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

Independence, Independence Municipal Airport (KIIB)

Lat: 42.45°NLon: 91.93°WElev: 978ft.

Fog

34°F

1°C

Humidity	NA
Wind Speed	SE 12 mph
Barometer	29.91 in
Dewpoint	N/A
Visibility	0.25 mi
Wind Chill	25°F (-4°C)
Last update	27 Dec 4:55 am CST

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Extended Forecast for

Independence IA

Dense Fog Advisory December 27, 05:17am until December 27, 12:00pm

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Dense Fog Advisory

Dense Fog Advisory December 27, 05:17am until December 27, 12:00pm
NOW until 12:00pm Sat
Dense Fog Advisory
Today
High: 45 °F
Dense Fog
Tonight
Low: 39 °F
Areas Fog
then Slight
Chance Rain
and Areas Fog
Sunday
High: 44 °F⇓
Rain then
Rain/Snow and
Windy
Sunday Night
Low: 8 °F
Windy. Snow
Likely then
Chance Snow
Monday
High: 14 °F
Partly Sunny
and Blustery
Monday Night
Low: 5 °F
Mostly Clear
and Blustery
then Mostly
Clear
Tuesday
High: 28 °F
Partly Sunny
Tuesday Night
Low: 17 °F
Mostly Cloudy

Detailed Forecast

Today

Widespread dense fog, mainly before 11am. Otherwise, cloudy, with a high near 45. Southeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Tonight

A 20 percent chance of rain after 5am. Areas of fog. Otherwise, cloudy, with a low around 39. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.

Sunday

Rain before 1pm, then rain and snow between 1pm and 3pm, then snow after 3pm. Temperature falling to around 24 by 5pm. Windy, with an east wind 5 to 10 mph becoming northwest 20 to 30 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 40 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Sunday Night

Snow likely, mainly before midnight. Cloudy, with a low around 8. Wind chill values as low as -15. Windy, with a northwest wind around 30 mph, with gusts as high as 45 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of around an inch possible.

Monday

Partly sunny, with a high near 14. Blustery.

Monday Night

Mostly clear, with a low around 5. Blustery.

Tuesday

Partly sunny, with a high near 28.

Tuesday Night

Mostly cloudy, with a low around 17.

Wednesday

Mostly cloudy, with a high near 26.

Wednesday Night

Mostly cloudy, with a low around 3.