AJ TaylorFebruary 3, 2021Last Updated: February 3, 2021 The National Weather Service is concerned about a strong low pressure system that will be moving into the area on Thursday. It will bring falling temperatures, strong winds, and wintry precipitation along with it. The drastic change in weather is forecast to begin Thursday morning. Northwest winds are now forecast to reach 40-45 mph forcing temperatures to drop quickly. Precipitation in the form of rain will lead the change in winds and will change over to snow by mid day. The snowfall rates could be heavy at times in the area and further south into central Iowa.