Des Moines, IA – Residents across central and western Iowa preparing for Thanksgiving and Black Friday travel could encounter changing weather conditions November 22-28, with rain, snow and potentially freezing rain among the possibilities as a wetter-than-normal pattern is favored across portions of the region.
According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Climate Prediction Center, eight- to 14-day outlooks issued Saturday, November 14, favor above-normal precipitation across northern and western Iowa during Thanksgiving week.
The precipitation outlook places much of western and northern Iowa within a broader region extending across Nebraska, South Dakota and Minnesota where wetter-than-average conditions are favored…