Winter weather and holiday travel are converging in Iowa this week, as state officials are hoping to keep traffic deaths at its lowest level in the last 100 years. Thousands of people are taking to the roads this week to travel for the Thanksgiving holiday.

Powerful winds followed a cold front into Iowa Tuesday and will continue gusting into Wednesday. Here's a round-up of the highest gusts measured at airport weather stations around the state through Tuesday evening. Locations in eastern Iowa likely haven't seen their highest gusts of the night yet.

Very dense fog has created difficult travel conditions across eastern Iowa Tuesday morning. Visibility is down to under a mile across the area, making it tough

Read on for my college football picks for Friday, November 28. The Iowa Hawkeyes are built to play in lousy weather, and the expected mix of snow, sleet, and rain is as awful as it gets. The Hawkeyes thrive in low-scoring, trench-heavy games, and this matchup and the horrible weather set Iowa up perfectly to win this game by a comfortable margin.

Thanksgiving week has arrived and there are plenty of changes in the weather. When more fog develops, how cold the wind gets, and the outlook for snow — in your Storm Team 8 forecast.

On the surface, the weather forecast seems to favor Iowa. For one, the Hawkeyes are far more used to playing in bad weather than the Trojans are. In addition, wet conditions tend to favor a more physical, grind it out style of play akin to the one Iowa likes to deploy, rather than USC’s explosive offense.

Snow and wintry winds hit much of the eastern two-thirds of the U.S., while the Pacific Northwest faces a rainy storm system. Parts of the West should have sun.