Today: Variably cloudy this morning w/scattered showers & thunderstorms. Partly cloudy this afternoon. High near 90. S @ 10-15 mph.

Tonight: P/Cldy. Low 70. S @ 5-10.

Tomorrow: P/Cldy. High 91. S @ 10-15.

Monday: P/Cldy. High 92.

Tuesday: P/Cldy w/scattered shwrs & tstrms. High 92.

Skyscan Forecast  Friday, July 12, 2019  Dan Hicks

Today: Mostly sunny. SW @ 10. High 88

Tonight: Partly cloudy. S @ 5-10. Low 67.

Saturday: Partly cloudy. A few isolated showers and thunderstorms. S @ 10-15. High 90.

Sunday: Partly cloudy. High 91.

Monday: Partly cloudy. High 92.

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Skyscan Forecast  Thursday, July 11, 2019  Dan Hicks

Today: Sunny and mild. N @ 10. High 84.

Tonight: Fair to partly cloudy. Light and variable winds. Low 60.

Friday: Partly cloudy. Warmer. SW @ 10. High 88.

Saturday: Partly cloudy to cloudy. A few isolated showers and thunderstorms. High 90.

Sunday: Partly cloudy to cloudy. A few isolated showers and thunderstorms. High 91.

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Skyscan Forecast  Wednesday, July 10, 2019  Dan Hicks

Today: Partly cloudy. Cooler. A few isolated showers early. NW @ 10-20. High 81.

Tonight: Clear. Diminishing NW winds. Low 60.

Thursday: Mostly sunny. Mild. N @ 5-10. High 83.

Friday: Partly cloudy. Warmer. High 88.

Saturday: Partly cloudy. A few scattered thunderstorms possible. High 88.

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Skyscan Forecast  Tuesday, July 9, 2019  Dan Hicks

Today: Partly to mostly cloudy. Scattered showers and thunderstorms. S @ 10-15. High 81.

Tonight: Partly to mostly cloudy. Scattered showers and thunderstorms. NW @ 5-10. Low 68.

Wednesday: Partly cloudy. NW @ 10-20. High 81.

Thursday: Partly cloudy. High 83.

Friday: Partly cloudy. High 85.

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(Radio Iowa) — Forecasters say another hot week is ahead for Iowa, with high temperatures in the 80s and 90s along with high humidity, but cooler weather may be just around the corner. Meteorologist Dennis Todey, director of the U-S-D-A’s Midwest Climate Hub, based in Ames, says the climate outlook calls for a shift away from the typical hot, muggy Iowa summer.

“At this point, we don’t expect that to continue over a longer period of time,” Todey says. “It looks like as we get along into the middle of July and the latter part of July, more likely we’ll fall back to the more frequent cooler and wetter conditions.” While many Iowans might welcome a less-steamy summer, it’s not such great news for farmers who struggled to plant crops this spring.

“We’re not likely to be in this heat, which could start stressing some crops because of poorly developed root systems and just summertime heat,” Todey says. “It’s a downside because we really need temperatures to be hanging out, at worst, near average, at best, slightly above average, especially as we get into August and September definitely.”

The forecast is driven by the existing El Nino weather pattern, as he says the cool, wet weather of spring often tends to carry over into summer during El Nino years.
“It is possible to flip and go from cool and wet to hot and dry, but the tendency is for those conditions to hang on into summer,” Todey says. “Those are the two big drivers of this right now, that we’ve been this way this far, mostly likely it will continue on into much of the rest of the growing season.”

Todey says the El Nino is expected to linger into late fall before fading away.

Skyscan Forecast  Monday, July 8, 2019  Dan Hicks

Today: Partly cloudy. SE @ 10. High 83.

Tonight: Increasing clouds. SE @ 5-10. Low 68.

Tuesday: Partly to mostly cloudy skies. Scattered showers and thunderstorms. S @ 10-15. High 81.

Wednesday: Partly cloudy. High 83.

Thursday: Mostly sunny. High 84.

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Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 83. Calm wind becoming east 5 to 7 mph in the morning.
Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 65. East wind around 6 mph.
Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 82. South southeast wind 3 to 8 mph.
Monday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68. Southeast wind around 7 mph. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tuesday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 84. South wind around 8 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tuesday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 69. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 83.

Yesterday’s High in Atlantic was 86. Our Low this morning, 60. Last year on this date our High was 85 and the Low was 59. The record High in Atlantic on this date was 107 in 1937. The Record Low was 41 in 1934.

Skyscan Forecast  Saturday, July 6, 2019  Dan Hicks

Today: Partly cloudy to cloudy. N @ 10. High 82.

Tonight: Partly cloudy. Light and variable winds. Low 64.

Sunday: Partly cloudy. E @ 10. High 82.

Monday: Partly cloudy. Chances of thunderstorms late. High 85.

Tuesday: Mostly cloudy. Showers and thunderstorms. High 83.

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Today: Partly cloudy to cloudy w/scattered showers & thunderstorms later this afternoon. High near 90. S @ 10 mph.

Tonight: P/Cldy to cloudy w/scattered shwrs & tstrms. Low around 70. S @ 5.

Tomorrow: P/Cldy w/scattered morning shwrs & tstrms. High around 85. N @ 5-10.

Sunday: P/Cldy to Cldy w/scattered shwrs. Highs 82.

Monday: P/Cldy to Cldy w/scattered shwrs. High 84.

Yesterday’s High in Atlantic was 85. Our Low this morning, 65. Last year on this date our High was 83 and the Low was 58. The record High in Atlantic on this date was 107 in 1911. The Record Low was 41 in 1972.