Today: Mostly cloudy with a 20% chance of freezing rain between 10am & 2pm. A high near 34. S/SE winds 10-20 mph.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 21. SE winds becoming N/NW @ 10-20.
Friday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 27. NW winds 10 to 20 mph.
Friday Night: A 30% chance of snow after midnight. A low around 7. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
Saturday: An 80% chance of snow, mainly before noon. High near 12.
Sat.y Night: Mostly clear, with a low around -10.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 14.
Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 5.
Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 34.

Wednesday’s High in Atlantic was 29. The Low this morning was 21. Last year on this date (12/11), the High in Atlantic was 19 & the Low was 11. The Record High in Atlantic on Dec. 11th, was 64 in 1965. The Record Low was -14 in 1917. Sunrise today: 7:36-a.m.; Sunset is at 4:50-p.m.

(Radio Iowa/KJAN) – The High Wind Warning expired this (Wednesday) morning, but strong gusts were continuing to blast across Iowa before they were expected to diminish this (Wed.) afternoon. National Weather Service meteorologist Brooke Hagenhoff) says some winds early this (Wednesday) morning approached 70 miles an hour. “Sixty-eight is the highest recorded so far out in Carroll,” she says. “Des Moines has gusted to 66, and parts of western Iowa towards Nebraska and South Dakota have gusted towards 69 miles per hour.” No serious injuries are reported after multiple incidents of semis blowing onto their sides on Interstates 35 and 80. Tree limbs falling on power lines caused scattered outages, while many Iowa school districts delayed the start of classes two hours.

In southwest Iowa, a semi tractor-trailer was blown off of Interstate 80 westbound east of the Marne Exit. Minor injuries were reported. And, a semi was blown-off of I-80 eastbound, near mile marker 11 in Pottawattamie County. A Street/stop sign was snapped-off at its base at 4th & Walnut, here in Atlantic, and a tree or tree debris was blocking Highway 173 north of I-80 early this (Wed.) morning, but the road had been cleared by 5:15-a.m.  Elsewhere, a power power was snapped by the winds in Page County.

Hagenhoff says the forecast calls for another wintry mix of weather tomorrow (Thursday). “Parts of northeast Iowa could see a few inches of snow. As we get towards central Iowa, maybe a little bit of a rain/snow mix, perhaps some light ice accumulations with that are possible,” Hagenhoff says. “Anything that does accumulate will be very light.” She says yet more snow is possible this weekend for wide areas of the state. “Yeah, the third consecutive week we’re forecasting snow on a Saturday for Iowa,” Hagenhoff says. “Thankfully, this round looks fairly light, maybe an inch or two, but very cold — highs in the single digits to teens on Saturday and Sunday.”

The Thanksgiving weekend storm dropped more than 16 inches of snow on some parts of the state.

Today: **WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9-A.M.**Mostly cloudy & windy, with a temperature falling to around 25 by 5pm. NW winds 20-50 mph this morning decreasing to 10-20 mph this afternoon.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 18. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light and variable.
Tomorrow: A slight chance of rain between noon through mid-afternoon, then a slight chance of snow. A high near 34. S/SE winds 5-10 mph.
Tom. Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 19.
Friday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 26.
Saturday: A 30 percent chance of snow before noon. A high near 16.
Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around -5.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 16.

Tuesday’s High in Atlantic was 48. The Low this morning was 29. Last year on this date (12/10), the High in Atlantic was 37 & the Low was 18. The Record High in Atlantic on Dec. 10th, was 58 in 1891. The Record Low was -14 in 1917. Sunrise today: 7:35-a.m.; Sunset is at 4:50-p.m.

(Radio Iowa) – Temperatures are going to warm up today (Tuesday), but you should enjoy it, because it won’t last long. National Weather Service forecaster Rod Donovan says parts of the state could get to above 40 degrees. “Right now, we’re really monitoring how much cloud cover will have across the state because that will certainly have an impact on how warm we get,” he says. “But right now, it does appear that most areas across the will get above freezing and we even have some low to mid 40s in the parts of far southern and southwest Iowa.” Donovan says we could see melting and fog across the state, and some crust on top of the snow, but that’s won’t last as 50 mile an hour winds will move in Tuesday evening.

