UPDATE: West Des Moines Garbage Pickup Delayed as Winter Storm Rocky Moves Through

Updated at 3:05 p.m.

Metro Waste Authority says that garbage collection in all areas of West Des Moines will not get completed on Tuesday. Residents with carts that did not get collected should leave their carts out for collection on Wednesday, according to the city website.

If collection does not occur on Wednesday, call these numbers:

    Garbage - Waste Connections - 515-265-7374

    Recycling - Waste Management - 515-244-7336

Updated at 12:05 p.m.:

Schools in West Des Moines are closing early as Winter Storm Rocky moves through the area. Here's the latest:

West Des Moines Community Schools are closing two hours early and evening activities have been canceled.

Dowling Catholic High School is closing at 1:20 p.m. and evening activities have been canceled.

Iowa Christian Academy is closing at 1:30 p.m. The kindergarten round-up originally scheduled for today has been rescheduled for March 12.

Sacred Heart School is closing at 12:25 p.m. and evening activities have been canceled.

Updated at 11:40 a.m.:

West Des Moines is now under a winter storm warning through noon Wednesday morning, according to the National Weather Service in Des Moines.

The city of West Des Moines says its Emergency Snow Parking Ban for Snow Removal will take effect at 7 p.m. tonight and remain in effect until 5 p.m. Wednesday.

The ban applies to all streets. When the ban is in effect, cars are subject to a $50 fine and/or towing.

Here's the forecast for West Des Moines for the remainder of today and tomorrow

Today: Snow with areas of blowing snow. High near 31. Windy, with a north wind around 23 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100 percent. Total daytime snow accumulation of 3 to 5 inches possible.

Tonight: Snow with areas of blowing snow. Low around 29. Windy, with a north northwest wind 16 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100 percent. New snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.

Wednesday: Snow likely before noon. Cloudy, with a high near 35. Breezy, with a north northwest wind 17 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60 percent. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Wednesday night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 25. Blustery, with a north northwest wind 13 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

Earlier, Patch reported:

Traffic is moving at a crawl on Interstate 235 this morning from the 50th Street exit in West Des Moines to the east mixmaster, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation.

You can check on road conditions and delays at 511ia.org.

Cars are backed up for more than four blocks on Ashworth Road in West Des Moines trying to get onto First Street/63rd Street to reach downtown Des Moines either via the freeway or Grand Avenue.

The culprit is Winter Storm Rocky moving into Iowa this morning.

The National Weather Service in Des Moines is now calling for an 80 percent chance of snow in West Des Moines with one to two inches of accumulation; less than a inch of additional snow is expected overnight. Moderate to heavy snowfall is expected across far southeastern Iowa and parts of Missouri and Illinois.

The Weather Service issued a warning this morning as rush hour began: A band of heavy snowfall lifting northward through Central Iowa, including the Des Moines metro area. This snow, combined with winds of 20 to 30 mph will cause visibilities to be reduced to one half of a mile or less at times. Roads could become slick in some spots.

It's an odd turn for Iowa, which is dodging most of the snowstorm. So far, according to the Weather Channel, Rocky has spawned blizzard warnings in states to the southwest, closing many roads across Kansas and Oklahoma. The University of Missouri in Columbia has canceled classes for today, a foot of snow is expected in parts of the Show-Me State and the mayor of Kansas City has declared a state of emergency.

According to weather.com, West Des Moines now has a 95 percent chance of snow today, with a total of 2 inches falling by 1:30 p.m.

Windy conditions will continue into Wednesday, with cloudy skies and a high temp near 36 degrees