Today: Mostly sunny High 78. NW @ 10-20.
Tonight: Partly Cloudy. Low 50. Winds light & variable.
Tomorrow: P/Cldy to Cldy w/scattered showers possible. High 76. S @ 10.
Wednesday: Cldy w/scattered shwrs in the morning; Becoming P/Cldy. High 72.
Thursday: Mo. Sunny. High 75.
Yesterday’s High in Atlantic was 72. Our Low this morning (as of 5-a.m.) was 49. Last year on this date our High was81 and the Low was 65. The record High in Atlantic on this date was 104 in 1933. The Record Low was 40 in 1966.
Today: Isolated showers between 9am and 1pm, then isolated showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 71. Breezy, with a north northwest wind 6 to 11 mph increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 50. Northwest wind 6 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.
Monday: Sunny, with a high near 76. West northwest wind 7 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.
Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 75. Light south wind becoming south southwest 5 to 10 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 21 mph.
Tuesday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 1am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 53. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 68.
Saturday’s High in Atlantic was 87. Our Low the past 24-hours was 59. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 89 and the Low was 67. The All-Time Record High for this date in Atlantic, was 101 in 1985. The Record Low was 38 in 1915.
Skyscan Forecast Saturday, June 8, 2019 Dan Hicks
Today: Partly cloudy. SE @ 10-15. High 87.
Tonight: Increasing clouds late. SE @ 5-10. Low 65.
Sunday: Partly cloudy to cloudy. Scattered showers and thunderstorms. NW @ 10-20. High 74.
Monday: Mostly Sunny. High 76.
Tuesday: Increasing clouds. High 78.
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(Radio Iowa) — Forecasters say Iowa may have cooler-than-normal temperatures and much less rainfall throughout June. That may sound great, but not if you’re a farmer. Rains will diminish over the coming weeks and other signs of summer may be lacking. Meteorologist Dennis Todey, director of the U-S-D-A’s Midwest Climate Hub in Ames, says the rainy spell we’ve been enduring for months is over.
“For once in quite a while, most of our region is free of expected big rainfalls,” Todey says. Still, that doesn’t mean there won’t be rain on Iowans’ parades. Todey says there will be plenty of opportunities for showers, thunderstorms — and for more flooding. “Much of our region still has chances for storms,” Todey says. “They’re going to be spottier and less effective in the way of big precipitation. We don’t have a lot of capacity in much of our hydrologic system in the soils and the rivers, so even minor rainfall amounts can cause some problems.”
According to forecast models, Todey says much of the month ahead will be cooler than usual and may not bring Iowa’s acres of corn and soybeans the warmth they need to mature. “June is one time when above-average temperatures would help spur more development and accumulate some more ‘degree days’ without reaching those stressful mid-to-upper 80s on a regular basis,” Todey says.
“Instead of having above-average temperatures, we’re likely to have below-average temperatures throughout almost all of our region. It will be pleasant from a human standpoint and for livestock, but for our crops, it’s not good news.” Summer arrives two weeks from today. Todey says the effects of the ongoing El Nino pattern will be felt well into fall.
Today: Partly cloudy. High 87. E @ 10.
Tonight: P/Cldy. Low 64. Winds light & variable.
Tomorrow: P/Cldy. High 87. SE @ 10-15.
Sunday: P/Cldy to cldy w/scattered shwrs & tstrms. High 80.
Monday: P/Cldy. High 78.
Yesterday’s High in Atlantic was 87. Our Low this morning 60. Last year on this date our High was 83 and the Low was 64. The record High in Atlantic on this date was 98 in 1934 & 2011. The Record Low was 36 in 1894.
Today: Partly cloudy w/isolated afternoon showers. High 87. NE @ 10.
Tonight: P/Cldy. Low 64. Winds light & variable.
Tomorrow: P/Cldy. High 87. SE @ 10.
Saturday: P/Cldy. High 85.
Sunday: Variably cloudy w/scattered shwrs & tstrms. High 83.
Yesterday’s High in Atlantic was 90. Our Low this morning 64. Last year on this date our High was 92 and the Low was 64. The record High in Atlantic on this date was 103 in 1933. The Record Low was 32 in 1894.
Today: Isolated showers this morning, otherwise partly cloudy. High 86. NW @ 10.
Tonight: P/Cldy. Low 60. Winds light & variable.
Tomorrow: P/Cldy. High 84. NE @ 10.
Friday: P/Cldy w/isolated showers. High 84.
Saturday: P/Cldy to cldy w/scattered showers & tstrms. High 82.
Yesterday’s High in Atlantic was 85. Our Low this morning 65. Last year on this date our High was 88 and the Low was 64. The record High in Atlantic on this date was 104 in 1933. The Record Low was 40 in 1897 & 1935.
Today: Partly cloudy to cloudy w/scattered showers & thunderstorms. High 79. S @ 10-20.
Tonight: Mo. Cldy /wscattered showers & tstrms. Low 65. S @ 5-10.
Tomorrow: Scattered morning showers & tstrms. High 83. NW @ 10.
Thursday & Friday: P/Cldy w/lighr rain possible. High both days in the low 80’s.
Thursday: P/Cldy. High 83.
Yesterday’s High in Atlantic was 69. Our Low 61. We received .34” rain, Monday. Last year on this date our High was 78 and the Low was 55. The record High in Atlantic on this date was 96 in 1914. The Record Low was 31 in 1945.
(Radio Iowa) — May rainfall ended up just a little short of being double the normal average. State Climatologist Justin Glissen says we got trapped in a pattern that wouldn’t go away. “What we were seeing is the jet stream was effectively locking in over the state, so every two or three days we would get measurable rainfall over parts of the state,” according to Glissen. “Statewide where we turned out was eight-point-two inches…and that will make it the fourth wettest May on record.”
He says average rainfall for May is four-and-half inches. The month ended up just a little cooler on average. “We were below average –not too bad, about three degrees under what we would expect. Normal temperature is about 60 degrees. We came in about 57,” Glissen says. He says with all the cloudy days, the three-degree difference from the average was a little surprising. “Not as cool as it would have seemed with all the rainfall that we had across the state,” he says.
Glisan says the climatological out early on for June showed an equal chance for both higher or lower than normal rainfall and temperatures. He says the mid-May outlook showed a little warmer and less rainfall in the outlook. “So, it looks like we might be shifting towards what we would expect climatologially across the state. June tends to be the wettest month of the year and we start to have longer days and warmers temperatures. We shall see as we move forward,” Glissen says.
The wetter than average June comes after March and April were both slightly below average in percipitation.
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