Statewide Iowa — This Thursday is Winter Weather Awareness Day in Iowa.
Peter Rogers, the Warning Coordination Meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Sioux Falls tells us that most of us have dealt with driving in winter weather in the past, but . . .
Rogers says they recommend not traveling in adverse winter weather, but he also gives us some advice and tells us what to pack in a winter survival kit.
According to Rogers, knowing the different types of products that the weather service issues helps you know what to do.
One thing that many of us associate with snowfall is a blizzard. But Rogers says the criteria for a blizzard warning has to do with wind speed and visibility, and snowfall isn’t even a part of it.
Rogers says whiteout conditions can cause major multi-car accidents, so that’s one of the things they’re trying to avoid when a blizzard warning is issued.
