Today: Patchy fog before 10-a.m.; Mostly cloudy w/a sight chance evening showers &  thunderstorms (after 5-p.m.). A high near 83. E/SE breeze at 5-10 mph this morning.
Tonight: A 40% chance of showers & thunderstorms, mainly after 8pm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Low around 69. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.
Saturday: Cloudy in the morning w/a 30% chance of showers & thunderstorms, mainly before 7am. Gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 86. South wind 5 to 10 mph. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 71. South wind around 5 mph.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 92.
Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 73.
Monday: Sunny, with a high near 94.
Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 72.
Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 90.

Thursday’s High in Atlantic was 83. The Low was 68. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 89 and the Low was 69. The Record High in Atlantic on July 25th was 117 in 1936 (That was also the ALL-TIME Record High ever recorded in Atlantic). The Record Low was 44 in 1894. Sunrise today: 6:07; Sunset tonight: 8:44.

(Radio Iowa) – Today’s (Thursday) updated Drought Monitor report shows Iowa is close to being drought free. The U-S Drought Monitor map shows only about four percent of the state now has drought conditions. Most of Wappello County still has moderate drought, with some across the county line into Monroe and Davis County in southeast Iowa. There’s also some abnormally dry conditions in those counties. A sliver of moderate drought is hanging on in southwest Iowa, along the western edge of Mills County.

There’s some abnormally dry conditions in nearby Fremont and Page counties. The year started with 94 percent of the state with some type of drought condition.

Official reports from National Weather Service Cooperative Observers:

Atlantic (KJAN), .64″

Atlantic (7.1 miles N/NE), .52″

Creston (8.3 miles W/NW), .80″

Council Bluffs (2.1 miles S/SE), .35″

Dunlap (5.4 miles N/NW), .88″

Earling (2.4 miles SE), .60″

Elk Horn (.2 mile S/SE), .49″

Emerson (3.2 miles NE), 1.49″

Hastings (1.5 miles NW), 1.00″

Kirkman, 1.00″

Manning, .86″

Massena, .73″

Missouri Valley (2.1 miles N/NE), .40″

New Market (4.7 miles N), .65″

Pacific Junction (3.9 mile N), .96″

Thurman (7.1 miles S/SE), 2.89″

Woodbine, .76″

Other, unofficial reports:

Anita & Audubon, .50″ each

NW of Avoca, .90″

Bridgewater, 1.00″; (SE of Bridgewater, .80″)

Clarinda, .95″

Harlan, 1.30″

Lenox, 1.25″

Marne, .75″

North of Neola, .75″

Shenandoah, 1.73″

Stanton, 1.12″

Villisca, .50″

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1236 AM Tstm Wnd Gst Bagley  E75 MPH Guthrie IA Emergency Mngr

1214 AM Tstm Wnd Gst 1 NW Coon Rapids M82 MPH Carroll IA Mesonet Measured by personal weather station near intersection of storms along pre-existing outflow boundary.

1204 AM Tstm Wnd Gst 2 S Willey M67 MPH Carroll IA Mesonet measured by personal weather station.

Today: Showers ending this morning, w/a 40% chance of showers & thunderstorms again this afternoon. Mostly cloudy. A high near 82. Winds South @ 5-10 this morning switching to the North this afternoon. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight: A 50% chance of showers & thunderstorms. A low around 69. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday: A 60% chance of showers & some thunderstorms. High near 80. East wind 5 to 10 mph. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Fri. Night: A 50% chance of showers & thunderstorms. Low around 68. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 87.
Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 70.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 93.

Wednesday’s High in Atlantic was 90. The Low was 69. We received .64″ rain overnight in Atlantic, at KJAN. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 88 and the Low was 61. The Record High in Atlantic on July 24th was 110 in 1901. The Record Low was 42 in 1905. Sunrise today: 6:06; Sunset tonight: 8:45.

Today: **HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON UNTIL 8-PM for heat index values as high as 105 degrees** Sunny, breezy & hot. A high near 93. Heat index value around 103. Winds South at 10-20 mph gusting to near 25. Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat illnesses. Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors.
Tonight: Increasing cloudiness w/a 60% chance of showers & thunderstorms, mainly after midnight. Low around 70. Wind S @ 10-20 mph. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tomorrow: Showers & thunderstorms likely, mainly before 7-a.m & then again after 1-p.m; Mostly cloudy. A high near 84. S/SW Winds 5-10 becoming N/NW in the afternoon. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tom. Night: A 30% chance of showers & thunderstorms. A low around 68.
Friday: A 40% chance of showers & thunderstorms. High near 83.
Friday Night: A 30% chance of showers & thunderstorms through midnight. A low around 68.
Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 88.

