Our weather has certainly improved over Wednesday’s iciness, with sunshine and warmer temperatures across Iowa. Your weather timeline takes you into Saturday morning:

Lows Thursday night will bottom out in the teens, and Friday will be uneventful weather-wise, with more sunshine and light winds. So, our attention turns to Saturday.

A trough of low pressure (stretched-out low pressure area) will cross the upper Midwest along with another disturbance farther north, bringing a variety of precipitation along with them.

Precipitation looks to begin early Saturday morning with very light ice accumulations, courtesy of some freezing drizzle. This will be followed by light snow moving across the state in the morning and early afternoon, as seen in the images that follow.

The highest accumulations look to be in the northern part of the state by mid-afternoon Saturday:

Computer model estimates for the Des Moines area are below. Expect a dusting to a half inch as the forecast appears now.

For travelers, the image below shows accumulations north of Iowa by Saturday evening. Trips in that direction could be a bit tricky.

As seen below, things look to get a little bit busier next week, with light snow possibly falling during parts of the day Tuesday, and in southern Iowa Wednesday into Thursday.

There are also indications of more snow falling during the following weekend. This would help make up for our Des Moines (and other places’) snowfall deficit this winter. We currently stand at number 10 for least snow accumulation since record-keeping began in the late 1800s.

Adding to the above, the extended forecasts below continue to hint at cooler-than-average temps and above-normal precipitation chances through February 20.

Highs for the next six days and your WHO 13 7-day forecasts can be found below. Thanks for clicking!