As we get closer to ringing in the New Year, we are getting more details about the amount of snow we are expected to get in the Quad Cities area. We could see double the amount of snow on the ground by the end of the first day of January putting some area snowfall totals at 1 foot for the 2021-2022 winter season, so far.

On Wednesday, we told you that 2022 would start off with more snow and extremely cold temperatures. After getting our first "real" snowstorm on Tuesday, which dumped 3-4.5 inches of snow throughout the Quad Cities area, officials are expecting the Quad Cities to see snowfall totals doubling Tuesday's amount on New Year's Day.

According to the National Weather Service, the National Weather Service of the Quad Cities, and the National Weather Service of Des Moines (NWS), the Quad Cities area is under a Winter Storm Watch as a winter storm is expected to bring more snow on Saturday, January 1, 2022.

NWS officials say that a large winter storm is expected to bring more accumulating snow with several inches possible in central, eastern, southern, and southeastern Iowa, northwest and west-central Illinois, and northeast Missouri, late Friday night through Saturday evening. Predicted accumulating snowfall values are still subject to change, but confidence is high in accumulating snow.

Officials from the National Weather Service are still unsure where the greatest amount of snowfall will occur.

As you can see on the graphic above from the National Weather Service of Des Moines, the Quad Cities has the potential to see 6-8 inches of snow Saturday, New Year's Day.

Travel is expected to be impacted on New Year's Day and throughout the holiday weekend. They are expected to become slick as roads become covered in snow. Blowing snow and wind could cause reduced visibility.

The graphic above from the National Weather Service Quad Cities shows that the Quad Cities will see moderate impacts from the snowstorm.

Behind this snow will be bitter cold temperatures bringing highs this weekend to the teens and single digits. Wind chills are expected to drop into the teens to lower the 20s below zero. This will make it the coldest day of the 2021-2022 winter season so far.

Wind chills in the Quad Cities are expected to reach down to about -17° on Sunday, with areas like Cedar Rapids and Iowa City to see wind chills reach a dangerous -25° on Sunday.