Tuesday’s High in Atlantic was 87. The Low was 73. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 85 and the Low was 60. The Record High in Atlantic on July 23rd was 105 in 1901. The Record Low was 45 in 1904 & 1956. Sunrise today: 6:05; Sunset tonight: 8:46.

(Radio Iowa) – Forecasters say Iowa is in for a string of hot, humid and MUGGY days. National Weather Service meteorologist Alexis Jimenez says most of the state will be cooking this afternoon, tomorrow, and likely daily into the weekend. “We’ll see highs probably in the low 90s,” Jimenez says, “but the bigger story will be how hot it will feel because of that humidity.” The combined heat and humidity creates a heat index, what some call a misery index, and it’s expected to feel like it’s at least 105 degrees in many Iowa communities during the afternoons, and in some places, it’ll feel like it’s even hotter.

“Portions of southeast Iowa especially will not only be hot during the day, but even overnight their lows probably won’t get much lower than 75 degrees,” Jimenez says, “so even at night, there won’t be a ton of relief.”

Today’s (Tuesday’s) leg of the statewide bicycle ride RAGBRAI is the longest of the week-long adventure, at nearly 74 miles from Estherville to Forest City. State softball and baseball tournaments are also underway.

Today: Partly sunny w/a 30% chance of showers or thunderstorms. A high near 89. Winds South @ 10-25 mph. ,
Tonight: Other than a slight chance of showers this evening, skies should be mostly clear, with a low around 73. Winds S @ 10-20 mph.
Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 93. Heat index values as high as 101. South wind 10 to 20 mph.
Wed. Night: A 40% chance of showers & thunderstorms after 1am. A low around 70.
Thursday: Partly sunny w/a 50% chance of showers & thunderstorms, mainly after 1pm. A high near 84.
Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy w/a 30% chance of showers & thunderstorms. A low around 67.
Friday: Partly sunny w/a slight chance of showers & thunderstorms. A high near 86.

Monday’s High in Atlantic was 84. The Low was 70. We received .02″ Monday, in Atlantic (at KJAN). Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 85 and the Low was 57. The Record High in Atlantic on July 22nd was 109 in 1901. The Record Low was 45 in 1956. Sunrise today: 6:04; Sunset tonight: 8:47.

(Atlantic, Iowa) – KJAN listeners and social media followers provided photos of funnel clouds that formed late Sunday evening south of Wiota, near Anita, and northwest of Atlantic. The first reports of a funnel being seen was south of Wiota, at around 5:12-p.m.

A short while later, two separate funnels were spotted near Lake Anita and the Anita Sale Barn. KJAN received several pictures of both phenomenon, referred to by the National Weather Service as “Cold Air funnels.”

A little after 5:30-p.m., the Weather Service sent out a Special Weather Statement advising “Funnel clouds are possible due to current atmospheric conditions. These funnel clouds are typically brief, drop only a few hundred feet from the cloud base, and rarely become a tornado or cause damage.”

They urged persons seeing them, to report their observances to the National Weather Service. Another funnel was observed northwest of Atlantic, just before 6-p.m., Sunday.

There were no confirmed reports of any funnels reaching the ground, and no injuries were r

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Today: Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 87. Heat index values as high as 100. SE wind 10-20 mph.
Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 74. S/SE wind 5 to 10 mph.
Tomorrow: Mostly sunny, with a high near 92. Heat index values as high as 102. S/SE winds 10-25 mph.
Tom. Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 73. South winds 10-20 mph.
Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 94.
Wed. Night: A 30% chance of showers & thunderstorms late; Partly cloudy, with a low around 70.
Thursday: A 50% chance of showers & thunderstorms, mainly after 1pm; Partly sunny, with a high near 88.

Sunday’s High in Atlantic was 90. The Low was 70. We received .97″ Sunday evening in Atlantic (at KJAN). Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 83 and the Low was 56. The Record High in Atlantic on July 21st, was 107 in 1934. The Record Low was 44 in 1894. Sunrise today: 6:03; Sunset tonight: 8:48.