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Iowa ending 2016 with third wettest in 144 years of records

News, Weather

October 10th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — This year will go down in the Iowa history books as the third wettest among 144 years of records. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources in its monthly Water Summary Update says the statewide average precipitation in Iowa was 45 inches, nearly 10 inches more than normal for the 2016 water year, which is measured from Oct. 1, 2015, through Sept. 30, 2016.

Excessive rain in September over north-central and northeast Iowa resulted in flooding and a record crest on the Shell Rock River and the second highest crest on record on the Cedar River. September rain totals varied from just under an inch at Fairfield to over 17 inches near Nora Springs.

The statewide average for the month was 6.29 inches making it the wettest September since 1986.

Shelby County Fire Danger is “Moderate” this week

Ag/Outdoor, News, Weather

October 10th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

The Fire Danger rating in Shelby County has been lowered from “High,” to “Moderate.”  Property owners and/or managers planning a controlled burn of brush or grassland areas are asked to call in and report your burning projects to Shelby County Dispatch at 712-755-2124, and notify your local Fire Chief.

Timing for burns should be morning, or evening hours and extinguished by dark unless authorized by Fire Chief due to possible impacts to roads and health from smoke. Burns must be monitored at all times.Moderate Fire Danger rating

Skyscan forecast & weather data for Atlantic: 10/10/16

Weather

October 10th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Today (Columbus Day): Increasingly cloudy scattered showers. High 70. S @ 15-30.
Tonight: Showers ending; becoming P/Cldy. Low 57. S @ 10-15.

Tomorrow: P/Cldy. High 77. S @ 10-20
Wednesday: Mostly Cloudy & cooler, w/showers likely. High 55.

Thursday: P/Cldy. High around 60.

Sunday’s High in Atlantic was 73. Our 24-hour Low (ending at 7-a.m. today) was 39.  Last year on this date, our High in Atlantic was 73 and the low was 39. The Record High in Atlantic on this date was 96 in 1893. The Record Low was 17 in 1906.

NWS forecast for Cass & surrounding Counties in IA (10/10/16)

Weather

October 10th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

EARLY THIS MORNING…PARTLY CLOUDY. SOUTH WIND NEAR 10 MPH.

TODAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. BREEZY. HIGH IN THE UPPER 60S. SOUTH WIND 5 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 30 PERCENT.

TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED LIGHT SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING…THEN PARTLY CLOUDY OVERNIGHT. LOW IN THE LOWER 50S. SOUTH WIND 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 30 PERCENT.

TUESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE MID 70S. SOUTH WIND 10 TO 15 MPH.

TUESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF LIGHT SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOW IN THE UPPER 40S. SOUTH WIND 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 30 PERCENT.

WEDNESDAY…CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF LIGHT SHOWERS IN THE MORNING…THEN MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE AFTERNOON. MUCH COOLER. HIGH IN THE MID 50S. NORTH WIND 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH.

Skyscan Forecast for Atlantic & the KJAN listening area: 10/9/16

Weather

October 9th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Today: Sunny, with a high near 71. Northeast wind 5 to 9 mph becoming south in the afternoon.
Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 51. South wind around 7 mph.
Columbus Day: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 10am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 70. Breezy, with a south wind 8 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Monday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers before 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 54. South wind 11 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 73. South wind 10 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Tuesday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 47. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Wednesday: A 40 percent chance of showers before 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 54. Breezy.
Wednesday Night: Areas of frost after 5am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with a low around 32.

Skyscan Forecast for Atlantic & the area: Saturday, 10/8/16

Weather

October 8th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Today: Mostly Sunny. High 70 W-SW winds at 10-20.

Tonight: Mostly clear. Low 54. SW-N @ 5-10.

Tomorrow: Mo. Sunny. High 64. E/NE @ 5-10 becoming SE during the afternoon.

Tom. Night: P/Cldy. Low 49.

Monday: Partly Sunny w/a 30% chance of showers. High 68.

Tuesday: P/Sunny. High 73.

Skyscan forecast & weather data for Atlantic: 10/07/16

Weather

October 7th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Today: P/Cldy. High 62. NW @ 10-20.
Tonight: Mostly clear. Low 34. Winds light & variable.

Tomorrow: Areas of fog in the morning; Otherwise P/Cldy. High 70. SW @ 10-15
Sunday: P/Cldy. High 72.

