Trying to catch up with the snow, of course. And, the conditions are so bad that people will slide off in the ditch. So they dont want us halfway in the road trying to pull somebody out of the another accident siouxland towing. George says its our while attending that accident, and other drivers roads. Tell us how the roads have been Sergeant Jeremy city pd. Officer, how have the roads been today . In effect. If what is their next should they do . Continuing tomorrow, slushy blowing snow for tomorrow. Do to stay safe . For now im going to toss it back to you in studio tim, reporting live in meterologist elisa raffa abc 9 news tim thank you for that report elisa. Tim if you were out in it today. You know just how wet and sticky todays snow is. Abc9 reporter bria bell joins us know just how wet and sticky todays snow is. Abc9 reporter bria bell joins us live from outside the norm waitt ymca with more on how the snow stacked up. She joins us now live with more. Bria yes tim, todays snow was so wet and heavy it literly stacked up. And there blwo it around. Check out these pictures we took earlier today right here on the 4 inches quickly piled up. Can really seeust how well the snow packed together. This is what it [explains what it behind me but earlier today. The white out of snow made it imposible for out here to see bria today i spoke to weather and if your bound to get ten different answers in regards to the weather here in sioux city. Some drivers said that the weather was a non factor, some stated that it was the drivers more so than the weather, while others stated it was a little bit of both. So far there have been less reported accidents for today than the last snow storm sioux city witness during the week of nr 20th. Drivers seem to be more cautious and driving at lower speeds. Its kind of rough out there, driving with all the other vehicles on the road. You dont know if youre going to have an accident, said sachjen. I have a 4wheel drive so. And theyre keeping the roads clean, so i havent had any problems, said i go home because its too hard to drive and difficult, said if you are have to take the interstate please if you are have to take the interstate please know that the d ot will remain plowing down the highways. And as with all inclement weather, sioux city pd is urging drivers not to drive and stay inside if possible. For now im going to toss it back to you in studio. Reporting live in sioux city, bria bell abc 9 news. Thanks for that report bria. Tim as we mentioend earlier. Todays snow is a heavy slushy snow. At one point plows werent able to keep up forcing the sioux city Transit System was suspended operations. The interuption only lasted about an hour from 11 30 and 12 30. Asst city manager mike collett told us service was shut down as a saftey precaution after buses continueed to get further and further behind,. Tim with today being cyber monday police are warning folks that theifs are out and about during the Holiday Season looking for front door packages and to take extra precaussion. Anda krenz brings us more. Amanda intro 22 02 it doesnt matter if packages are being delivered by ups, fed ex, usps, each package is an opportunity for a thief. Follow a delivery truck around during the holidays. And youll see the delivery workers do a mad dash at every stop. One drop off after another. Sgt. Bryan 11 16 the theives know people will be ordering a lot, delivered to their hous on their front doorstop. Police say all these packages out in the targets for people who are willing to break the law. Sgt. Bryan 11 39 they find a truck and start following it around. Jim ohare 16 44 we know from the past, they find trucks. Follow them around and steal parcels off of porches. Jim ohare is the postal inspector for des moines. He says package theives dont strike often but they have noticed an increase in the last 23 years. Jim 15 35 if youre home and you have the ability to get the package off th edoorstep as soon as possible thats always adviseable. Otherwise you should consider having a neighbor pick it up for you. Or have it delivered to a friend or relatives house. If you do have a package that goes missing, both police and postal Authorities Say report it. Jim 17 06 sometimes we et lucky and catch them. Popel see things that dont look right and they call police right away. Sgt. Bryan 13 49 if we get the reports, then catch the person later, it all comes together. Amanda tag 22 48 theres only so much you can do, have neighbors look out for you as well. In west des moines, amanda krenz, local 5 news, we are iowa. Tim billionaire investor warren to stump for hillary clinton. Tim buffett is set to appear ith Campaign Stop in month. Its the president ial candidates first Campaign Stop in in march. A Clinton Campaign source says the two will talk about the need for tax reform and income buffett has long clton, both her campaign and super pac in recent months. Tim president obama is urging the world take action to the president is in france today, along with nearly 200 World Leaders, for the u. N. Climate change conference. This long planned meeting comes just weeks after the terror attack that killed 130 in paris. President obama says the ongoing Terror Threat should motivate the World Leaders to do more to save the planet. Nothing will deter us from building the future we want for our children. What greater rejection of those who would tear down our world than marshaling our best efforts to save it . Meanwhile, the city is on lockdown for the gathering and all public protests are banned. Tim still to come tonight well look at why losing weight in our 20s is different than losing weight as we age. fred a winter storm warning remains in effect. Trends will include lighter snow and stronger winds. Highs will be in the 30s. Your forecast is next Tim Jenna Fred fred hexom fhexom kcautv. C om fred a winter storm warning remains in effect in yellow through tomorrow, while a Winter Weather advisory is for those in light blue. The hd radar shows light to moderate snow. Sioux city saw 5. 4 of snow today, which breaks the record for november 29. Norfolks 3. 7 also breaks a record. Elsewhere, 8. 