I left Bloomington, IL around 10am today got to Des Moines around 4:30. When I left it was 63, when I got to Iowa it was 25! Ran into some really heavy rain and wind around Galesburg and temp dropped to around freezing around Iowa City. Big accident somewhere near Grinnell so had to take a detour where I-80 was at a standstill. Went up to Highway 6 and back down. Interstate and US Highways were a little wet with a few patchy spots from Williamsburg on but got really good around Newton and was going 70 again after that on dry roads. Think that road crews and lack of precip during the day helped the interstates a lot. Side streets are not great right now. Basically slid down my street and into the drive but the major in town roads in Des Moines are mostly wet or slushy.
