Early This Morning: Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of thunderstorms. South wind 5 to 10 mph.
Today:  HEAT ADVISORY from 1-pm to 8-p.m.; Hot and humid. Partly sunny with a 50 percent chance of thunderstorms. High in the lower 90s. South wind 10 to 15 mph with gusts to around 25 mph. Highest heat index readings 101 to 106 in the afternoon.
Tonight: Flash Flood Watch in effect from 7-p.m. thru 7-a.m. for Cass, Adair, Adams, Audubon, Guthrie, Carroll, Dallas, Crawford, Madison, Union, Taylor and Ringgold Counties.  Thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall. Low in the lower 70s. South wind 10 to 15 mph shifting to the southwest 5 to 10 mph after midnight. Chance of thunderstorms 80 percent. Highest heat index readings 100 to 105 through midnight.
Friday: Cloudy with thunderstorms likely through mid morning… Then mostly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms in the late morning and early afternoon. Partly sunny late in the afternoon. Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall through mid morning. High in the lower 80s. North wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of thunderstorms 70 percent.
Saturday: Sunny. High in the lower 80s. North wind 5 to 10 mph.
Sunday: Mostly sunny. High in the lower 80s.

Today: Areas of morning fog; P/Cldy, hot & humid. High 91. Highest heat index readings 100 to 102 this afternoon. S @ 10-20.                                                                Tonight: Partly cloudy to cloudy w/a 30% chance of thunderstorms after midnight. Low 74. S @ 5-10.                                                                                                                   Tomorrow: P/Cldy w/isolated showers & thunderstorms (mainly in the morning). High 92. Heat Index 100-105. S @ 10-20                                                                              Tom. Night: Thunderstorms likely. Low around 70. Highest heat index readings 100 to 102 through midnight.                                                                                                         Friday: Mostly cloudy w/a 40% chance of thunderstorms. High 83. N @ 5-10. Saturday: P/Cldy. High 82.

Tuesday’s High in Atlantic was 88. Our 24-hour Low (ending today at 7-a.m.) was 68. Last year on this date, our High in Atlantic was 86 and the low was 55. The Record High in Atlantic on this date was 105 in 1894. The Record Low was 42 in 1967.

It’s a below-average year for tornadoes in Iowa. While they can strike during any month of the year, the peak time for twisters in the state is usually during May and June. Kevin Skow, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in metro Des Moines, says Iowans should not let their guard down as dark clouds could still spawn dangerous, swirling cyclones.

“So far this year, we’ve seen 33 tornadoes across the state and our average number of tornadoes is typically around 48 to 49 in a given year,” Skow says. “However, even though the bulk of our tornado season, the typical climatological peak is past, we can still see late-season outbreaks as was the case last year with our November 11th and even some December tornadoes. We’re certainly not out of the woods quite yet.”

Of the 33 tornadoes confirmed in Iowa this year, 24 of them were rated in the weakest category of E-F-zero, while seven were E-F-ones and only two got big enough to rank as E-F-twos. There have been no E-F-threes, fours or fives. “Most of our tornadoes, generally the vast majority, are weak EF-0,” Skow says. “They’re very short-lived and have path lengths a mile or two at best. Many times, they didn’t impact any structures and again, they’re very weak, which is what we’d like to see.”

The first three confirmed tornadoes this year all touched down on March 15th in Scott and Clinton counties, while the most recent tornado was just last week in Council Bluffs. That twister on Thursday afternoon was a relatively rare “rope” tornado or waterspout that churned up Lake Manawa. Hundreds of people in the metro area saw it and took pictures and video, including one passenger on a jetliner landing at Eppley Airfield in Omaha.

“We were very, very thankful it didn’t move anywhere,” Skow says. “It just sat out over the lake there and didn’t move. It didn’t impact anything. It was just stationary and lasted at least five to ten minutes.” Something else that’s unusual this year, there were two days where five tornadoes were reported on the same day: April 27th saw five twisters in southwestern Iowa and July 17th brought five more in eastern Iowa.

(Radio Iowa)

Early This Morning: Clear. Patchy fog. South wind near 5 mph.

Today: Mostly sunny. Hot and humid. Patchy fog through mid morning. A 20 percent chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. High around 90. South wind 5 to 15 mph. Highest heat index readings 100 to 102 in the afternoon.

Tonight: Partly cloudy until early morning then becoming mostly cloudy. A 30 percent chance of thunderstorms after midnight. Low in the mid 70s. South wind 5 to 10 mph.

Thursday: Mostly sunny. Hot and humid. A chance of thunderstorms in the morning. A chance of thunderstorms late in the afternoon. High in the lower 90s. South wind 5 to 15 mph. Chance of thunderstorms 30 percent. Highest heat index readings 100 to 105 in the afternoon.

Thursday Night: Thunderstorms likely. Low around 70. South wind 5 to 15 mph decreasing to up to 5 mph after midnight. Chance of thunderstorms 70 percent. Highest heat index readings 100 to 102 through midnight.