0 was reported in sioux center, holstein had 7. Road conditions are snow covered across the northern half or so of our area. Heres the Port Neal Welding Company skycam hd from the Ho Chunk Center in downtown sioux city. 34 was the high today and 32 the low. The kings pointe skycam hd shows a snowy scene in storlake. We have 33 and snow in sioux city. Local temperatures are in the s and 30s. Wind chills are in the 20s for most. Winds are just 515 Miles Per Hour but will be stronger tomorrow. Visibility is low across the area, especially in sioux city at just 0. 75 miles. Radar shows the low pressure system spinning bands of snow across the upper midwest. The stormcast hd shows that this system will be slow to leave. In fact, we could see light snow through early wednesday morning an additional 0. 5 to 1. 0 of snow can be expected for most of the abc9 viewing area on top of what we have already received. So tomorrows snow winds will be stronger. So blowing snow may reduce visibility, especially in rural open areas. Your forecast for tonight is for a low of 25 and light snow. Tomorrow, look for a high of 32 and light snow plus breezy winds and blowing snow. The 7day forecast shows breezy winds wednesday as the snow ends. Then, well see a period of dry, quiet weather. With highs in the 30s. Tomorrows ask fred prize is 4 tickets to q102s birthday bash featuring echosmith and andy grammer Jenna Tim Fred tim thanks, fred. Coming up after the break,,well take a look at how aging effects our metabolism aging effectour metabolism youre 18 and you go to the gym, workout, then afterwards and you can still sleek physique. 35, 45, and 55. You do the same workout, you eat pizza. Keep packing on . Jessica rae spoke with doctor steven joyce medical center, and why our metabolism slows down as we age. In this weeks get going segment dr steven joyce with Mercy Medical age our basal slows down, meaning even as we walking during our daily activities, our bodies are no longer burning calories the way they used to i tell people approach our 40s, we start to see that slow down i. E. Our metabolism slow down then we really need to do start increasing our calorie expenditure and thats with exercise. Rae because our slows as we age, we the same amount of and expect to burn off the same amount of calories. So dr joyce says there are two types of exercises, anaerobic and aerobic exercises. Although its good to perform both types of exercise, as we age, its more important to focus on a specific one. Joyce but really it is the aerobic capicity that we should be working on so that is again, the walking, jogging, biking, swimming, and that sorts of things and those can all be done middle age or older age, we just have to realize our bodies limits. Bodies for a slower basal Metabolic Rate, starts early on. Joyce we should start improving our life style changes probably in our 20s, even teens, and we know that kids arent as active as they should be, so we should start preaching it then. But as far as being aware of our basal Metabolic Rate and our slowing metabolism probably in your 40s is when youre going to start really noticing that and thats when we should be aware of it and really concerned on making Lifestyle Changes before that so theyre already engraved. Rae lets get going, im jessica rae, for abc9 news coming up in sports. Iowas defense carried them against sports. Iowas defense carried them against nebraska on black friday. Today one of the hawkeyes was named conference freshman of the week. Details up ahead. Plus. The cyclones had their first opportunity to meet new head coach matt campbell. Well have a full report from ames up ahead. 32nd football coach in cyclone history. The 36 year old, now the youngest power five coach in the country, racked up a 3515 record in four plus years with toledo. Today, campbell was introduced in ames, and he stressed faith, football and family. So what do the cyclones think of their new head coach . Jordan furbee has more from ames. Just listening to matt campbell, you where his priorities that track record everyone is going to gravitate towards him and just believe what he can do. We just gotta have full faith in him and have a good, healthy relationship from team to coach perspective and if we get a tight bond and hit the ground running, we can do special things next year. I reached out to couple young men last night on on the phone. Id like to keep that private for a later date. But that request went over the head of levi peters. I got a chance to talk to him a little bit last night. Youre telling us he gave you a call . Ya i remmber him saying that he might want to punch me for telling you guys that, but to know that he looks at me as a leader and he felt that i was one of the guys to contact, that means a lot to me and i think thats a boost into this transition for me. The iowa hawkeyes are coming off a 2820 last friday and today parker hesse was named big ten freshman of the week. Hesse had a pick six against the huskers and matched a career high with six tackles. His touchdown in the Second Quarter gave iowa a lead theyd never give up and was the fourth defensive touchdown of the season for the hawks. Next up for the hawkeyes is the big ten championship game this saturday night against michigan state. College gameday will be in indianapolis for what will likely be a playin game for the College Football playoff. Well be in indy as well and have coverage for you beginning later finally, the big twelve announced its all conference volleyball teams today and former moc floyd valley star Alexis Conaway was a first team selection. The iowa state sophomore was a second team pick last year and this season averaged just over 2 kills a set on a 349 hitting percentage. Conaway, sioux city native natalie vondrak, and the cyclones take on miami in the first round of the ncaa comes from. Ross van rooyan dakota dunes. His 3 kids celebrated thier parents wedding anniversary. By leabving them alone for a while. Obviously the snow helped if youre like to submit a facebook fan photo, just post it on our Jenna Tim Chris Fred fred radar shows light to moderate snow