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Skyscan weather forecast for Atlantic & the area, 2/21/17

Weather

February 21st, 2017 by Ric Hanson

Today: Areas of fog before 9am. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 70. Light southwest wind becoming south southwest 9 to 14 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 18 mph.
Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 38. South southwest wind around 9 mph.
Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 72. South southwest wind 8 to 13 mph becoming west northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 21 mph.
Thursday: A 50 percent chance of rain after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 49. Breezy. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Thursday Night: Rain before 4am, then rain and snow likely. Some thunder is also possible. Low around 33. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 90%.
Friday: Rain and snow, becoming all snow after 2pm. High near 36. Windy. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Monday’s High in Atlantic was 60 degrees, which fell short of the record by just 5 degrees. We received .18” of an inch of rain Monday, for a storm total of .43.” Our low this morning was 29.  Last year on this date, our High in Atlantic was 44 and the low was 31. The Record High in Atlantic on this date was 65 in 1977. The Record Low was -19 in 1894.