Today: Partly cloudy to cloudy w/a slight chance of snow late this evening. A high near 39. Winds this afternoon becoming easterly @ 5-10 mph.
Tonight: Snow likely, mainly before 10pm (less than 1/2″ is expected). A low around 23.
Tomorrow: Partly sunny-to sunny. A high near 50. Winds becoming W/SW @ 6-10 mph in the morning.
Tom. Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 29.
Friday: Sunny, with a high near 62.
Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 26.
Saturday: Mostly sunny & breezy, with a high near 39.

Today: Partly sunny, with a high near 41. Winds S @ 10-15 mph this morning becoming W/NW @ 15-25 this afternoon. Wind chill values as low as 10.
Tonight: Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 22.
Wednesday: Mostly cloudy w/a 40% chance of afternoon snow. A high near 39. E/SE winds 5-10 mph in the morning. alm New snow accumulation of less than one-half inch is expected.
Wed. Night: A chance of rain and snow before 9pm, then a chance of snow. A low around 22. New snow accumulation of less than 1/2″ inch is expected.
Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 48.
Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 30.
Friday: Sunny, with a high near 60.

Monday’s High in Atlantic (The 24-hour High ending today at 7-a.m., since temps rose overnight) was 26 degrees (the actual daytime high was 18). Our Low was -6. Last year on this date (Feb. 24th), the High in Atlantic was 66, and the Low was 27. The Record High for this date was 76 in 1930, the record Low was -15 in 1894. Sunrise: 7:02; Sunset: 6:04.

Today: Sunny, with a high near 24.  Calm wind becoming south around 5-10 mph in the afternoon. Wind chill values as low as -5.
Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a temperature rising to around 20 by 5am. Wind chill values as low as zero. South wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts to near 20 mph.
Tomorrow: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 45. South wind @ 10 mph becoming W/NW & gusting to near 20 mph.
Tom. Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 19.
Wednesday: Partly sunny w/a 30% chance of rain & snow after noon. A high near 38. Little or no snow accumulation is expected.
Wednesday Night: Rain and snow likely before midnight, then a chance of snow. A low around 21. Less than .1″ of snow is expected.
Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 43.

Sunday’s High in Atlantic was 22 degrees. Our Low this morning, was -7. Last year on this date (Feb. 23rd), the High in Atlantic was 57, and the Low was 16. The Record High for this date was 65 in 2002, the record Low was -22 in 1989. Sunrise: 7:046; Sunset: 6:03.

Today: Sunny & blustery. A high near 22. N/NW winds 15-25 mph. Wind chill values as low as -15.
Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around -3. Wind chill values as low as -10.
Monday: Sunny, with a high near 23. Winds S @ 5 mph in the afternoon. Wind chill values as low as -5.
Monday Night: Mostly cloudy. Temps slowly rising into the 20’s. Wind chill values as low as 5.
Tuesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 42. South wind around 10 mph becoming west northwest in the afternoon.
Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 21.
Wednesday: Partly sunny w/a 20% chance of rain and snow after noon. A high near 42.

Saturday’s High in Atlantic was 24 degrees. Our Low this morning was 5. Last year on this date (Feb. 22nd), the High in Atlantic was 36, and the Low was 11. The Record High for this date was 71 in 2017, the record Low was -14 in 1894. Sunrise: 7:06; Sunset: 6:02.

Today: Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 24. Wind chill values as low as 5. Light north wind becoming northwest 8 to 13 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 18 mph.
Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 8. Wind chill values as low as -5. North northwest wind 8 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 22. Wind chill values as low as -10. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around -2. Wind chill values as low as -10. North wind 5 to 9 mph.
Monday: Sunny, with a high near 20. Light and variable wind.
Tuesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 40.
Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 42.

Friday’s High in Atlantic was 20 degrees. Our Low this morning was 4. Last year on this date (Feb. 21st), the High in Atlantic was 20, and the Low was -18. The Record High for this date was 68 in 2024, the record Low was -19 in 1894. Sunrise: 7:07; Sunset: 6:00.

Official National Weather Service Observer reports:

(Radio Iowa) – Forecasters say a winter storm system will move across Iowa this (Thursday) afternoon, tonight and early tomorrow, dropping up to six inches of snow. For now, National Weather Service meteorologist Jim Lee says it’s thought the heaviest snow will run in a corridor roughly from Council Bluffs to Des Moines to Dubuque. “The most likely areas to receive higher amounts are generally from western through central or north central into northeastern Iowa,” Lee says, “however, what we’re looking at is a situation where there will be a relatively narrow band of heavier snow, and it’s not yet certain exactly where that’s going to fall, so the forecast amounts are somewhat variable.” Lee is urging all Iowans to keep a close eye on the changing forecast, as travel could become hazardous later today and tonight.

“Within the heaviest band of snow, amounts of two to five inches will be common, and there may even be a narrow strip of six inches or more,” Lee says. “Again, that would be over a relatively small area, but it is quite possible. So we are going to look at some travel impacts here later today into the night that may linger into the Friday morning commute.” The winter weather comes after record warmth earlier in the week where many parts of the state saw high temperatures in the 50s, 60s and even low 70s. Lee says this shift back to more seasonal weather means this snow will likely stick around.

“The next several days from Friday through Monday, we’ll struggle to get above freezing during the day, which is actually only a little bit below normal, but it’ll feel much worse because we’ve been so spoiled,” Lee says. “However, toward the middle of next week, it does look like we’ll get a relative warm-up again. Maybe not what we’ve just seen, but 50s are definitely in play for the middle of next week.”

Over the past week or so, he notes Des Moines had six days in a row of temperatures in the 60s, an exceptionally warm stretch for February in Iowa.

(Statewide News) – The number of Iowa counties under a burn ban continues to grow due to an ongoing fire risk. As of Tuesday, Feb. 18^th, 13 Iowa Counties were banning opening burning. Elsewhere, open burning and tossing of cigarettes or other means that may accidentally create fires, was strongly discouraged. Persons who previously had a controlled burn that was extinguished, were asked to keep a close eye on their property, because strong winds could cause those burn piles to rekindle. In southwest Iowa, Mills County was added to the list, that also includes Crawford, Shelby, Union and Ringgold, as of the latest information.

Aa burn ban goes into effect when fuels (such as tender vegetation, brush and timber) get less than 20% moisture and high temperatures, high winds, and low humidity start to develop.

Burn bans in February are rare, because there is usually enough snowpack on the ground, or at the very least heavy moisture in the ground, because the snow is starting to melt. In the last couple of months, though, Iowa has had significantly less snow than usual. Without that moisture in the ground, the risk of grass and field fires heightens.

Fire officials say what’s needed is a good soaking rain that saturates the soil, along with higher humidity in the range of 40%-50% or more, for a sustained period of time. Otherwise any moisture in the ground from rain can be dried out by the wind within 48-hours, which results in the same dry conditions.