Dense fog into Thursday morning; Rain and snow possible by Thursday night

QUAD CITIES, Iowa/Ill. (KWQC) -- YOUR FIRST ALERT FORECAST FROM CHIEF METEOROLOGIST ERIK MAITLAND:

***FIRST ALERT DAY THURSDAY MORNING FOR PATCHY DENSE FOG***

Wednesday night our skies will be clear to partly cloudy, but plenty of moisture and cooling temperatures will lead to another round of patchy dense fog across

the area, especially north of Hwy. 34 for Thursday morning. Visibility could be close to ZERO and some of that fog could linger into Thursday afternoon. Thursday

a rain system will spread in from the southwest. Thursday evening the rain will begin possibly mixed with some wet snowflakes as it develops north of I-80. The

system will wind down Friday morning with some wet snow likely north of Hwy, 30, but especially along the Hwy. 20 corridor where 1 to 2 inches of snow could

fall. A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect for Dubuque County Friday morning. The weekend looks partly to mostly cloudy skies and another system of mainly rain

possibly moving in Saturday. Tuesday of next week another system will bring widespread rain into early Wednesday. Highs remain in the 40s with lows in the 30s for

some milder than average weather keeping its hold on the QCA! Tuesday could be the exception with highs near 50!

TONIGHT: BECOMING CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY. PATCHY FOG. LOW: 26°. WIND: LIGHT NORTH

WEDNESDAY: PARTLY CLOUDY & MILD. FOG EAST. HIGH: 47°. WIND: LIGHT/VARIABLE

THURSDAY: MOSTLY CLOUDY. SHOWERS DEVELOPING. HIGH: 45°

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