Good Evening, Bad Wednesday

With a Canadian high settled in, and some chilly numbers (Most of us still below freezing for highs), this evening will be fantastic to be out hunting. Hunt it if you can! Most areas the winds are light but turning southeasterly and the pressure is high, but starting to fall. Our next storm is gearing up out west and this one is going to be a doozie bringing some icy and raw weather conditions to central Iowa Wednesday. Clouds will move in overnight followed quickly by some freezing drizzle starting around 6am. Temperatures will be right around the freezing mark through mid-morning which will make for some slick spots as the precip. picks up. Between 10am and 1pm most of the freezing rain will become just plain rain thanks to temperatures warming above freezing. If you're reading this and you hunt north of Des Moines, the icy/nasty weather will last a bit longer up there. North of Highway 30 we will see ice accumulations from a glaze up to 1/4" thick. Travel will be a bit hazardous as long as temps are below freezing, and the treestand wont be comfortable or safe. Not to mention the wind will be howling out of the southeast at 17-25mph putting the windchill in the 20s and putting the deer to thick cover and bedding. Activity should be quite low with such foul rainy conditions, but if there is a break in the action I'd hit the fields for an evening hunt. Temps will be just above freezing, fog drizzle and mist will be whipping in the wind, pressure will be quite low and a few deer will use the break in rain to grab a quick bite to eat. Most will stay hunkered down for the storm which doesn't sound like a bad idea to me ;-)