50s we're going to see temperatures cooling off quite rapidly. everyone going to stay in the middle to upper 50s. and then we've got another series of boundaries or fronts coming through. we have a chance or wintery mix on tuesday. and a little bit of overnight snow wednesday into thursday and perhaps even late friday. temperatures going to be getting much cooler by the middle part of next week. a little bit of cloud cover sliding through late this afternoon. other wise just a fantastic day by any stretch. and what we're seeing now across the entire upper midwest is generally clear skies. so as we work our way through the evening w

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. >> we saw a very warm start "first alert weather with siouxland's chief meteorologist chad sandwell." 3 3 3 3 larry, diana and chad talk about today's >>> weather was very nice today but will we see snow overnight? >> it's very possible we're starting to see a little bit of as temperatures continue to fall, they don't have too much to go until we see the transition into snow. it is a quiet night. cloud cover has been on the increase for the last four or six hours. in the meantime take a look at these very mild temperatures we expect to see toward the end of the week. near 60 on thursday despite the cloud cover then we'll be up near 60 for friday and saturday with plenty of sunshine. certainly a very tkpwaold -- good end to the week is in store. you can see a little heavier rain to the end of sioux city. a little lighter rain. this is the begning of what is going to be a very wet evening across the region. now as temperatures drop you will see the progress to snow. it's not a matter of if, i of when we start to see that rain across the area. so we put the maps into motion as we work

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sandwell." we are on the verge of something we have been waiting for for a number of days now. >> yeah. we are going to be saying good-bye to the 30s, hello to some very spring-like temperatures. take a look at our sky watch camera. this is a view of downtown sioux city. we are looking at mostly cloudy skies tonight. we will continue to see that through the overnight hours and into thursday. extended forecast says the cloud cover will stick around tomorrow but temperatures with south winds into the lower 50s and it gets even warmer still friday, saturday and sunday. we are going to beooking at plenty of sunshine right through cloud cover certainly has been hanging on pretty tough across the area despite seeing some late afternoon sunshine across eastern nebraska. the cloud coveras moved back in. we may evevesee a littl bit of patchy fog by morning. we look at the maps and we can see a little bit of a stationary boundary sitting off to the west. looks like a pretty quiet start to your thursday mo

sandwell." 3 3 3 3 larry, diana and chad talk about today's weather and the >>> you have to make sure you tune in tomorrow at 5:00 to see how chad is going to celebrate alalof this weather. >> it's going to be warm, first of all, so i get to ditch the tie, which is a good thing. >> maybe, no, you do. >> a little bit of a tease. sky watch camera from yankton. not a whole lot of snow left in yankton after seeing very mild temperatures over the last few days. that's it's only to get warmer. 60degrees. upper 50s on saturday, then the 40s return for the end of the weekend, but those numbers, even though nearly 20 degrees cooler than tomorrow, still above average for this time of the year, so just kind of indicates just how warm tomorrow is going to be. satellite imagery, still owing a little bibiof cloud cover out here. what is out there is very high, and it's very thin. so not really impacting things too much tonight. a boundary sitting on top of us. we've got temperatures in the upper 30s right now, but as south tonight, we're going to see temperatures increasing towards morning, that's

chad will tell us "first alert weather with siouxland's chief meteorologist chad sandwell." 3 3 3 3 larry, diana >> just hang in there. much warmer temperatures coming. >> 30s today. cloud cover keeping the temperature in check. you will see the same thing tomorrow. cloud cover will keep us in the 30s . after that, big warmups in store as we head toward the end of the week. look at the sky watch camera. this is a view from dakota dunes. the same thing we have been seeing all day long is overcast skies. here is a look at the extended forecast. 37 tomorrow. then 50 on thursday. 60 on friday. near 60 on saturday. near 50 on sunday. and for the end of the middle part of february, this is here is a look at the satellite imagery. plenty of cloud cover. a little bit of light snow showing up generally north of i- 90 trying to work its way down to the south. we are looking at some pretty dry air so it will be a tough task for it to make its way to the surface. we look ahead tonight. the boundary just to the south. plenty of cloud cover. as we work our way through the overnight hours you see a litt

sandwell." 3 3 3 3 larry, diana and chad talk about today's weather and the upcoming forecast. below zero. dangerous wind chills are possible, especially in northwestern iowa. afternoon highs will only rebound into the upper teens after the frigid start. snow chances starting late saturday night continuing through sunday afternoon. it isn't out of the question to see 1-3" to close out the weekend with higher amounts in our northern counties.once the weekend is over, it looks like we will be seeing some pleasant weather for early next week with highs pushing back into the upper 30s and lower 40s. watch for another chance of snow on tuesday.>> 3 still to come tonight... sunday is valentine's day, just in case you've managed to misplace your calendar.we'll look at the impact the holiday of love has on the *economy* after the break... but first: 3 asman says: "you're spending less on gas...so where are you shelling out that extra cash...i'm david asman with 3 new indications tonight that the falling gas prices are having a *positive* economic impact.david asman has that story and m

meteorologogt chad sandwell." 3 3 >> it was a pretty cold day. i avoided going outside. >> we had the north winds that were fairly strong throughout the day and the cloud cover. tempatures didn't move a whole lot. a three to four degree spread is all we saw. and it is going to stay pretty chilly tonight. the cloud cover is trying to hang on. the battle as we head through the overnight hours. the sky watch, brought to you by jc roofing showing a pretty scold conditions. what we are looking for as we head through the overnight hours is a pretty quiet night. degrees, though the cold front comes through sunday, still looking at the lower to middle 50s . early next week. tuesday into wednesday, we are watching a wintery mix possible. a cold front comes in. there's not a lot of model consensus with this. stay tuned to this as we work our way through the weekend. we will try to pin it down for you. sioux falls, omaha seeing cloud cover hanging around this evening. it will be around a couple more hours but through the night, skies begin to clear out as a

sandwell. >> pretty gloomy day and i hope you have better news for tomorrow. >> i think the gloom will stick around the first half of the day, might see a little sunshine to close things out. look at our skywatch camera downtown sioux city, a little traffic out there on a very cloudy night. the only question as we head into the overnight hours is will we see precipitation? here's a look at our extended forecast. mostly cloudy skies for the day on tuesday with some sunshine coming in late in the day. then we'll have to watch late wednesday night into thursday for another chance of a wintery mix. that will cool temperatures down thursday, but it does look nice as we head towards the weekend, saturday looking for highs in the 50s. here's a look at the satellite imagery. of course, plenty of cloud cover across the region. that is a change that will not change heading into the evening hours. a trough of low pressure is hanging out through the night. we'll see a little moisture, most of it down to the south trend, but plenty of early cloud cover that will hang around tuesday morning till lat