Cold air began pouring into the state late Saturday, and it’s set us up for a frigid work week ahead. Your weather timeline guides you through part of it:

We have a trio of winter-weather-related advisories coming up the next couple of days, with a cold weather advisory, winter weather advisory, and an extreme cold watch all in play.

It will be a bitter cold start to the school and work week, so get everyone bundled up accordingly. Wind chills will be well below zero to start the next few days:

Light snow will spread across southwest and central Iowa starting during the morning hours Monday and lingering into early evening in some areas. Timing and expected accumulations can be seen in the animation and image below. Des Moines will see very little, with more falling around places like Creston, Bedford, Corning, Mt. Ayr, and Lamoni.

Below, snowfall estimates for Des Moines by Monday evening from a few computer models:

Looking at the 50 members of the European ensemble model, vertical columns indicate consistency. So Monday and Wednesday look to bring decent light snow chances to parts of Iowa. We’ll have to keep an eye on Saturday as well.

Turning to temperatures, the aforementioned cold will be the big headline this week. Wind chills and highs can be found in the galleries below:

We do see some relief coming our way temperature-wise as we move toward the end of the month and the beginning of March.

There also appears to be a chance of windier conditions as we move through that time frame:

Your WHO 13 7-day forecasts are below. Stay warm!