let's go to storm track seve meteorologist denice pelster now for your first forecaa. from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. see the screen here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: cloudy skies have stuck with eastern iowa all day but luckily area rivers. while some rivers are falling, others are expected to crest in the next day or two. a strong low pressure system located out to our wwst is bringingngsnow totals over 7 inches to portions of nebraska and south dakota. while this low is expected to track into iowa, we will stay on the warm side. more rain is in our forecast for tonight into laser lights are the season's most popular christmas light display across the united states- but they are also catching the attention of theives here in eastern iowa. kwwl's lauren moss speaking with a waterloo woman..and lauren she is just devastated someone stole her lights.. it goes beyond christmas lights for 75 year old marilyn walther. she says christmas lights have always reminded her of her late someone stole that from her..right out

let's go right to storm track seven meteorologist denice pelster for a check of our forecast. denice.... a low pressure continues to the overnight with some locations picking up over two inches this morning. be sure roads. turn around, don't drown! rain will continue throughout the day. an additional one to over two inches of rain is possible. minor flooding will continue to record highs with many locations warm much today but still holding steady in continue tonight with an additional half inch to one and 40s. winds will pick up monday as the rain ends from a south to north direction. gusts from the northwest to 30 mph are possible. highs will likely be reached early monday and gradually fall in the afternoon. a cedar falls police officer is in some locations picking up over two inches this morning. be sure to watch for flooded roads and to never drive through flooded roads. turn around, don't drown! rain will continue minor flooding will continue to be possible in low lying areas, stream and river basins. highs today have already broken daily record highs with many locations

with lauren moss and meteorologist denice pelster. this is today in iowa." i'm chief mass seargant gary sharp, deployed in southeast asia and i would like to wish my friends and family back in i'm chief mass seargant gary sharp, deployed in southeast asia and i would like to wish my friends and family back in northeast iowa and misawa, japan a merry christmas and a iowa this morning. a light warmer air will work its way in be light. highs today will be in the mid to upper 30s with cloudy breezy with temperatures holding steady or falling to around day. the big story is the potential for a winter storm to track into eastern iowa monday. timing and track of the system is still a bit uncertain but confidence is increasing that indicating a surge of warm air monday morning. this means freezing rain/sleet and snow will all be possible. current thought is a wintry mix will occur mainly south of hwy 20 before a switch to all snow later in the with ice accumulation possible in our southern counties. we'll keep you updated on this potential storm as the track and tim

to storm track seven meteorologist denice pelster for a check of our forecast. denice.... clouds have been increasing throughout the overnight as a warm front tracks across the will be a breezy day with south winds gusting over 20 mph at times. as the low tracks to our north, areas of fog and drizzle will be possible this afternoon. highs will be in the 40s. tonight, a cold front will track showers will be possible, especially in our eastern counties. winds will switch to the northwest. a few of our northern counties could see a light wintry mix early monday morning but the precipitation will track out monday morning. temperatures will hold steady or fall into the 30s throughout the day. highs will stay above normal for the rest of the week. our next chance of precipitation looks to track in wednesday and forced to land in kenya this morning due to a bomb scare... police say the pilots requested an emergency landing after a device suspected to be a bomb was found in the bathroom... now the plane has landed safely... and we'll have more on the situation decision

let's go to storm track seven meteorologist denice pelster for a last look at your forecast. a few stray showers will be

let's go to storm track seven meteorologist denice pelster now for your first forecast... clouds helped keep temperatures up overnight but this, along with southwesterly winds, will help temps climb into the upper 30s this afternoon. areas of fog will form tonight with the clear skies and light winds. highs will warm into the 40s tomorrow with plenty of sunshine expected. we will stay pretty dry through the forecast period, but a weak disturbance tracking through saturday night may squeeze out a stray snow shower. accumulations are not expected, but even a skiff of snow will make travel tricky on sunday morning. temperatures will be above normal through the middle of next week. an iowa lawmaker says the budget cuts next year.... new hartford's pat grassley believes the state is facing millions of dollars in new costs. the house republican did not elaborate on where he thinks cuts will be made. it's expected that money for schools will be a hot button issue once again this upcoming session. the director of the iowa department of corections has a request for lawmakers as the

with storm track seven meteorologist denice pelster... she has our first forecast... front track across eastern iowa counties and mainly north of hwy climb into the 50s with a few 60 degrees of record highs previously set in 1979. we will cool offf bit for fridaa, but stay above normal as the next stray afternoon shower is night. the strongest part of the monday morning. the track of the low will be very important as to how much rain we see and if (and how much) we see any snow sunday increase in coverage throughout the day friday. a stray afternoon shower is possible but most of the rain looks tt hold off until saturday night. the strongest part of the system saturday night through monday morning. the track of the low will be very important as to how much rain we see and if (and how much) we see any snow sunday nighttnto monday morning. police are investigating a fire as to how much rain we see and if (and hohomuch) we see any snow sunday night into monday morning. police are investigating a fire the fire happened on mulberry street in w

