A live look right here. People are getting an earl ea jump on their commute to work before the flurries come down. Im kelly ben. Rebecca is here to help justin out. Which is good. We need to brg someone classy in this. Wewee watching this thing. We have been on it towards the end of the week. It started out a big foot of snow, now its bked down. Now were going to see rain, mixing with snow. Cancellations. When this moves in, and its gusto, later today. Not so much the heavy snow, but the winds and the chance of the rain and Everything Else. You could have ice that would have problems in the road. Especially thihimorning you want to take some precaution, slow it down. Much of the area. You can see the list online. Here are the main threaea. Snow i i the highest especially in the northwestern counselees. Countnts. Main and icece south ofof i80, could see some thunderstorms. Thats why were seeing the colorful alert map. Were expecting the heavy snow towards the north. Cedar rapids, lesser snow faum amounts but everythin mixed in. Were still seeing maybe the numbers have changed. We pulled them back a bit. Anywhere from 2 to 4 when you factor i i some of those gusty winds, we could be looking at some whiteout conditions. Light snowneaking in around iowa city. So here are the roads and dont forget, you can see this list online. Things a2e looking okay. T, when it starts to go, those conditions will deteriorate pretty quickly. Well come back. Take a look at the winds and what happened at those temperature as we get some snow. Thanks. As you wake up, much of the state is going to be dealing with a winter storm. That makes it tough for folks that need to commute. If you dont need to be out on the road today, its aigate idea to stay home. Some reminders of what to do if you do need to travel. During this winter storm today. Today. Th first advise everyone on the roads to drive at an appropriate speed. If conditions are too bad, just slow down. Another good Cruise Control on snow, or ice covered roads. Also allow yourself extra time to arrive somewhere. If youre rununng behind, youre more likely to speed up. And finally guys, make sure your full attention is on the road. Any distractions will make it that much easier for you to lose control of your vehicle out on slippery roads. Covering the corridor in cedar rapids. Stephanie johnson, cbs 2 news. Thanks stephanie. Remember, for the latest weathth information, you can download the cbs 2 weather remember for the latest weather information, you can download the weather app, it gives you current conditions, for free. App. The ioa caucuses have come and gone. We had to wait until early this morning to final a winner among thehe democratsts last night the republican it was texas senator who won e mostt support. Cruz gotinarily twalal of the support. It was a tight race for secondd between rubub. Iowa democrat chair andy mc choir said this was the closest democrcric run in history. Hillary clinton won by a narrow margin. 22 will go to hillary, 21 to sanders with one left to be decided. Hillarys campaign end pd last night by speaking to a crowd. I am honored to stand in the long line of american reformers who make up our minds that the status quo is not good enough, that standing still is not an together to find ways forward that will improve the lives of americans. Both clinton and sanders will make their was to New Hampshire now. Take a look at this video. It was posted by a memberr of the sanders campaign. Show as group of people cheering and welcomom sanders to the state. When he got off the plane, bernie said what time is it . He wentight over there after it was over in iowa. He only got about 1 support so this morning, mali maly draupd out of the race. Cruzs victory was propelled by american caucus goers who their values. Republican nomination and we will go on to easily beat hillary or bernie or whoever the hell they throw up there. There. Trump also said he was honored to finish in second and congratulated the rest of the gop field. He plans to head to New Hampshire, this afternoon. One of the biggest surpises last night was how close Marco O Rubio came to o finishing second. Second. When it was all said and done, the florida senator was just more than two thousand votes shy of taking the runnerup position over donald trump. Not even 24hours before that, a quinnipiac poll d rubio some 14percent behind trump. Here in the corridor, rubio won the most votes among Johnson County republicans. The road to the presidency moves on to the next test one week from today. Today. The first in the nation primaries are in New Hampshire next tuesday. Tuesday. Then in about three weeks, Nevada Democrats will caucus on february 20th while republicans ininouth carolina will hold their primaries. Then the opposite parties in those two states will follow that next week. Its degrees. Ill ahead. The new group of fans football is opening up to for the superbowl next weekend on cbs 2. Temperatures will rise 3 or 4 degrees but thats at the critical number where rain, snow, could go either directions and were expecting most of that mout of the snow i i northern iowa. Highs in mid to upper 30 out there. There will be a period of cedar rapipis where we go from snow to rain and snow to rain. There will be some slick spots out there. Wel show you some of thaspaults w wre we see somee of the heavier snow. Over towards the new hampton area, you can see some of the heavier snow continues. Lets zoom out because were seeing a pretty welldefined banned of heavier snow moving in too. There is snow around the cedar valley there. Looks like were getting some light snow there. Starting with snow first, it will turn in to rain later this morning. West of iowa city, wintery mix in sh the south. Roadways are seeing more of that valley. Still normal winter time driving condition kz. Winter storm warning. Were seeeeg expecting eight inches of snow. Wimenter weathering advisory. Towards the tipton area, freezing rain and raiai all mixix together freezing rain and snow all mixed together. We