in the south of waterloo, additional once around des moines and temperatures especially north of highway 30 just cold enough aloft we could see a brief period of light snow or snow showers. nothing worse than a dusting, nothing should cause any problems on the roads. by tomorrow morning at the system has moved east and we will have clouds remaining, temperatures around 33-34 early tomorrow morning. if you are out about commuting or shopping. later in the day, temperatures should eventually make it to around but i think a lot of clouds around so not very bright tomorrow. temperatures in the seasonal range, upper 30s to lower 40. right now fire investigators are trying to figure out what caused a massive fire in central city this morning. it happened at an oil recycling business on isle street. police, fire and has met all responded. matt hammill is there, explaining why it is still a dangerous scene for first

anybody here in central city planned to spend a quiet thanksgiving. i want to move out of the way and show you what is going on. we still have hot spots, still have flareups at the site. a huge explosion, about 8:00 this morning. we are finding out that crews got here and discovered that there were flames shooting into the air. right now as we said, some hotspots and utility crews still here working on all of this. being very careful about all of it. people living there by told us they heard a huge blast and several others, then flames shot into the air. smoke could be seen for at least 5 miles. no reports of any people injured in the explosions. one firefighter did have to be rushed to the hospital for medical issues. one neighbor says she never imagined something like this could happen so close to home.

very scary. we were standing at the back door when some of the explosions were going off and you could feel the heat standing way over here. it is crazy, very scary. i had a major panic attack until i figured out for sure what was going on. >>reporter: life at iowa gold and central city. the air smells pungent but we just talk to the firefighter, jim o'leary, he says he wants everyone to know the air earlier today, they had asked people to shut off furnaces, close their windows and stay inside because they were concerned there may be toxic fumes. the air has been checked, everything is fine. they will now have the state investigators come in to try to find the cause of the fire. reporting live in central city, matt hammill cbs 2 news. we would like to thank the viewers who sent us pictures. when you see news, be sure to

host tips, pictures and videos to our facebook page. the salvation army's famous red kettles out all across the quarter. the organization trying to raise $805,000 through their annual kettle campaign. how you can get involved. >>reporter: the holidays are an important time for the salvation army. >> during the christmas camping this year is really important to us for next year. to make sure we are meeting the needs of our community. >>reporter: they can't do that without volunteers. with more than 8000 hours to cover and only a quarter of the time filled they are thankful for dedicated regulars. all the shifts filled out making sure they get where they want when they want. >> i like this because it is my neighborhood. i live not too far from here and i know a lot of the people.

>>reporter: she stays at her post no matter the weather. >> the member firm he gave me hand warmers. and i walk around a lot. sometimes i look really sad and somebody brings me hot chocolate [ laughter ]. >>reporter: taking time to get back. >> i am so fortunate and most of us are compared to a large population of people. >>reporter: so she ring. >> when you put money into a red kettle you are putting money into cedar rapids. seen and secret. >> you might not know a lot of people need food. and need clothes and food and food and food and rent. >>reporter: spreading holiday share, one donation at a time. >> thank you. the kettle campaign has raised more than $76,000. if you would like to volunteer, head to the salvation army

website. some members of the corridor community spent their morning making sure other people got a thanksgiving meal. melanie moore back takes us along on her journey to see how men -- one community cared for her neighbors. >>reporter: for some in the cedar rapids community fellowship this holiday came from friendly faces right at their front door 120 volunteers carefully packed thanksgiving meals >> mom we need your organizational skills. >> we have in our committee a lot of adults who are homebound or don't have family to come with them on the holidays. >>reporter: some volunteers met for the first time. >> hello. >>reporter: a lot of volunteers it is a family tradition. >> we do this every year. i have been doing this over 30 years. >> i cook a lot and i think it is fun. >>reporter: the first round of

is going to be an awesome scoop.23:53:32 potatoes coming in, hot!23:55:28 hang on, baby 23:53:25 turkey on twocounting blessings...and boxes.00:00:16 we've got over 700 meals going out this morning.and with that...23:55:37 way to go, team one!it's a wrap.23:57:11 paper crinklepacking up holiday ...23:56:25 happy thanksgiving!...cheer23:56:09 woohoo two corridor schools grabbed some morning.marching bands from mount vernon and williamsburg appeared marched in the chicago thanksgiving day national attention this morning. marching bands from mount vernon and williamsburg appeared in the chicago thanksgiving day parade. as we first reported last week the first time both bands have been selected to march in a national parade. before family started sitting down to begin their feast, thousands of runners made their way to participate

