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IN YOUR FULL FORECAST. AND THANK YOU. PEOPLE ALL ACROSS THE STATE ARE PREPARING FOR THAT STORM. THE D-O-T IS GEARING UP THEIR PLOW TRUCKS, AND THE IOWA STATE PATROL IS WARNING PEOPLE TO JUST STAY HOME WEDNESDAY MORNING. ����vlog BEAU BOWMAN JOINS US LIVE IN BO. IT’S GOING TO BE A DICEY COUPLE OF DAYS ON THE ROAD. LAURA, THE RAIN THAT KICKS THIS THING OFF TOMORROW IS REALLY THROWING A WRENCH INTO THE DOT’S PLANS TO GET THE ROADS IN GOOD SHAPE BEFORE THE SNOW. JUST AS THE FINAL REMINDERS OF OUR LAST WINTER STORM MELT AWAY, CENTRAL IOWANS ARE PREPARING FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF RAIN, SNOW AND WIND. THE COMMUTE WEDNESDAY COULD BE VERY, VERY CHALLENGING. CRAIG BARGFREDE IS THE WINTER OPERATIONS MANAGER FOR THE IOWA DOT. HE SAYS THE RAIN WON’T ALLOW HIS CREWS TO PRE-TREAT IOWA’S ROADWAYS LEADING UP TO TUESDAY NIGHT’S STORM, AND ONCE IT TRANSITIONS TO SNOW, IT WILL BE HEAVY AND WET. THAT TYPE OF SNOW IS VERY EASILY. COMPACTED AND BONDED TO THE PAVEMENT, SO IT’S GOING TO BE VERY CRITICAL FROM A TIMING STANDPOINT FOR US TO BE OUT AND WORKING ON THE SYSTEM. BARGFREDE SAYS THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TURN INTO THE LIGHTER, FLUFFIER KIND TOWARD THE END OF THE STORM, WHICH ISN’T IDEAL, WITH EXPECTED WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 TO 60 MILES AN HOUR. THAT’S SOME SERIOUS PROBLEMS ON TRAVEL CONDITIONS. BLIZZARD LIKE CONDITIONS USUALLY MEAN A BUSY DAY ON THE ROADS FOR STATE TROOPERS LIKE SERGEANT ALEX DINKLA, HELPING CRASH VICTIMS DURING THE LAST STATEWIDE SNOWFALL IN FEBRUARY. THE STATE PATROL SAYS THEY RECEIVED 233 CALLS FOR SERVICE, 54 CRASHES AND 179 MOTORIST ASSISTS. WEATHER OFFICIALS SAY THIS WILL BE A FAST MOVING STORM. THAT’S WHY STATE PATROL IS URGING FOLKS TO STAY OFF THE ROADS UNTIL IT CLEARS. IF YOU CAN HUNKER DOWN. LET THAT SYSTEM PASS THROUGH. HOPEFULLY BY WEDNESDAY, EVEN AFTER WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE MUCH MORE IMPROVED. I KNOW A LOT OF FOLKS ARE GOING TO BE TRAVELING TO DES MOINES THIS WEEK FOR THE GIRLS STATE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT, SO KNOW THIS THOSE GAMES. THEY’RE SET IN STONE. THEY WILL NOT CHANGE DATE OR TIME BECAUSE OF WEATHER. SO IF YOU’RE PLANNING TO MAYBE SNEAK DOWN HERE, TO THE WELL, TO THE WELL, TO WATCH A GAME ON WEDNESDAY, MAKE THOSE ARRANGEMENTS TO GE