COUNTIES; CASS-ADAMS-TAYLOR-
615 AM CST TUE JAN 21 2014

    …BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS EXPECTED FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS THIS
    MORNING…

TEMPERATURES EARLY THIS MORNING WILL BOTTOM OUT ACROSS THE AREA
BETWEEN 5 AND 10 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. IN ADDITION A NORTHWEST WIND
BETWEEN 10 AND 15 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH THE VERY COLD TEMPERATURES
TO PRODUCE BITTER COLD WIND CHILL VALUES AROUND 20 BELOW FOR A
COUPLE HOURS THIS MORNING. IF YOU ARE GOING OUTSIDE THIS MORNING
REMEMBER TO DRESS WARMLY AND IN LAYERS. BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS
CAN RESULT IN FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT
TAKEN.

The Freese-Notis weather forecast for Atlantic & the KJAN listening area, along with weather information for Atlantic from KJAN News Director Ric Hanson.

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COUNTIES: MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-
454 AM CST TUE JAN 21 2014

   …WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST THIS
    MORNING…

* WIND CHILL VALUES…WILL BE AROUND 20 BELOW ZERO OR A LITTLE
COLDER THROUGH 8 AM. WINDS SHOULD CONTINUE DECREASING THROUGH
THAT TIME AND AS TEMPERATURES LEVEL OFF AND BEGIN REBOUNDING
WIND CHILL VALUES WILL MODERATE.

COUNTIES: AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-ADAIR-MADISON-UNION-RINGGOLD–

WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST TODAY (TUESDAY)

*WINDS…NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH ARE ANTICIPATED TO CONTINUE WITH MAINLY THE STRONG GUSTS SUBSIDING BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.

* TEMPERATURES/WIND CHILL VALUES…THE COMBINATION OF LOW TEMPERATURES FROM ZERO TO 5 BELOW AND NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE WIND CHILL VALUES TO 20 TO 25 BELOW ZERO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. A FEW SPOTS MAY SEE WIND CHILL READINGS AS COLD AS 30 BELOW AT TIMES BEFORE SUNRISE TUESDAY.

* IMPACTS…BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS CAN LEAD TO FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS… A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS…MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES.

331 AM CST TUE JAN 21 2014

EARLY THIS MORNING…MOSTLY CLEAR. BITTERLY COLD. BREEZY. NORTH WIND 15 TO 20 MPH. WIND CHILL READINGS 15 TO 20 BELOW.

TODAY...MOSTLY SUNNY UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. VERY COLD. HIGH 15 TO 20. NORTHWEST WIND NEAR 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH IN THE AFTERNOON. LOWEST WIND CHILL READINGS 15 TO 20 BELOW IN THE MORNING.

TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. NOT AS COLD. LOW AROUND 15. SOUTH WIND 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 20 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. BREEZY. HIGH 15 TO 20. NORTHWEST WIND 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. BREEZY…COLDER. LOW 5 TO 10 BELOW. NORTH WIND 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH. WIND CHILL READINGS 20 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO.

THURSDAY…SUNNY…COLDER. HIGH 5 TO 10 ABOVE. NORTHWEST WIND 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH IN THE MORNING. LOWEST WIND CHILL READINGS 20 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO IN THE MORNING.

FRIDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. BREEZY. NOT AS COOL. HIGH IN THE UPPER 30S.

MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS COUNTIES
320 PM CST MON JAN 20 2014

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING...

* WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH.

* IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT. WATCH FOR LOCALLY REDUCED
  VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING DUST.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS BETWEEN 30 TO
39 MPH OR GUSTS BETWEEN 45 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS
STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH THROUGH THE AREA BY THIS
EVENING. WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE NORTHWEST AND BE QUITE GUSTY
THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS.
CRAWFORD-CARROLL-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-CASS-ADAIR-ADAMS-UNION-TAYLOR-
RINGGOLD-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-PAGE COUNTIES 336 PM CST MON JAN 20 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT.

* TIMING...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA EARLY
  THIS EVENING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE BEFORE 9 PM...WITH
  DIMINISHING WINDS TOWARD MIDNIGHT.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO
  OVER 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE MID EVENING.

* IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING OF ANY SNOW THAT
  DOES FALL THIS EVENING. LOOSE OBJECTS MAY ALSO BE BLOWN ABOUT BY
  THE STRONG WINDS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

AREA COUNTIES: SAC-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-ADAMS-UNION-
1238 PM CST MON JAN 20 2014

    …SNOW AND COLDER TEMPERATURES SPREAD SOUTH ACROSS IOWA…

A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVING INTO NORTHERN IOWA WILL MOVE SOUTH THIS
AFTERNOON. SHARPLY COLDER TEMPERATURES WILL FOLLOW THE FRONT. SNOW
WILL ALSO MOVE SOUTH WITH THIS FRONT. THOUGH SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL
BE GENERALLY AROUND AN INCH…GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING
SNOW AND LOCAL VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS. LOCAL VISIBILITY MAY BE
REDUCED TO UNDER ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS THIS
AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING.

THE SNOW OVER NORTHERN IOWA WILL SPREAD SOUTH TO THE I-80 CORRIDOR
BY MID AFTERNOON…AND TO THE MISSOURI BORDER BY 6 PM. SNOW WILL
END FROM NORTH TO SOUTH THIS EVENING.

TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TO THE TEENS NORTH…TO AROUND 30 SOUTH BY
6 PM.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
712 AM CST MON JAN 20 2014

MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CST
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM
CST THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH
  ARE EXPECTED DURING THE ADVISORY

* IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT. WATCH FOR LOCALLY REDUCED
  VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING DUST.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS BETWEEN 30 TO
39 MPH OR GUSTS BETWEEN 45 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS
STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

AREA COUNTIES: SAC-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-

…WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT (1/20-21)) TO NOON CST TUESDAY (1/21)…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY.

* TIMING…TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. THE COLDEST AIR WILL ARRIVE AROUND MIDNIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.

* WINDS…A NORTHWEST WIND AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH THIS EVENING WILL DIMINISH ONLY SLIGHTLY OVERNIGHT ALTHOUGH GUSTS WILL NOT BE AS STRONG OVERNIGHT.

* TEMPERATURES/WIND CHILL VALUES…LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL DROP TO NEAR 15 BELOW ACROSS THE NORTH WITH ZERO TO 5 BELOW ALONG THE HIGHWAY 30 CORRIDOR.

* IMPACTS…BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS MAY RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS…MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES.