Winter Weather Advisory

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY.

SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS EVENING. ALTHOUGH SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE GENERALLY LESS THAN AN INCH...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS...FROM 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE NEW AND EXISTING SNOW. IN ADDITION TO THE BLOWING SNOW...WIND CHILLS WILL BECOME BITTERLY COLD. THE COMBINATION OF TEMPERATURES DROPPING INTO THE RANGE OF ZERO TO 10 BELOW AND STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL INDEX READINGS AS LOW AS 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT A COMBINATION OF WINTER WEATHER FACTORS WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR THOSE WHO MUST TRAVEL AND VENTURE OUTDOORS. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. BE SURE TO CARRY A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE.

Today was snow day #4, possibly #5 tomorrow! When checking the weather this afternoon, (which as a side note, I wonder if it is really necessary to know the temperature as there really isn't much difference between -2 and -10, they are both subfreezing and arctic!) I came across the above warning.

I can't decide if the most amusing part is where they call it "bitterly" cold, where we are told that with the windchills the temps will be 20-30 BELOW zero or the last line in which we are warned to carry a survival kit in our cars. Really?!

Always an adventure here in Iowa, think of the stories we'll be able to tell our children. Niles will really be able to say that he walked to school in the snow...he won't be able to say uphill both ways, but we can tell them he was in snow up to his knees & that I had to carry a survival kit in my car!