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Current conditions at

Forest City Municipal Airport (KFXY)

Lat: 43.24°NLon: 93.62°WElev: 1230ft.

Light Snow

28°F

-2°C

Humidity	100%
Wind Speed	NE 12 G 17 mph
Barometer	29.54 in
Dewpoint	28°F (-2°C)
Visibility	2.00 mi
Wind Chill	18°F (-8°C)
Last update	15 Mar 6:35 am CDT

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Extended Forecast for

Forest City IA

Blizzard Warning March 15, 07:00am until March 16, 07:00am

High Wind Warning March 15, 01:00pm until March 16, 04:00am

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Blizzard Warning

High Wind Warning

Today
High: 29 °F⇓
Wintry Mix
and Blowing
Snow
Tonight
Low: 0 °F
Snow and
Blowing Snow
then Chance
Snow and
Blowing Snow
Monday
High: 10 °F
Areas Blowing
Snow and
Windy
Monday Night
Low: -4 °F
Partly Cloudy
and Blustery
then Partly
Cloudy
Tuesday
High: 27 °F
Mostly Sunny
then Chance
Snow
Tuesday Night
Low: 20 °F
Snow Likely
Wednesday
High: 40 °F
Mostly Sunny
Wednesday Night
Low: 32 °F
Partly Cloudy
Thursday
High: 49 °F
Partly Sunny

Detailed Forecast

Today

Snow, freezing rain, and sleet, becoming all snow after 9am. Widespread blowing snow, mainly after 2pm. Temperature falling to around 26 by 5pm. Wind chill values as low as 10. Very windy, with a north wind 22 to 27 mph increasing to 31 to 36 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 50 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. Total daytime ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible. Total daytime snow and sleet accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible.

Tonight

Snow, mainly before midnight. Widespread blowing snow. Low around 0. Wind chill values as low as -20. Very windy, with a north northwest wind 33 to 41 mph, with gusts as high as 55 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible.

Monday

Areas of blowing snow. Partly sunny and cold, with a high near 10. Wind chill values as low as -25. Windy, with a northwest wind 22 to 30 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph.

Monday Night

Partly cloudy, with a low around -4. Wind chill values as low as -15. Blustery, with a northwest wind 13 to 18 mph decreasing to 6 to 11 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 26 mph.

Tuesday

A 40 percent chance of snow after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 27. Light and variable wind becoming south 9 to 14 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Tuesday Night

Snow likely before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 20. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Wednesday

Mostly sunny, with a high near 40.

Wednesday Night

Partly cloudy, with a low around 32.

Thursday

Partly sunny, with a high near 49.

Thursday Night

Partly cloudy, with a low around 36.

Friday

Partly sunny, with a high near 59.