>>reporter: food, family, football and fitness. although heartfelt isn't the first thing a people as goes minds when you wake up on thanksgiving day, this morning there were roughly 2000 people in downtown cedar rapids getting it in a little cardio while supporting a good cause. nothing wrong with an early morning run, ask these guys. when you can run with loved ones on a holiday to support the ameran that is gravy. >> a family tradition now people come out and run and volunteer. we have a lot of families that are volunteering together and going home and enjoying things together. >>reporter: the american heart association became the charity associated with the turkey trot last year, and they have loved the result. >> last year there was about 1000 runners and walkers. this year there is 2000. >> they are the only ones looking to make it as much of a thanksgiving day stable as a second piece of pumpkin pie.

us are walking. >>reporter: excited at the turkey day tradition. >> mentioned the shirts and the kids were on and mentioned the roles and the husbands wrong. >>reporter: so was ashley's family. >> we decided it would be fun to do as a family and we will indulge ourselves with wonderful food and dessert after this. >>reporter: that brings up the all important question come even with the run with the calorie count be on the positive side or the negative side? >> well, they offer cinnamon rolls afterwards and high is probably our positive side. >> we will have too many calories today. >> two pies. >> the turkey trot plans of returning next year following the big turn out once again. even if you don't want to run, walkers are welcome to participate and anyone can volunteer while their friends or family run. if you can find your way up

holiday shopping rush. this is a live look right now above lindel mall, they opened about 7 minutes ago. managers tell cbs 2 news every store got last minute shipments for black friday so they should be ready for the early shoppers tonight. linda will be open until 1:00 a.m.. the mall will be open at 6:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. several other stores are open mall is also open tonight until midnight.e re-open at six a-m on black friday.tanger outlet center in williamsburg will be open until 10 friday night. in iowa city -- the area's chamber of commerce is rewarding shoppers for taking their holiday lists to local stores.12 businesses are participating in the buy here holiday blitzchamber representatives say there is no purchase necessary to sign up. tickets go into three drawings in december.there will be two 500 dollar prize

of participating stores on our website cbs 2 iowa dot com. and if your thanksgiving celebrations have you going out to the malls -- be sure to send us pictures of your shopping experience.download if your thanksgiving celebration has you going to the most, send us your pictures of your shopping experience. download our news app and upload your pictures to see it send in the menu column. free for android and apple devices. still to come a back state champion and now coach of the week. meet john olson later in sports . a few scattered rain and snow showers a possibility and eastern iowa tonight. looks like that will be moving

tomorrow on cbs 2 this morning - thanksgiving may be over but the holiday season is just getting started, how you can give back to a corridor organization in need of your musical talents - at whatever level. that's tomorrow on cbs 2. it's time for . we saw the turkey trot before. if you're running this morning, it wasn't so bad. >> good running conditions, dressed in the right clothes you could run until tomorrow like this. or power to you if that was one of you out there this morning. now that the sky is dark and around eastern iowa we have noticed a few rain and snow showers showing up on the radar. you can see these are pretty

the air dry at the surface but i'm i expect around waterloo some light showers occurring there between vinton and waterloo. possible that there could be a few snowflakes mixed in. if you notice pink in there and more around cedar rapids, mix precipitation will be a possibility as this disturbance comes across this evening. nothin snow is concerned a nothing that would cause the issues on the roads. tomorrow morning the whole thing has pushed out of here and that will leave us with mostly cloudy skies and chilly conditions to start the day. i look for temperatures to be around 33-34 degrees with westerly winds at 5 miles per hour. this is the only disturbance in the middle of the country tonight, not very impressive. most of the snow accumulation will be in minnesota and wisconsin. this will move pretty quickly off to the east. we will get it out of here by early tomorrow morning.

