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Skyscan Weather Forecast for Atlantic & the area, 4/8/18

Weather

April 8th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Today: Snow likely before 2pm, then rain likely, possibly mixed with snow. High near 37. S/SE wind 15-30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Total daytime snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
Tonight: A chance of rain and snow before 7pm, then a chance of rain between 7pm and 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29. S/SE wind 10 to 15 mph becoming west northwest after midnight & gusting as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
Monday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 41. North wind around 10 mph.
Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 25. North wind 5 to 10 mph, becoming calm after midnight.
Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 52. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
Wednesday: Partly sunny & breezy, with a high near 67.

We broke an 82-year old record Low temperature here in Atlantic, Saturday. The old record for April 7th was 15 degrees in 1936. We dropped to 10 degrees yesterday. It doesn’t look like we’ll break any records like that today, fortunately. Saturday’s High was 44. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 76 and the Low was 53. The All-time record High for April 8th in Atlantic was 89 in 1931. The record Low was 14 in 2016.