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Skyscan Forecast for Atlantic & the area, 7/11/18

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July 11th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

**HEAT ADVISORY in effect this afternoon and this evening**

Today: Partly cloudy. High 94. S @ 10-15 mph.

Tonight: P/Cldy. Low 74. S @ 5-10.

Tomorrow: P/Cldy. High 94. S @ 10-15.

Friday: Variably cloudy w/scattered showers & thunderstorms. High 90.

Saturday: V/Cldy w/scattered shwrs & tstrms. High 88.

Yesterday’s High in Atlantic was 93. Our Low this morning 68. Last year on this date our High was 93 and the Low was 70. The record High in Atlantic on this date was 104 in 1936. The Record Low was 43 in 1895.

Skyscan Forecast for Atlantic & the area, 7/10/18

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July 10th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Today: P/Cloudy, warm & humid. High 92. E @ 5-10.

Tonight: P/Cldy. Low 72. SE @ 5.

Tomorrow: P/Cldy. High 94. S @ 10-20 mph.

Thursday: P/Cldy w/a chance of thundershowers late. High 94.

Friday: Variably cloudy w/scattered shwrs & tstrms. High 90.

Yesterday’s High in Atlantic was 91. Our Low this morning 66. Last year on this date our High was 90 and the Low was 69. The record High in Atlantic on this date was 104 in 1930 and 1936. The Record Low was 46 in 1895 & 1996.

Skyscan Forecast for Atlantic & the area: Monday, July 9th 2018

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July 9th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Today: Partly cloudy. High 93. SW @ 10-15.

Tonight: P/Cldy w/isolated showers possible. Low 74. SW-N @ 5.

Tomorrow: P/Cldy. High 91. NE @ 5-10.

Wednesday: P/Cldy. High 92.

Thursday: P/Cldy w/a chance of afternoon showers. High 93.

Yesterday’s High in Atlantic was 87. Our Low was 62. Last year on this date our High was 91 and the Low was 63. The record High in Atlantic on this date was 104 in 1930. The Record Low was 37 in 1895.

Skyscan Weather Forecast for Atlantic & the area, 7/8/2018

Weather

July 8th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Today: Sunny, with a high near 86. South wind 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight: Clear, with a low around 63. South southeast wind around 7 mph.
Monday: Sunny, with a high near 89. Southwest wind 6 to 9 mph.
Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 68. Southwest wind around 5 mph becoming light and variable.
Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 88. East wind around 7 mph.
Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 68.
Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 89.

Skyscan Forecast Saturday 07/06/2018

Podcasts, Weather

July 7th, 2018 by admin

Skyscan Forecast   Saturday, July 6, 2018  Richard Garuckas

Today: Mostly sunny. High 83. SSE @ 5-10.

Tonight: Mostly clear. Low 61. SE @ 5-10.

Sunday: Mostly sunny. High 87. S @ 5-10.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear. Low 64.

Monday: Mostly sunny. Hot and humid. High 90.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny. High 91.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny. High 91.

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Iowa Flood Center director recommends planning for ever larger flood events

News, Weather

July 6th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

The head of the Iowa Flood Center says “for the time being” the flood threat has subsided in Iowa.  “Some rivers, mostly in the north, are at elevated stage levels, some exceeding flood levels. And, of course, water flows downstream, so we expect tat some stations downstream will also experience hopefully minor flooding.” Hydrologist Witold Krajewski is the director of the Iowa Flood Center at the University of Iowa.

Krajewski says the peak flood season in Iowa is typically in May, June and early July — and the data shows flooding is becoming a “common” occurrence.  “We are experiencing this. The temperatures and the humidity are slowly increasing and those are favorable conditions for precipitation,” Krajewski says. He recommends that city and county officials pour over the flood prediction maps his center has developed for Iowa and make plans for responding to flood levels that haven’t yet been seen in Iowa.

Krajewski made his comments during taping of the “Iowa Press” program for Iowa Public Television.

(Radio Iowa)

Skyscan Forecast for Atlantic & the area, 7/6/18

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July 6th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Today: Mo. Sunny, High 84. NE @ 10.

Tonight: Fair to Partly Cloudy. Low 60.

Tomorrow: P/Cldy. High 86. SE @ 10.

Sunday: P/Cldy. High 89.

Monday: P/Cldy w/isolated showers & thunderstorms. High 91.

Yesterday’s High in Atlantic was 83. Our Low this morning was 58. Last year on this date our High was 90 and the Low was 64. The record High in Atlantic on this date was 106 in 1937. The Record Low was 47 in 1967 & 2006.

Skyscan Forecast for Atlantic & the area, 7/5/18

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July 5th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Today: Mostly cloudy w/scattered showers & thunderstorms, mainly this morning. High 84. N @ 5-10.

Tonight: Partly cloudy. Low 64. N @ 5.

Tomorrow: P/Cldy. High 84. N@ 5-10.

Saturday & Sunday: P/Cldy. Highs in the mid-80’s.

Yesterday’s High in Atlantic was 91. Our Low this morning (as of 5:15-a.m.) was 69. Last year on this date our High was 89 and the Low was 64. The record High in Atlantic on this date was 107 in 1911. The Record Low was 41 in 1972.

Strong storms possible today (7/4)

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July 4th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

The National Weather Service says Mother Nature could provide her own version of fireworks today. Thunderstorms are expected to develop across much of northern Iowa, and become more widespread into the late afternoon and evening hours. Some severe storms will be possible, with damaging wind and large hail the main severe threats. Heavy rainfall is possible with the storms, which may lead to localized flash flooding.The timing for development of storms is anywhere from 2-p.m. until Midnight. Keep it tuned to KJAN, our website or mobile apps, for any weather watches or warnings that may be issued.

El Nino is coming along with potential for warmer winter ahead

Ag/Outdoor, News, Weather

July 4th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

An El Nino Watch is being issued by the Climate Prediction Center, as conditions become favorable for the development of another round of Pacific Ocean warming. Meteorologist Dennis Todey, director of the U-S-D-A’s Midwest Climate Hub, based in Ames, says we’ll likely feel the impact in a few months. “We could see an El Nino occur probably into the fall, is what I would guess we’re looking at,” Todey says. “There is a fairly decent pool of warm water in the subsurface in the equatorial Pacific. When you start seeing that and the computer models all line up I’d say, yeah, we’re probably headed that way.”

Farmers across Iowa will need to take particular note as the weather pattern often shifts the region’s climate. Todey says the impacts of the developing El Nino will be felt late this year into next. “We have an increased chance of being warmer during the wintertime with El Nino,” he says. “The storm track moves up a little bit further north, you may have more mixed-precipitation-types of storms with the warmer temperatures than overall snowfalls.”  Todey says they are also watching the current warming trend across the Northern Plains. “Even if you’ve got decent soil moisture, warmer temperatures start to extract more water from the soil because of higher atmospheric demand,” Todey says. “We’re getting to that time of year where corn is starting to use more water anyway. That’s a more immediate concern and then it becomes how much more precipitation are we really going to get, and that’s been a tough call so far this year.”

Todey says a La Nina — or cooling of the ocean — ended last year and we’ve been in a neutral phase since then.

(Radio Iowa)