Friday: Partly sunny with a 40 percent chance of thunderstorms. High in the mid 80s. North wind 5 to 10 mph.

Saturday: Mostly sunny. High in the lower 80s.

Today: Patchy fog through mid morning; Partly Cloudy. High 87. SE @ 10-15.
Tonight: P/Cldy. Low 71. S @ 5-10.
Wednesday: P/Cldy, hot and humid. High 91. Heat index 100-103. S @ 10-15.
Wed. Night: Mostly clear. Low 73.. South wind 10 to 15 mph. Highest heat index readings 100 to 102 through midnight.
Thursday: P/Cldy w/a 30 % chance of afternoon thunderstorms. High 92. S @ 10-20 w/gusts to 25. Highest heat index readings 100 to 102 in the afternoon.
Thursday Night: A 60% chance of thunderstorms likely. Low around 70. .
Friday: Mostly cloudy with a 30% chance of thunderstorms. High 83.

Monday’s High in Atlantic was 80. Our 24-hour Low (ending today at 7-a.m.) was 58. Last year on this date, our High in Atlantic was 86 and the low was 63. The Record High in Atlantic on this date was 111 in 1934. The Record Low was 44 in 1907.

EARLY THIS MORNING…MOSTLY CLOUDY. PATCHY FOG. SOUTHEAST WIND NEAR 5 MPH.

TODAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON THEN BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY. PATCHY FOG THROUGH MID MORNING. HIGH IN THE MID 80S. SOUTH WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.

TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW AROUND 70. SOUTHEAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.

WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HOT AND HUMID. HIGH IN THE LOWER 90S. SOUTH WIND 5 TO 15 MPH. HIGHEST HEAT INDEX READINGS 100 TO 105 IN THE AFTERNOON.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW IN THE MID 70S. SOUTH WIND AROUND 10 MPH. HIGHEST HEAT INDEX READINGS 100 TO 103 THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

THURSDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH IN THE LOWER 90S. SOUTH WIND 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH. HIGHEST HEAT INDEX READINGS 100 TO 102 IN THE AFTERNOON.

FRIDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH IN THE LOWER 80S.

Today: areas of fog this morning; P/Cldy. High 82. E/SE @ 5-10.

Tonight: P/Cldy. Low 65. S @ 5-10.

Tomorrow: P/Cldy. High 87. S @ 10-20.

Wednesday: P/Cldy, hot & humid. High 91. Afternoon Heat Index 100-105.

Thursday: P/Cldy w/a chance of afternoon shwrs & tstrms. High 92.

Sunday’s High in Atlantic was 79. Our Low this morning was 57. Last year on this date, our High in Atlantic was 86 and the low was 69. The Record High in Atlantic on this date was 111 in 1934. The Record Low was 39 in 1904.

337 AM CDT MON AUG 8 2016

EARLY THIS MORNING…MOSTLY CLEAR. PATCHY FOG. NORTHEAST WIND NEAR 5 MPH.

TODAY…PARTLY SUNNY. PATCHY FOG THROUGH MID MORNING. HIGH IN THE LOWER 80S. SOUTHEAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.

TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOW IN THE UPPER 60S. SOUTHEAST WIND NEAR 10 MPH.

TUESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE MID 80S. SOUTHEAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.

WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH IN THE LOWER 90S. SOUTH WIND 5 TO 15 MPH. HIGHEST HEAT INDEX READINGS 100 TO 105 IN THE AFTERNOON.

THURSDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 90S.

337 AM CDT SUN AUG 7 2016

EARLY THIS MORNING…MOSTLY CLOUDY. NORTHEAST WIND NEAR 5 MPH.

TODAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. HIGH IN THE UPPER 70S. SOUTHEAST WIND NEAR 10 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 20 PERCENT.

TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY AFTER MIDNIGHT THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOW IN THE LOWER 60S. EAST WIND AROUND 5 MPH.

MONDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 80S. SOUTHEAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.

MONDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOW IN THE UPPER 60S. SOUTHEAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.

TUESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH IN THE UPPER 80S. SOUTH WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.

WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH AROUND 90.

Today: P/Cldy w/a slight chance of showers. High 80. N/NE @ 5-10.

Tonight: Mo. Cldy. Low 61. NNE @ 5.

Tomorrow: Mo. Cldy w/a 30% chance of showers. High 81. E/NE @ 5-10.

Tom. Night: Mo. Cldy w/a chance of showers. Low 63.

Monday: Cloudy to P/Cldy w/a 40% chance of morning showers. High 84.

Tuesday: Morning showers possible; otherwise P/Cldy hot & humid. High 92.

Wednesday: A chance of morning showers; otherwise Mo. Sunny, hot & humid. High around 95.

Friday’s High in Atlantic was 82. Our Low this morning was 60. Last year on this date, our High in Atlantic was 82 and the low was 64. The Record High in Atlantic on this date was 105 in 1930. The Record Low was 46 in 1974 & 1997.