let's go right to storm track seven meteorologist denice pelster for a check of our forecast. denice.... mostly sunny today as winds swiih to the south. highs today track into the state tonight. track through sunday. areas of fog & drizzle could develop over the area as the 40s and breezy south winds to 30 mph. areas of rain possible sunday night into early monday..some areas, esesecially in our extreme northern counties, could see a bit of a mix of rain/snow early monday. highs the rest of the week will stay above normal. a chance for rai and snow wednesday nto thursday but no snow accumulation expected at this point. to 30 mph. areas of rain northern counties, could see a chance for ran and snow this point. family and friends are gathering this weekend....remember ing the iowa state student gone too soon- after she was hht by a car thth week... emmalee jacobs is orginally from urbana...graduating from center point- urbana last spring with honors. she was even recognized as kwwl's best of class... "emmalee jjcobs and i'm f fom urbana." kwwl's hillary maglin in jacobs' hometown

let's get right to stormtrack seven meteoroligist denice pelster -- who's tracking a major winter storm headed our way... denice? today will be the calm before from the north at 10-25 mph. mostly cloudy skies south with a next storm system. current thought is that snow and sleet will start to track into our southern counties after 3 am and spread north throughout the day. right now, it appears areas along and south of hwy 20 have a potential for snow, sleet and freezing rain. ice accumulation to 0.25" will be possible, especially from a and south. winds over 40 mph may cause damage to trees and power lines if ice accumulation does occur. this area will then see a switch over to snow during the afternoon with totals aaound four incces or less. areas along and north of hwy 20 are more likely to see sleet and snow. snow accumulation will begin by md morning. snow accucuulation from -8", with isolated higher amounts are possible. the farther northwest, the higer the snow amounts are expected to be. strong winds uld also creatt areas of b bowing snow and low visibility. this system will trac

we are in for a rainy weekend...lets check in with storm track 7 meterologist denice pelster for a look at our forecast. let's go right to storm rack forecast. denice.... areas of dense fog or drizzle seeing visibility less thh a quarter of a mile. cloudy skies and highs in the 40s to 50s today. winds will be from the northeast at 5-10 mph. a low pressure system and front will be tracking through iowa today. a few showers are possible this afternoon but the main event will be after sunset. another low pressure system will be tracking northeast into the state sunday. showers and a few storms are likely tonight. rain wiwil continue throughout the day sunday and into monday. rain totals are expected to range some locations may see more if storms develop. if you live in an area prone to flooding, be alert on current river levels. if storms develop. if you live in an area prone to flooding, be alert on current river levels. a 20-year-old is convicted of murdering a 97- year-old man and injuring his wife. a polk county judge finding this man - guilty of first degree murder in the 20-14 death

a lot of news to get to..but first lets check in with storm track 7 meterologist denice pelster who is tracking some racn here in eastern iowa.. let's go right to storm track across iowa this morning. a few rain showers are possible throughout the day. rain amounts are expected to be light with totals ranging from a reaching just above 40. we'll northwest up to 10 mph. clouds will stick around for tonight with areas of fog expected to develop. areas of dense fog may be possible for the morning commute tomorrow. lows tonight will be around 30. staying with mostly cloudy skies mondaydue to the possibility of morning f fg. highs amounts are expected to be light with totals ranging from a trace start off the day with south will stick around for tonight with areas of fog expected to develop. areas of dense fog may be possible for the morning mostly cloudy skies monday due to the possibility of morning fog. highs monday will be in the mid 40s staying with mostly cloudy skies well it was a heartbreaker as the undefeated run for the iowa skies monday due to the well it was a heartbreaker as th

i'm ally crutcher let's go back to storm track seven meteorologist denice pelster now for your first forecast. a high pressure system will most of eastern iowa is seeing lots of sunshine this afternoon with temperatures reaching into the 40s. we'll likely see highs nearing 50 in many locations with a south winds only up to 10 mph. we'll stay mostly clear tonight as lows dip to around 30 and winds start to increase from the south at 5-15 mph. a weak cold front will be tracking through the state late tomorrow. we'll start off saturday with plenty of sunshine but as this front tracks closer throughout the day, clouds will increase in the afternoon. highs saturday with south winds gusting over 15 mph at times. in california -- all 14 victims of this week's mass shooting have now been identified... the majority of them, co-workers of one of the shooters... famililis and friends of the victims mourn by remembering the people that were lost in the shooting... nbc's natalie morales has more thursday....candlelights f hope for the community of san one of 14 people killed in wednesday's shooti