throw in some very strong winds that will cause some blowing and drifting. We reduced the numbers just a bit. Northern iowa, thats the big spot to get the heavier snow. With that wind coming in, it is going to reduce visible. Mimit be fine now but later on this morning towards the afternoon, things will cloudy, 32 33, north west wind, feeling like 22. Visibility, youll notice some fog back to charles city. Fog with that snow falling and those cooler temperatures could lead to a few slick spots on bridges and overpasses. Here is midwestern picture. And below, bringing all that moisture in kwou can see it around kansas city, that low will continue to move up towards the north and east. Warmest sector of it down to the south. Low, it willove right through north frn iowa. 38 for us. Low 30s indianapolis. Kansas city, 60s. Easily some showers and thunderstorms for those folks down to the south. There goes the low, that will bring the heaviest snow from highway 20 up towards the north, all the way to green bay. It is pretty complicated. Snow continues. Some of the heaviest in the south. That turns to rain. Ceder rapids. Much of the day in northern iowa, spent in moderate snow. We get a period where things might quiet down a bit. Snow continues in the north. Then more moisture swings on in. Were not done with the moisture about 10 or 11 00 oclock tomorrowow good news is we see some light at the end of the tunnel. Even though the winds stay straug, we will clear out and have clearer apd drier conditions as we ad through thursday and friday. Almost 40mile an hour gust. Going to be a big problem. That continues all the way through wednesday morning. The wind ezven a aoholy die down eventually die down through wednesda night. 1 to 2 inchoffs snow in iowa city. We got the wind to deal with. There is your seven daypicture. Windy all the way through tomorrow. Not as bad. Koorl, 40s for 30s. Low 30s friday and mid to upper 30 for the weekend, saturday, and for sunday. The Denver Broncos and panthers made their first appearance lasas night in san francisco. Why football is no longer just a mans game. Reporter now that the teams are in town, fans are ready for some football. Super bowl 50 festivities, including the nfl experience kicked off this weekend in the bay area. There is football everywhere on the three tvv wewe are in our house. Reporter thats just what the nfl want hoohear. Men have the take up a laupt of the demographic. All games all day. Were there for it. Reporter many nfl teams have launched boogser clubs exclusively for women. Contacty attends every 49ers home game with her sisterhood of followers. I think its a different era and a different time. Reporter he volunteered on the santa clarra project to help build the 4 4rs new stadium, the nfl have the lets i think that is. Oh, wow. Good luck for us. You have heard it here. Winter is over. Havehe flake hits the ground. I just saw my shadow, what does that mean . Lets get to commercial break. Quick beak a a what temperatures a very colorful radar look down to the south, and we got a little bit of everything. Heavy ban is moving band is moving through southehe iowa. We got heavy snow, rain in washington, thunder could translate to . Thunder snow in fair field. This is going to be what were watching for. Waterloo had some already. Lighgh snow there. Relatively normal Winter Driving conditions, but we look for that to change as the morning rolls on. Winter storm warning in affect overnight. T. Winter weaeaer advisoryy towards mont sello. 6 to 8 inchoffs snow. We see about 2 to 4 around seeld rr cedar rapids. With these snow fall amount, plus the wind, thats going to reduced visibility. Temperatures are growing to hofsh in the mid40s. . Spots in to these upper 30s, well drop to the upper 20s tonight. Stay windy today, night, and tomorrow, moisture moves out by midwednesday. The wind dies down wednesday night, upper 20s thursday, low 30ss friday. Goodic looking weekend. Super sunday and then light snow in upper 20s for monday. 6 27 a. M. On this ground hog day. It is 32 degrees and you have a winter storm warning. Coming up, we have new information after officials morning. The latest updates about this mornings snow storm and how you right now on cbs, the latest updates on the snowstorm and how you can stay tupe date all day long. Tight race to win the Iowa Caucuses. Them latest i iormation on which candidates are still in the race whos rr calling it quits. Roadways are partially covered with snow. We knoww theyve had . Snow up there. Were waiting for it to come down here to our area. We are we have been looking at it very closely. We have our two weather team members here today. Things are looking good so far. On queue, we just saw a snow plow going through the middle of the screen. Lets take a check. Good morning, guy good morning. I think we should start with the good news were dealing with winter now. The philomter just breaking a few moments ago. Says early spring which is good. Im from florida. Its spring all yearround for you. We as temperatures incrcrse especially in the south, above the freezing mark, well have a mix of some rain, freezing rain. That would cause . Problems on theoad. If y y can check out all the road closures on our website. Biggest impact is snow. If you throw in the wijd behind it, that will cause blowing, ifting, reduced visibilities. The best hours to travel now to the next couple. We go to the we have a warning in winter loo. Mess on the roads later on this morning. 