Marion Weather Alert: Sleet, Snow, Hazardous Travel Conditions, Winds, Freezing Temps: Storm Has it All

The Iowa weather guessing game continues.

From cold, to January thunderstorms to dense fog to 50 degree temperatures. What's next.

Sleet and snow, of course.

The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning that is in effect from 10 p.m. Tuesday to 6 p.m. Wednesday.

In that time Marion could see up to 7 inches of snow, along with up to a quarter inch of sleet, wind gusts up to 40 mph and negative 2 degree temperatures with wind chill.

Travel could be hazardous.

From the NWS:

...ACCUMULATING SNOW AND SOME SLEET EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...

.A STRONG COLD FRONT NOW MOVING THROUGH THE AREA IS STARTING A DOWNWARD TREND IN TEMPERATURES. LOW PRESSURE MOVING UP ALONG THE COLD FRONT TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY WILL PULL EVEN COLDER AIR INTO THE AREA...TURNING THE RAIN TO SNOW WITH INITIALLY A PERIOD OR TWO OF A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND SNOW POSSIBLE. THEN...ACCUMULATING SNOW IS EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. AS THE LOW MOVES INTO THE GREAT LAKES ON WEDNESDAY...STRONG WINDS BEHIND THE LOW WILL RESULT IN FALLING TEMPERATURES DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY.

BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-BENTON-LINN-IOWA-KEOKUK-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...VINTON... CEDAR RAPIDS...MARENGO...SIGOURNEY

318 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING...FROM 9 PM TUESDAY UNTIL 6 PM WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 7 INCHES. * SLEET ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH THIS EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.

* VISIBILITIES...THE STRONG WINDS THAT DEVELOP ON WEDNESDAY MAY RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN RURAL AND OPEN AREAS.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 20S...FALLING INTO THE TEENS BY AFTERNOON.

* WIND CHILL READINGS...AS LOW AS 2 BELOW.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS LATE TONIGHT AND INTO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...