lets check in with storm track 7 meterologist denice pelster for a look at our with above normal. a weak cold front will be tracking east into iowa today will be around 50 with front will track through late tonight into tomorrow. the best chance to see any moisture will be mainly sunday morning. moisture will be limited so the rain is expected to be light and scattered across the area. highs sunday will be in the lower 40s. highs stay in the 40s for the rest of the week with the next chance of moisture tracking in friday. well -- today is finally the chance to see any moisture will be mainly sunday morning. moisture will be limited so the rain is expected to be light and scattered across the area. highs sunday will be in the lower 40s. highs stay in the 40s for the rest of the week with the in friday. well -- today is finally the day... the iowa hawkeyes get their shot at a big ten championship tonight. the field is all set in indianapolis... iowa's opponent michigan state getting to walk- through on this field friday... meanwhile -- iowa hasn't done that...all year and coach fere

let's go to storm track seven meteorologist denice pelster now who's tracking it all. from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. see the screen for your complete weather information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: cloudy skies have stuck with warnings remain in effect for area rivers. while some rivers are falling, others are expected to crest in the next day or two. a strong low pressure system located out to our west is bringing snow totals forecast for tonight into tomorrow. more details ahead. cloudy skies have stuck with eastern iowa all day but luckily area rivers. while some rivers located out to over 7 inches to portions of into iowa, we will stay on the cloudy skies have stuck with eastern iowa all day but luckily area rivers. while some rivers -- the fight against isis -- and the role of muslims in america dominated the discussion during the gop presidential debates. 13 republicans -- separated into two debates -- laid out their plans in the first meeting since terror attacks shook paris and san bernardino. mary moloney has the highlights the republica

it's a jump fr[m last month's let's go to storm track seven meteorologist denice pelster now for your first forecast. some snow fell across easternn iowa ininthe last 24 hours. many locations saw just a trace but spots up in northeast iowa along the mississippi river saw up to 2.5" of fresh snow. this lef road conditions a bit icy this morning..he acacumulating snow has tracked east and some the clouds have tracked away. some sunshine will be possile today this midday. more clouds are located to our north and are trackkng south into eastern iowa. we'll still see some sun this crash that happened in part because of slick road conditions. the black hawk county sheriff's office says a vehicle crossed the center line on raymond road ar dunkerton this morning crashing into another vehicle driven by darlene hammond from hudson... the driver of the other car died at the scene -- investigators say the roads were almost fullyy covered by ice at the time of the crash. the driver's name is being withheld until family can be notified. one person is injured after shots were fired in cedar rapids i

i'm ally crutcher let's go to storm track seven meteorologist denice pelster now for your first forecastn mostly sunny today with few high clouds passing through this hehep to warm hiihs back in the warm night expected. lows will be in the upper 30s and low 40s. the warmest day of the week with returns saturday afternoon and lasts through the weekend. there is a slight chance for a wintry mix with this system especially late sunday night and monday. precipitation type will be dependent on track of system and will continue to be will be dependent on track of wintry mix with this system especially late sunday night and lows will be in the upper 30s 50s. friday will remain dry, before the chance for rain mix with this system eeecially late sunday night and monday. precipitation type time magazine named its person of the year this morning. time magazine named its person of the year this morning. german chancellor angela merkel was selected by the magazine... and revealed on the today s sow this morning... she's also often referred to as the union -- by virtue of being the leader of the union'

i'm ally crutcher let's go back to storm track seven meteorologist denice pelster now for your first forecast.... tracking some rain for our weekend... a series of fronts and low pressure centers will track into the state with fog, possibly dense, tonight. the strongest low will track through the midwest saturday through monday with light rain trackikig into our area tomorrow. heavy rainfall is likely saturday ground. this could lead to rises on area rivers, so be mindful if you live, work or play near rivers and streams. this system will track far enough north to keep us on the rain side of the low, although a few snowflakes may conditions on monday and falling a series of fronts and low pressure centers will track through the kwwl vieeing area over the next few days. today's will bring clouds and drizzle into the state with fog, possibly dense, tonight. the strongest low will track through the midwest saturday through monday with light rain tracking into our area tomorrow. heavy rainfall ononpretty saturated ground. this could lead to rises on area rivers, so be mindful if you live

let's go right to storm track seven meteorologist denice pelster for

stormtrack seven meteorologist denice pelster has plenty more on what to expect throughout the day