2 to 4 inches for or m me. There will be spots within the bands of locally higher amount here is doppler radarer. There is already snr snow changing over to rain in the south. Could see someme thunderstorms and that could translate to . Thunderstorm. We have report in part of western iowa. But the heaviest snow is going to continue in areas near and south. Just got an undate. Water loor. Its been snowing there for about an hour and a half. Thats ice. Thats . Ice coved roads do south of iowa city. Come back with a full forecast, 6 41 a. M. Well talk about the winds because thats going t be one of the big factcts behind all this. As the strong winder storm moves in, drivers are getting ready f r t morning commute. Its prompting the ippoa statee patrol to warn drivers of potential problems they might see. Cbs reporter stephanie is live outside now with more on how to stay safe today. Patrol advice for drivers. Be alert while driving. Dont use Cruise Control on snow or ice covered roadways. Use allow proper stopping time by increasing the following distancedo not use cruise roadwaysuse caution on overpasses, bridges, and all rampsbe alert and focused on drivingallow extra travel time adjust the cars spepe to roadad conditionswear a seatbelt in the front and back seatfully charged cell phoneemergency roadside assistance kituse 911 if assistance is needed or 1 8005255555 8005255555 needed or 1 assistance is needed or 1 8005255555 covering the corridor in cedar rapids. Stephanie johnson, cbs 2 news. The impending snow is also fecting todays special School Elections in linn county. County. Voters in the. The impending snow is affecting the special school to open. Other counties with special elections say they plan to start at 7 this morning, including blblk hawk county. Remember, for the latest weather information, you can download the cbs 2 weather first, weather app. Itll bring you current conditions, warnings, hourly forecasts, and more, all for free. Just search for the cbs 2 ather app on your apple or android device. The 2016 iowa cacuses are now in the books. Books. This morning there are officially winners for parties. Hillary clinton edged out Bernie Sanders last night winning 22 delegates to sanders 21. But for nearly the entire night and into the Early Morning the two democrats were locked in a virtual tie. Sanders spoke to his supporters in n des moines last night while the race was still deadlocked and passed along a message that washington and the rest of the country couldnt ignore. I think about what happened tonight. I think the people of iowa have sent a very profound message to the political establishment, to the Economic Establishment and by the way to the media establishment. cheers cheers sanders and clinton now turn their focus to next tuesdays New Hampshire primimy. Both candidates have Campaign Stops in that state scheduled for today. Thursday night they will go this morning, ted cruz is also on his way to New Hampshire. Call himself an iowa caucus winner. Winner. E senator from texas won the republican race, gathering 28percent of his rtys votes. It was a atighter than expected finish for second place, with billionare donald drump edging out florida senator marco rubio by a 24 to 23 margin. In his victory speech last night, cruz declared his win a victory for the grassroots. When the media said a conservative cannot win, nationwide over 800,000 contributions poured in as courageous conservatives said, yes we can can with his first place finish, cruz won 8 of iowas delagates. Trump and rubio got 7 d 6 delegates respectively. Some say the groundwork ted cruz has put in over r e past months could be the reason for his win. Win. Cruz made a stop at the new Covenant Bible Church in cedar rapids for a republican steffi lee recaps the coverage from there. There. Many reports have ted cruz winning the Iowa Caucuses and this is not a surprise at from the caucuses here at the new Covenant Bible Church where he was among the top three with trump and rubio. Rubio. Turnout from across linn county surged out here tonight with more than 1300 caucusgoers at this church. We found many first time caucus goers out for cruz, trump, and rubio o o is has maintained a solid third in the polls but came in second for many precincts here last night. Senator ted cruz made his stop here to make his final push before caucus goers made their decision. He told the e crowd he will be a president who will defend the constitution, will Tell Department of justice to investigate planned parenthood, and get rid of,the nuclear deal. Linn county Republican Party cochair brett mason told me its no surprise cruz came out on top because he says this was a more conservative demographic and completed the full grassleyvisiting all 99 counties. Many voters told us they really want someone who but some still wanted to maintain support for a moderate conservative. Sot sot 07 38 17 i can see im personally surprised with how they turned out u know, some of the precincts we have here are more conservative, some of the precincts are smaller and less conservative, we had a nice miof all of them here. Here. Across from this room at the Democratic Caucus, they had two delegates for sanders and two for clinton. And governor Martin O Malley wasnt viable which follows the news of the suspending of his campaign. Covering the e corridor in cedar rapids, steffi lee, cbs 2 news. The Iowa Caucuses are in the books this morning and so is Mike Huckabees president ial campaign. Campaign. The former arkansas governor suspended his bid for the whitithouse last night after grabbing just two percent of gop caucusgoers. Huckabee won the 2008 Republican Caucuses. Its and right now in its degrees. Degrees. Just ahead. The crazy finish to the Iowa Caucuses while candidates are already lets break down what you can expect because there is a lot going on through wednesda morning is when we can expect this impact. Well have some break ins the tivity. It will continue to change. We have heavy snow possible to the north west and southeast. Snow and rain, plus strong wents which could lead to mroeing and drififng snow. Ve seen gusts as higig as 45 miless an hour possible in the afternoon. Continuing in to tomorrow morning. Temperatures, theyll start it to incroesus in the south, above the freezing marks. We have a wintery mix, have some breaks and the winds mix up later on tonight. Possibly thunderstorms and then later on in the evening as temperatures fall, well, the snow could return once again. I have some light snow occurring across the area in our northern counties. Thats where the s