“These fifty mile per hour winds will likely erode that quickly and result into significant blowing and drifting of snow and potentially whiteout or even blizzard conditions,” Donovan says. The wind will and blowing snow will last through tonight and into Wednesday morning. “One thing we’re really watching for is the potential for some snow showers where you could get potentially a quick one inch with that — in addition to even further reduced visibility in the falling snow,” Donvan says. “But right now the large portions is going to be really what we call like a ground blizzard where you have that existing snowpack, where a large portion of central and northern Iowa have the snowpack over six inches right now, even the Highway 20 corridor is over 15 inches.” That system will drop the temperatures and then another will bring in more snow before the week is out.

“We are going to be colder going into Wednesday right now highs in the 20s and 30s and most of that’s probably going to occur earlier in the day and then that will be similar to Thursday. And we do have that next system coming in on Thursday where we’d have another round of likely accumulating snowfall across a large portion of Iowa and they’ll be followed up by a pretty cold Friday and in upcoming weekend” Donovan says. Donovan says we haven’t had continued December storms like this in some time. “Well, it’s certainly more active than many of our past Decembers. I mean, we’ve had past Decembers we’re discussing here today, back in December 2009, December 2000 was a big one where we were extremely snowy and cold,” he says. “So we’re certainly much more active than we’ve been certainly in the past several years.”

You are advised to monitor the weather situation tonight through tomorrow for any changes in the forecast.

Today: Mostly cloudy & breezy. A high near 39. S/SW winds 5-10 mph this morning gusting up to near 30 this afternoon.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy early; Gradually becoming mostly clear. A low around 26. W/SW winds becoming W/NW @ 15-30 mph & gusting at times to near 60 mph. **WIND ADVISORY from midnight tonight until Noon on Wednesday**
Wednesday: Partly sunny & windy. A high near 30. NW @ 25-50 mph decreasing to around 10-15  in the afternoon.
Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 19.
Thursday: Cloudy, with a high near 32.
Friday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 27.
Saturday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 14.

Monday’s High in Atlantic was 32. The Low was 16. Last year on this date (12/9), the High in Atlantic was 51 & the Low was 17. The Record High in Atlantic on Dec. 9th, was 62, in 1946 & 2020. The Record Low was -17 in 1917 & 2005. Sunrise today: 7:34-a.m.; Sunset is at 4:50-p.m.

Today: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 32. Winds S @ 10-20 mph. Wind chill values as low as 5.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. West southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 43. S/SW wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Tue. Night: Mostly cloudy & windy. Low around 24. SW-NW @ 15-40 mph.
Wednesday: Partly sunny & windy, with a high near 31.
Wed. Night: A 20% chance of snow after midnight. Low around 17.
Thursday: A 20% chance of snow before noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 29.

Sunday’s High in Atlantic was 19. The Low this morning was 9. Last year on this date (12/8), the High in Atlantic was 59 & the Low was 22. The Record High in Atlantic on Dec. 8th, was 67, in 1946. The Record Low was -18 in 1917 & 1976. Sunrise today: 7:33-a.m.; Sunset is at 4:50-p.m.

Today: Cloudy through mid morning, then gradual clearing, with a temperature falling to around 15 by 5pm. N/NE winds 5-15 mph w/gusts to near 25. Wind chill values as low as 5.

Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 7. Winds becoming S/SE @ 5-10. Wind chill values as low as zero.

Tomorrow: Partly sunny, with a high near 32. Winds S @ 10-20 mph. Wind chill values as low as 5.

Tom. Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 24.

Tuesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 42; Mo. cloudy & blustery Tue. night w/a Low of 23.

