IEM Daily Feature
Thursday, 09 February 2023

Dicey Morning Commute

Posted: 09 Feb 2023 05:47 AM

It has been a while since we featured a map from the IEM Freeze application! The map presents the combination of current RADAR, RWIS pavement temperatures (colored dots) and available air temperature reports (numbers). There's a lot going on this morning over Iowa, but temperatures remain marginally above freezing over much of where precipitation is falling. The caveat is that the more intense precipitation areas are likely able to overcome this with slick and heavy slush accumulating on the roadways making for slick travel. Wet bulb temperatures further north are below freezing, which will likely allow more accumulating of snow to happen there today.

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