(Radio Iowa) – January is going to end up on a warm note. National Weather Service meteorologist, Ashley Bury, says the relief is coming from the south. “We’re going to see some more southerly winds pushing some of that warmer air up into the area — so it’s going to be a nice relief to the temperatures we’ve been having on a little rollercoaster of ups and downs over the past week,” Bury says. Temperatures could be well about freezing in some parts of the state. “We’ll see temperatures increase back up into the 30s for much of the area. Some areas of eastern Iowa could still see temperatures in the 20s –but mainly areas of central and western Iowa could see values even in the 40’s for Saturday,” she says.

The warm conditions will continue into the early part of next week. “It looks like we’re still going to be in the 40s for Monday, and then as we get into the beginning of February — looks like it will kind of hold into the 30s for much of the area — and then dropping down back to the teens by Wednesday,” according to Bury. She says things aren’t usually this warm. “It’s about ten or 20 degrees about average for this time of year. The teens are bit more of what we’d expect, into February as well,” Bury says. The warmer temps will lead to more melting — and that melt will freeze again overnight. “Refreezing is definitely possible, so it’s important to be extra cautious when you are outside for that,” Bury says.

There have been times when temperatures were below zero in the last week, including some days with wind chills in the double-digits below zero.

Today: Partly-to Mostly-Sunny. High 24. N-SE wind @ 5-10 mph.
Tonight: P/Cldy. Low 12. S @ 5-10.
Tomorrow: P/Cldy. High 42. SW@ 10-15.
Sunday: P/Cldy. High 38.
Monday: P/Cldy. High 48.

Thursday’s High in Atlantic was 30. Our Low this morning was -4. Last year on this date the High in Atlantic was 27 and the Low was 9. The Record High on this date was 58 in 1931. The Record Low was -23 in 1915.

Today: Partly cloudy to cloudy. High 35. SW-NW winds @ 10-20 mph.
Tonight: P/Cldy. Low 5. NW winds @ 10-20 diminishing late.
Tomorrow: P/Cldy. High 24. S@ 5-10.
Saturday: P/Cldy. High 40.
Sunday: P/Cldy. High 38.

Wednesday’s High in Atlantic was 31. Our Low was -7. Last year on this date the High in Atlantic was 24 and the Low was -8. The Record High on this date was 61 in 1934. The Record Low was -31 in 1902.

Today: Mostly sunny. High 15. Winds N @ 10. Wind Chill values as low as -10.
Tonight: Fair to P/Cldy. Low -7. SE @ 5. WC as low as -15.
Tomorrow: P/Cldy. High 29. S @ 10-15. WC as low as -15.
Thursday: Mo. Cldy. High 32.
Friday: P/Cldy. High 24.

Monday’s High in Atlantic was 36. Our Low this morning, -4. Last year on this date the High in Atlantic was 25 and the Low was 17. The Record High on this date was 65 in 1944. The Record Low was -28 in 1894.

Today: Partly sunny, with a high near 26. Wind chill values as low as zero. North wind 10 to 15 mph becoming light and variable. Winds could gust as high as 21 mph.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a temperature rising to around 29 by 5am. South wind 8 to 13 mph becoming west after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 18 mph.
Monday: Partly sunny, with a temperature rising to near 34 by 11am, then falling to around 23 during the remainder of the day. Breezy, with a west wind 8 to 16 mph becoming north in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 22 mph.
Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 13. North wind 3 to 8 mph.
Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 24. Breezy.

Saturday’s high was 42 and the low was 12. This day last year the high was 29 and the low was 16. The all-time record high for today’s date was 60 set in 1981. The record low was -24 in 1948.

TODAY: Partly cloudy skies. NW winds 10-20 diminishing this afternoon. High 35

TONIGHT: Partly cloudy to cloudy skies. South winds 10-15. Low 18

SUNDAY: Partly cloudy to cloudy skies. North winds 10-15. High 26

MONDAY: Partly cloudy to cloudy skies. High 36

TUESDAY: Partly cloudy skies. High 15

Yesterday’s high was 26 and the low was -2. This day last year the high was 24 and the low was 9. The all-time record high for today’s date was 60 set in 1967. The record low was -27 in 1930. Sunset tonight is 5:23 p.m. and sunrise Sunday will be at 7:40 a.m.