Monday (Columbus Day): P/Cldy to Cldy w/scattered showers. High 72.

Thursday’s High in Atlantic was 66. Our 24-hour Low (ending at 7-a.m. today) was 38.  We received .2” rain (two-tenths of an inch) Thursday at the KJAN Studios. Last year on this date, our High in Atlantic was 77 and the low was 54. The Record High in Atlantic on this date was 88 in 1938. The Record Low was 16 in 1952 & 2012.

Iowa Red Cross prepared to help with hurricane recovery

News, Weather

October 7th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

The American Red Cross is preparing to respond as Hurricane Matthew slams into the southeast coast of the country.  Iowa Region Red Cross spokesperson, Kara Kelly, says national officials are checking with the states that are not in the path of the storm to line up help. “There is a major call for volunteers nationwide to go anywhere from South Carolina to Florida to help, so we are making those  opportunities available to folks. But at the same time….we still have a flooding operation happening in north and eastern Iowa and we still want to make sure we take care of folks at home too,” Kelly says.

Two Iowa volunteers from Ankeny may be heading out to help with the Hurricane recovery sometime today (Friday). She says they were actually scheduled to head out Thursday, but the airport in Orlando closed and they are not waiting. Kelly says if you are interested in volunteering for the Red Cross the first step is to register. “I would say now is the time to get signed up, because if it becomes a very significant operation — which we anticipate it could be —  we could start sending people pretty quickly. And sometimes that training could happen pretty quickly,” Kelly says.  “The best thing to do at this point is to go to Red-Cross-dot-org and sign up to get into the system. At the very minimum you can take some of those on-line trainings and then we will see what happens.”

She says it has been a significant amount of time since we’ve seen a hurricane of this magnitude. “We’re just asking people to be prepared if you’ve got friends or families in those areas. Make sure you contact them, you know where they are going to be, and hopefully they are heeding those warnings to evacuate,” Kelly says.

In Florida alone where some areas could get as much as 10 inches of rain, the Red Cross is prepared to open or support as many as 100 evacuation shelters and has more than 30 emergency response vehicles standing by. In South Carolina, the Red Cross plans to open or support 19 evacuation shelters and dozens of additional shelters are ready to open in Georgia and North Carolina.

(Radio Iowa)

KJAN listening area forecast from the NWS: 10/7/16

Weather

October 7th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

345 AM CDT FRI OCT 7 2016

EARLY THIS MORNING…CLOUDY…COLDER. NORTHWEST WIND 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH.

TODAY…SUNNY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 60S. NORTHWEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.

TONIGHT…CLEAR. LOW IN THE LOWER 40S. SOUTHWEST WIND NEAR 5 MPH.

SATURDAY…SUNNY. HIGH IN THE UPPER 60S. SOUTHWEST WIND 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH.

SATURDAY NIGHT…CLEAR. LOW IN THE LOWER 40S. SOUTHWEST WIND NEAR 10 MPH.

SUNDAY…SUNNY. HIGH AROUND 70. SOUTH WIND NEAR 10 MPH.

COLUMBUS DAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. HIGH AROUND 70.

Tornado Watch for counties south of I-80 until 9-p.m. 10/6

Weather

October 6th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

THE SEVERE STORMS PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN, OK., HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 9-P.M. FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST IOWA….ADAIR ADAMS CASS CLARKE DECATUR FREMONT LUCAS MADISON MILLS MONTGOMERY PAGE POTTAWATTAMIE RINGGOLD TAYLOR UNION WARREN.

Tornado Watch until 9-p.m for counties in yellow

Tornado Watch until 9-p.m for counties in yellow

A FEW TORNADOES LIKELY WITH A COUPLE INTENSE TORNADOES POSSIBLE. WIDESPREAD LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER LIKELY. ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE.

PROBABILITY TABLE:

PROB OF 2 OR MORE TORNADOES : 70%

PROB OF 1 OR MORE STRONG /F2-F5/ TORNADOES : 40%

PROB OF 10 OR MORE SEVERE WIND EVENTS : 20%

PROB OF 1 OR MORE WIND EVENTS > 75 MPH : 20%

PROB OF 10 OR MORE SEVERE HAIL EVENTS : 90%

PROB OF 1 OR MORE HAIL EVENTS > 2 INCHES : 70%

PROB OF 6 OR MORE COMBINED SEVERE HAIL/WIND EVENTS : >95%