Today: Sunny, with a high near 71. Southwest wind 5 to 7 mph becoming north northwest in the afternoon.
Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 36. Northeast wind around 7 mph.
Columbus Day: Patchy frost before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 60. Light and variable wind becoming northwest 5 to 10 mph in the morning.
Monday Night: Patchy frost after 2am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with a low around 33. North wind 3 to 6 mph.
Tuesday: Areas of frost before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 65. Calm wind becoming south southeast around 6 mph in the morning.
Tuesday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 46. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 66. Breezy.
Saturday’s High in Atlantic was 62. The low was 34. Last year on this date, the high in Atlantic was 65 and the low was 34. The record high for Oct. 8th was 93 in 1893, and the record low was 19 in 1908 & 2000. Sunrise is at 7:24. Sunset is at 6:50.
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231 AM CDT Fri Oct 6 2023
…FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM EARLY SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH 9 AM SATURDAY…
* WHAT…Temperatures near or just above freezing will promote frost formation.
* IMPACTS…Frost could kill sensitive outdoor vegetation if left uncovered.
Frost Advisory for counties in light blue; Freeze Warning for counties in purple.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
Today: Scattered showers, mainly before 8am. Cloudy through mid morning, then clearing, with a high near 55. Windy, with a northwest wind 20 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 37 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Tonight: **Frost Advisory overnight** Areas of frost after 5am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with a low around 34. Northwest wind 7 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.
Saturday: **Frost Advisory through 9-a.m** Sunny, with a high near 59. West northwest wind 6 to 11 mph.
Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 37. Southwest wind around 6 mph.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 70.
Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 36.
Columbus Day: Sunny, with a high near 59.
Thursday’s High in Atlantic was 71. The Low was 43. We received .03″ of rain this morning (as of 7-a.m.). Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 69 and the Low was 38. The Record High for Oct. 6 in Atlantic was 91in 1963 & 1997, and the Record Low was 15, in 2012. Sunrise is at 7:22. Sunset at 6:54.
Today: Sunny, with a high near 71. Windy, with a northwest wind 5 to 10 mph increasing to 16 to 21 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 28 mph.
Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 42. West wind 7 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Tomorrow: A 20 percent chance of showers before 11am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 53. Windy, with a northwest wind 14 to 24 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph.
Tom. Night: Patchy frost after 3am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with a low around 32. Northwest wind 7 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.
Saturday: Areas of frost before 9am. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 58.
Sunday: Areas of frost before 7am. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 68.
Wednesday’s High in Atlantic was 71. The Low was 43. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 75 and the Low was 43. The Record High for Oct. 5 in Atlantic was 93 in 1963, and the Record Low was 22, in 2012. Sunrise is at 7:20. Sunset at 6:55.
Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 72. West northwest wind around 10 mph.
Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 48. West southwest wind 5 mph.
Tomorrow: Sunny, with a high near 71. Breezy, with a west southwest wind at 10-20 becoming northwesterly.
Friday: Mostly sunny & windy, w/a 30% chance of showers. High near 55.
Friday Night: Mostly clear & breezy, with a low around 34.
Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 57.
Tuesday’s High in Atlantic was 83. The Low was 61. We received .52″ rain overnight Tuesday into this (Wed.) morning. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 83 and the Low was 50. The Record High for Oct. 4 in Atlantic was 90 in 1938 & 2005, and the Record Low was 20, in 1968. Sunrise is at 7:19. Sunset at 6:57.
State Climatologist Justin Glisan says the month that just ended will be one of the warmer Septembers in the state weather book. “So we’re about 67 degrees as the average temperature for the state, and that’s almost four degrees above average,” Glisan says. “So looking at the preliminary record going back 151 years, looks like we’ll be in the top 20 warmest September’s on record.” Glisan says the final week of September really impacted the final number. “The last seven days we averaged almost 10 degrees above average,” he says. Glisan says September’s precipitation total didn’t do a lot to help pull the state out of the drought.
“We’re about one-point-four-two (1.42) inches below average on the precipitation side. Typically we’re about three and a half inches and we were about two inches over the last 30 days,” he says. Glisan says the short-term forecasts are signaling continued dry weather. “And then with that warmer temperature signal, a dry signal as well for the first half of the month. Looking at the overall climate prediction center outlooks, we see above average chances for warmer conditions for the entire month — but equal chances — we’re right in between wetter chances to our west and very dry conditions possible in the eastern part of the Corn Belt, right in the middle. So equal chances of above below or near average,” Glisan says.
He says that outlook is for the next seven to ten days.
Today: Partly sunny & windy, w/a slight chance of showers & thunderstorms late this afternoon. High 82. S @ 10-20 w/gusts to near 30 mph.
Tonight: Cloudy w/showers & thunderstorms after midnight. Low around 59. S/SW @ 10-20 w/gusts to near 30.New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tomorrow: Mostly sunny, with a high near 72. W/NW winds 10 mph.
Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 71.
Friday: Mo. Sunny & windy w/a slight chance of showers. High near 55.
Monday’s High in Atlantic was 88. The Low was 62. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 79 and the Low was 43. The Record High for Oct. 3rd in Atlantic was 95 in 1997, and the Record Low was 23, in 2010. Sunrise is at 7:18. Sunset at 7:00.
(Radio Iowa) – Forecasters say it may be one of “those” weeks in Iowa where we have to run the air conditioner one day and the furnace on the next to stay comfy. Meteorologist Marvin Percha, at the National Weather Service, says it’s been unseasonably hot and very un-October-like, with record highs that have stood for decades broken over the weekend. “Temperature records, many of them in the low 90s, were either tied or broken, 92 at Des Moines, 91 at Waterloo,” Percha says. “It’s been impressive, especially the number of days in a row since we’re at day three or four in all of this now.” Percha says he expects more near-records today (Monday) with the forecast calling for highs in the upper 80s and low 90s across much of Iowa.
“And then tomorrow will be slightly cooler with temperatures falling in the mid to upper 80s, but relief is on the way,” Percha says. “We’re going to have a front that’s going to be moving in Tuesday into Wednesday, certainly it will drop temperatures much closer to normal and give us at least a chance for some rainfall.” Within a few days, Iowans may be wishing for the warmer weather we now have as the chill of fall will settle in soon enough.
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“We’re going to have a series of cold fronts moving in, in the latter part of the week and into the weekend,” Percha says. “As a matter of fact, we looking at our first chance for frost and freezing temperatures by the end of the week, especially into Saturday morning. Many areas, certainly looking at lows likely falling into the 30s and there’s a chance that they might be approaching freezing levels as well.” Keep up with the changing forecast at weather-dot-gov.
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