Heavy Rain and Mountain Snow Lingers in California; Winter Storm Impacting the Great Lakes and Northeast U.S.

An atmospheric river will wind down through today across California with lingering heavy rainfall, heavy mountain snow, and gusty winds. A wintry mix of freezing rain, sleet, and snow will cause hazardous travel conditions for the Great Lakes into the northern Mid-Atlantic and southern New England today through Saturday morning. Areas of tree damage and power outages are possible. Read More >

Hazardous Weather Conditions

Current conditions at

Ottumwa Regional Airport (KOTM)

Lat: 41.1°NLon: 92.44°WElev: 830ft.

Fog/Mist

41°F

5°C

Humidity	100%
Wind Speed	SE 13 mph
Barometer	29.88 in (1012.1 mb)
Dewpoint	41°F (5°C)
Visibility	0.75 mi
Wind Chill	34°F (1°C)
Last update	27 Dec 5:53 am CST

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Extended Forecast for

Hedrick IA

Dense Fog Advisory December 27, 06:54am until December 27, 12:00pm

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Dense Fog Advisory

Dense Fog Advisory December 27, 06:54am until December 27, 12:00pm
NOW until 12:00pm Sat
Dense Fog Advisory
Today
High: 53 °F
Dense Fog
Tonight
Low: 48 °F
Chance Rain
and Patchy
Fog
Sunday
High: 50 °F⇓
Rain then
Wintry Mix
and Windy
Sunday Night
Low: 11 °F
Windy. Chance
Snow then
Mostly Cloudy
Monday
High: 20 °F
Partly Sunny
and Blustery
Monday Night
Low: 11 °F
Mostly Clear
and Blustery
then Mostly
Clear
Tuesday
High: 34 °F
Mostly Sunny
Tuesday Night
Low: 22 °F
Mostly Cloudy

Detailed Forecast

Today

Widespread dense fog, mainly before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 53. Southeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Tonight

A 40 percent chance of rain after 2am. Patchy fog. Otherwise, cloudy, with a low around 48. South wind 5 to 10 mph.

Sunday

Rain before 1pm, then rain, possibly mixed with snow between 1pm and 3pm, then snow, possibly mixed with sleet after 3pm. Temperature rising to near 50 by 9am, then falling to around 26 during the remainder of the day. Windy, with a south wind 5 to 10 mph becoming northwest 20 to 30 mph. Winds could gust as high as 40 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow and sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Sunday Night

A 30 percent chance of snow before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 11. Wind chill values as low as -10. Windy, with a northwest wind around 30 mph, with gusts as high as 45 mph.

Monday

Partly sunny, with a high near 20. Blustery.

Monday Night

Mostly clear, with a low around 11. Blustery.

Tuesday

Mostly sunny, with a high near 34.

Tuesday Night

Mostly cloudy, with a low around 22.

Wednesday

Partly sunny, with a high near 36.

Wednesday Night

Mostly cloudy, with a low around 11.