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Hazardous Weather Conditions

Winter Storm Watch in effect from March 15, 01:00 AM CDT until March 16, 10:00 AM CDT

Current conditions at

Forest City Municipal Airport (KFXY)

Lat: 43.24°NLon: 93.62°WElev: 1230ft.

Partly Cloudy

28°F

-2°C

Humidity	74%
Wind Speed	N 5 mph
Barometer	30.09 in
Dewpoint	21°F (-6°C)
Visibility	10.00 mi
Wind Chill	22°F (-6°C)
Last update	13 Mar 11:55 pm CDT

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Extended Forecast for

4 Miles E Forest City IA

Winter Storm Watch March 15, 01:00am until March 16, 10:00am

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Winter Storm Watch

Overnight
Low: 26 °F
Slight Chance
Snow
Saturday
High: 37 °F
Slight Chance
Snow and
Breezy
Saturday Night
Low: 30 °F
Wintry Mix
and Windy
Sunday
High: 34 °F⇓
Wintry Mix
and Blowing
Snow
Sunday Night
Low: 3 °F
Snow Likely
and Blowing
Snow
Monday
High: 11 °F
Windy. Areas
Blowing Snow
then Mostly
Sunny
Monday Night
Low: -3 °F
Partly Cloudy
and Windy
then Partly
Cloudy
Tuesday
High: 25 °F
Mostly Sunny
then Slight
Chance Snow
Tuesday Night
Low: 19 °F
Chance Snow

Detailed Forecast

Overnight

A 20 percent chance of snow after 3am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. Light and variable wind.

Saturday

A 20 percent chance of snow before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 37. Breezy, with a southeast wind 6 to 11 mph increasing to 12 to 17 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 24 mph.

Saturday Night

Rain and snow before 4am, then freezing rain between 4am and 5am, then rain after 5am. Some thunder is also possible. Low around 30. Windy, with an east southeast wind 17 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. Little or no ice accumulation expected. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Sunday

Rain, snow, freezing rain, and sleet before 1pm, then snow, possibly mixed with sleet between 1pm and 4pm, then snow after 4pm. The snow could be heavy at times. Widespread blowing snow after 1pm. Temperature falling to around 27 by 5pm. Windy, with a north wind 18 to 23 mph increasing to 27 to 32 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 47 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New ice accumulation of around a 0.1 of an inch possible. New snow and sleet accumulation of 3 to 5 inches possible.

Sunday Night

Snow likely, mainly before 1am. Widespread blowing snow, mainly after 3am. Cloudy, with a low around 3. Very windy, with a north northwest wind 31 to 38 mph, with gusts as high as 49 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible.

Monday

Areas of blowing snow before 8am. Partly sunny, with a high near 11. Windy.

Monday Night

Partly cloudy, with a low around -3. Windy.

Tuesday

A 20 percent chance of snow after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 25.

Tuesday Night

A 50 percent chance of snow before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 19.

Wednesday

Mostly sunny, with a high near 43.

Wednesday Night

Partly cloudy, with a low around 32.