Winter Storm Rocky: Marion Predicted to Get a Dusting of Snow as Another Winter Storm Rumbles Past Today

Sorry Marion students, this winter storm probably won't be bad enough to cancel school for you again.

Unless it should shift dramatically northward in the next few hours. So cross your fingers for that.

The National Weather Service in the Quad Cities has declared that Marion has a Hazardous Weather Outlook for the next two days, starting this afternoon. This outlook, however, is not as hazardous as that for the towns directly to Marion's south and east, as Linn County sits right outside bands of predicted heavier snow.

FARTHER NORTH...ALONG HIGHWAY 20...SNOW SHOULD BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE MUCH OF THE NIGHT TONIGHT. BY MORNING...MOST LOCATIONS SOUTHEAST OF IOWA CITY TO DUBUQUE IOWA WILL SEE AMOUNTS OVER 5 INCHES. IN ADDITION THE SNOW...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH GUSTING TO 35 MPH WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. IF POSSIBLE...AVOID TRAVEL IF IN SOUTHEAST IOWA...NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI TODAY AND TONIGHT.

Still, even though snow fall totals should not reach high levels if predictions hold, the high winds associated with this storm along with the snow already on the ground could cause problems, so drive safely this afternoon and tonight.

Weather Underground shows snow from today until early Wednesday and then partly sunny again for the next few days afterward, with highs in the low 40s to mid 30s.