Wednesday: Mostly cloudy & blustery, with a high near 31.  A 30% chance of snow Wed. night. Low 17.

Thursday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 25.

Saturday’s High in Atlantic was 34. We received .1″ of snow (A trace of precip.). Our Low this morning was 19. Last year on this date (12/7), the High in Atlantic was 59 & the Low was 27. The Record High in Atlantic on Dec. 7th, was 64, in 1894. The Record Low was -15 in 2005. Sunrise today: 7:32-a.m.; Sunset is at 4:50-p.m.

Today: Patchy fog and/or freezing fog this morning; Snow likely, mainly after 2pm. A high near 32. E/SE winds 10-25 mph.  Total daytime snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.
Tonight: A chance of rain and snow before 9pm, then a chance of snow between 9pm and midnight. A low around 13. Winds SE-N @ 15-25 mph. Wind chill values as low as 5. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
Sunday: Partly sunny, with a temperature falling to around 12 by 5pm. Winds N @ 5-15 w/gusts to near 25. Wind chill values as low as zero.
Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a steady temperature around 9. Wind chill values as low as zero.
Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 31. South winds 5-15 w/gusts to near 20 mph.
Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 21.
Tuesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 42.

Friday’s High in Atlantic was 38. The Low was 22. Last year on this date (12/6), the High in Atlantic was 44 & the Low was 17. The Record High in Atlantic on Dec. 6th, was 69, in 1939. The Record Low was -12 in 2005. Sunrise today: 7:31-a.m.; Sunset is at 4:50-p.m.

(Radio Iowa) – Another weekend, another snowstorm. Iowans are bracing for moderate to heavy snowfall for the second consecutive Saturday. Last weekend’s pre-winter blast dumped more than 16 inches of snow on parts of Iowa, and in the midst of it, five state snowplows were rear-ended by motorists. Iowa D-O-T winter operations administrator Craig Bargfrede is pleading with drivers to be vigilant and go slow — or don’t go out. “People need to make sure that you’re back into the mindset of winter driving,” Bargfrede says. “Give us room, operate your vehicle very cautiously when operating around a snow plow. Remember, we travel at much slower speeds. We can make abrupt movements.”

Pictured: Still frame image from an IA DOT snowplow video showing the plow being hit from behind during a recent Dec. 2025 snowstorm

Lack of good visibility is often one of the serious challenges of wintertime driving, and he urges extreme caution as you approach a plow from behind. “Depending upon the type of snow,” he says, “we can kick up a cloud around us that at times can actually blind you from seeing that truck.” While no serious injuries were reported in last weekend’s plow-involved accidents, he says there’s no excuse for even one such collision.  “Please, please, please, we just can’t say enough about safety and operating your vehicle around a snow plow,” Bargfrede says. “Give us room. Be patient with us. Those men and women that are operating those plows, they’re a husband, they’re a wife, they’re a father, they’re a brother, and they’re just trying to do the best job available and get home to their family safely at the end of the day.”

Forecasters say the approaching system may drop three to seven inches of snow across much of the state starting Saturday afternoon, potentially impacting travel. Check road conditions at the D-O-T’s 5-1-1-ia-dot-org.

Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 34. S/SW winds @ 5-10 this morning, becoming Westerly this afternoon. Wind chill values as low as 5.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 16.
Saturday: A 50% chance of afternoon snow, otherwise mostly cloudy, with a high near 31. E/SE winds 5-15 mph w/gusts to near 25. New snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible.
Sat. Night: Snow likely, mainly before midnight. A low around 11. SE-N winds 10-20 mph.  New snow of 1-2″ possible.
Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 17.
Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 29..
Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 39.

Thursday’s High in Atlantic was 24. The Low was -10. Last year on this date (12/5), the High in Atlantic was 23 & the Low was 7. The Record High in Atlantic on Dec. 5th, was 66, in 2001. The Record Low was -14 in 2005. Sunrise today: 7:30-a.m.; Sunset is at 4:50-p.m.