An “arctic blast,” as one forecaster describes it, is expected to hit Iowa with dangerously bitter cold temperatures by early Thursday.
Meteorologist Jim Lee, at the National Weather Service in metro Des Moines, says most of the state will likely set records for the cold in the morning, with air temps in the teens-below-zero, and wind chills that’ll be even worse.
It’s not exactly a warm-up, but Lee says the exceptionally cold air will only stick around for a short time.
There’s a possibility for more snow this weekend, perhaps Saturday night, but Lee says it won’t be anything like the statewide storm that hit last weekend, which dropped up to 16 inches of snow in some areas.
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