Iowa And Illinois Getting More Snow, Extreme Cold This Weekend

Are you sick of the snow? Same. More is on the way to Iowa and Illinois as we head into Valentine's Day weekend. The snow will have some impact on travel and our backs from shoveling, but the extremely cold temps following the snow will be the biggest pain.

Round 2 Of Snow For Valentine's Day Weekend

Don't put that shovel and snowblower away yet. Mother Nature wants to go round two and dump another load of snow on us.

Wednesday's snowstorm was the biggest of the season so far bringing snowfall totals in the Quad Cities metro to 4-5 inches. Off to the west and northwest of the Quad Cities, cities and towns saw larger snowfall totals with Lowden getting the most at 11.7 inches in 24 hours.

The Feb. 12th storm wasn't one to remember and neither will round 2 Friday night into Saturday.

Round 2 will move in the Quad Cities Friday night into Saturday morning, according to our friends at KWQC. The National Weather Service of the Quad Cities agrees saying we'll see a period of moderate to heavy snow Friday afternoon. The weather will likely impact your Friday evening and Saturday morning community. Things could change over to light snow mixed with ice and freezing rain as we head into Saturday.

Depending on where you are will depend on how much snow you get. Higher snowfall totals will be more to the north with an estimated 2-3 inches of snow predicted for the Quad Cities metro.

This won't be a long-duration storm like Wednesday's. The storm will move in Friday afternoon and end Saturday morning.

Extremely Cold By Sunday

Following the snowstorm Friday night into Saturday, an arctic blast will give us extremely cold temperatures in the overnights with highs barely above zero.

Below is the forecast from the NWS of the QC for Friday (Valentine's Day) through Wednesday:

• Friday
  • Snow, mainly after 4 pm.
  • High near 29°.
  • Wind chill values are as low as zero.
  • Southeast wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. The chance of precipitation is 90%.
  • New snow accumulation of less than one inch is possible.
• Friday Night
  • Snow is likely, mainly before 9 pm.
  • Cloudy, with a low of around 25°.
  • Southeast wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
  • The chance of precipitation is 70%.
  • New snow accumulation of less than a half inch is possible.
• Saturday
  • Snow.
  • High near 34°.
  • Chance of precipitation is 80%.
  • New snow accumulation of less than one inch is possible.
• Saturday Night
  • A 40% chance of snow.
  • Cloudy, with a low of around 16°.
• Sunday
  • Mostly cloudy, with a high near 19°.
• Sunday Night
  • Mostly clear, with a low around -7°.
• Washington's Birthday
  • Partly sunny and cold, with a high near 5°.
• Tuesday
  • Partly sunny and cold, with a high near 9°.
• Wednesday
  • Mostly sunny and cold, with a high near 10°.