stubborn once again. i expect mostly cloudy skies to be with us all day long tomorrow. are disturbance that is causing this is located in kansas, not a very impressive one on the weather charts tonight. the dynamics a week in the moisture is extremely limited. it's moving at a pretty good clip, it won't take it long to cross the midwest. we will go to a predictor, at 7:00 tonight starting to show light precipitation. the model is in grasping what we are showing on the radar. i think there might be a little that most the action looks like it will be a long and north highway 30 as we go through the midnight hour. after that the whole thing fizzles out. at 6:00 tomorrow morning we are in clouds but at noontime showing a lot of clouds. eventually late in the day there is the possibility that a few breaks in the clouds could occur especially in the west

whole thing kicks off to the east. them by saturday we expect sunshine back in the skies. if you're going to the game and iowa city tomorrow, kickoff temperature should be about 41 degrees. skies mostly cloudy winds out of the west at ten and the kick off at 2:30. you can see temperatures go up quite a bit this weekend. southerly wind returns. high temperatures 52 and 54 sunday and 57 monday, way above normal. front sweeps through by wednesday and thursday, down were -- downward and back into the 30s for highs. as far as precipitation not much with the system but the one late sunday and monday produces colder temperatures could produce rain around some parts of eastern iowa. model showing anywhere from half to three quarters of an inch. something to watch over the next couple days. in the north low temperatures

early. in the south temperatures 32-35 and precipitation should be more. north and temperatures upper 30s to lower 40s. mostly cloudy skies westerly winds five to ten. southern counties readings a little warmer 42 cedar rapids, 44 should do it in washington 45 and your extended forecast has a dry day saturday 52 and sunday 52 but late in the day and sunday night into monday a pretty good chance of rain showers and temperatures turn colder by wednesday down to degrees. thanksgiving day hoops iowa state play the early game in round one. see how they barely escaped,

through three games - iowa state's shown that they can score in bunches - and they can entertain you while they do it - what they haven't shown - is how they'll handle better competition - that question - will be answered over thanksgiving weekend... . through three games iowa state showing they can score in bunches and entertain you while they do it. but they have not shown is how they will handle better

round one, the cyclones up against indiana state. 1st half they get a lift, a nifty finish from the transfer there. 13 and 11. late in the game down two. the defenders, kisses the window tied up at 69. a little later on down two again met thomas in the corner what you call a shooters role. go ahead three bounces in sycamores miss at they play miami tomorrow at 10:00 a.m.. glad book football just a back to back two straight football championships for the rebels. the man with the headset doesn't want the credit but deserve some anyway. and thomas, coach of the week. >>reporter: you have the slant to back to thailand. after 11 years of coaching football, john olson knows the

>> a genus literally knows where to put us every time to make us successful. >> he has a great understanding of what goes on in the games. he calls out stuff i just can't see. >> simple stop. let's go! >> he is football smart. >>reporter: also people smart. >> a job. >> i try to think like them. during those two hours we want it to be the most important thing to them and the rebels w he's really good with everybody - and he knows the game of football - and he loves it - so i think that's an easy way to connect with him he always is just like interactive with us - he asks us how we're doing - how our life's going - how our classes are goingit all comes back to one core value he's all about preaching about doing the right thing on and off the field do the right thing /// kinda gets old hat to say it all the time but when it comes down to it if you're doing the right

head coach - demonstrating the values that lead to wins on and off the fieldhe'd be a really good guy to look up to - and want to be like him - he does a lot of the right things i just love coaching kids - and being around kids - and hopefully making an influence on them to turkey day football - the vikings in detroit to play the lions...first half - matt asiata is eating lion for thanksgiving - he charges through for a score - we're tied at 7....final minute of the game n clutch - he throws it - right - to - darius slay... and that's how you lose - matt prater kicks the game winner... and the vikings lose a tight one, 16 to 13... we will be right back to take one last look at your weather

. welcome back. not a bad day but people are going out to >> it is cool and we do have a few rain and snow showers showing up on radar. i want to stress a lot of what you're looking at is staying in the clouds. later this evening if you rain or snow showers possible particularly north of highway 30, where a couple snow showers might just produce enough to get a dusting. i would say that's a stretch. all gone tomorrow, no worries there. temperatures around 42. it will be another mostly

here lately. >> we will take those temperatures until the end of november. >> thank you. we will be back here at 10:00. be sure to tune in on our website and on our app as well. for now we leave you with the sites and sounds of the macy's thanksgiving day z2z24z4zzzzz z z1212fz

. tonight, mariah carey on her sexy single thanksgiving. >> you are just being dramatic. >> after her nasty break up, we are on the record about her break up. >> keep the ring. >> a celebrity bake off in a >> what is this? >> my son is everything. >> the dads and moms. >> he started singing and it's cute to hear him say. >> i'm looking at the turkey dinner with melissa mccarthy. >> behind the scenes of her new