More Snow Today, but Mild in our Forecast

Well, we picked up a bit of snow to start the week, but not enough to replace what we melted with Sunday's temperatures.

Updated totals available at the Iowa Environmental Mesonet

While this latest skiff of winter weather is unwelcome during the drive time, it is a good thing for last minute deer hunters and ice-fishermen alike.

Ice on the roads is generally bad, but ice on the lakes is
exactly what ice fishers have been asking for!

In central Iowa we are experiencing one of winter's latest entrances in several years. Last week was the first time this year that our daily average temperature went below freezing for more than a day. This is the perfect weather for manufacturing ice on the lakes and rivers and ice fishers are reporting good ice thicknesses of 6" or better on central Iowa lakes.

Climatology suggests we are in the coldest weeks of winter. Each day we are seeing a few minutes more daylight (click on the sunrise/moonrise calender link on the right) and that means spring is just around the corner and so are warmer temps. Bottom line, make time to ice fish in the next 3-4weeks because this colder pattern and fishable ice may only last that long.