Today: **RED FLAG WARNING from Noon until 6-p.m. for critical fire weather conditions (strong winds & low humidity)** Sunny & windy. High near 61. W/SW winds @ 15-2o this morning, gusting to around 40 this afternoon.
Tonight: Mostly clear & windy with a low around 23. N/NW winds @ 15-30 decreasing after midnight.
Tomorrow: Sunny, with a high near 38. North wind 5 to 10 mph.
Tom. Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 20.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 51.
Sun. Night: Mostly cloudy w/a 40% chance of rain. Low around 36.
Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 56.
Tuesday: Cloudy & breezy w/rain likely, mainly after noon. High near 55.

Today: Sunny & breezy with a high near 55. NW winds 10-25 mph.
Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 37. SW winds 5-15 mph w/gusts to near 25 mph.
Tomorrow: Sunny & windy. A high near 60. W/SW winds 10-20 mph becoming NW & gusting to near 40 mph.
Tom. Night: Partly cloudy & blustery, with a low around 23. NW winds @ 10-25 mph.
Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 41.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 50.
Sun. Night: A 30% chance of rain after midnight. Low around 33.
Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 54.

Wednesday’s High in Atlantic was 59. The Low was 32. Last year on this date (Feb. 27th), the High in Atlantic was 54 & the Low was 6. The Record High was 71 in 2016. The Record Low was -16 in 1960. Sunrise: 6:58; Sunset: 6:08.

(Omaha, NE) – The National Weather Service issued the first Severe Thunderstorm Warning in Iowa for 2025, Tuesday night – and we’re not even officially into Spring. The warning was issued at around 9:42-p.m., and was for thunderstorm winds at around around 60-miles per hour.

Thunderstorm Image from ready.iowa.gov (File photo)

The Warning went out for parts of Montgomery and Page Counties, as the storm cell made its way eastward at around 50-mph. Earlier (at around 9:19-p.m.), a 61-mph gust of wind was recorded by a personal weather station two-miles northwest of Silver City, in Mills County.

The Weather Service attributed the sudden, intense storm to what’s called a “Heat Burst,” a rare weather event that causes a sudden increase in air temperature near the ground.  It’s most often associated with a dying thunderstorm.

There were no reports of damage.  Spring, by-the-way, begins March 20th. Thunderstorms can occur at any time of the year, but they are most often associated with late Spring through early Summer, in the Midwest. The peak months of May and June are most often associated with tornadic activity.

Today: Mostly sunny & breezy, with a high near 55. NW winds 15-30 mph.
Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 32. W/NW winds 10-25 mph.
Tomorrow: Sunny & breezy. A high near 54. NW @ 10-25 mph.
Tom. Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 34. W-SW @ 5-15 mph w/gusts to near 20 mph.
Friday: Sunny & windy, with a high near 61.
Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 42.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 50.

Tuesday’s High in Atlantic was 64. The Low was 26. Last year on this date (Feb. 26th), the High in Atlantic was 78 & the Low was 27. The Record High was 78 in 2004. The Record Low was -28 in 1963. Sunrise: 6:59; Sunset: 6:06.

Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 61. Light and variable wind becoming S/SW @ 10-20 mph.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy w/a chance of sprinkles after midnight. Low around 36. S-W/NW @ 10-20 mph.
Tomorrow: Mostly sunny & breezy, with a high near 52. NW winds 10-25 mph.
Tom. Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 30.
Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 52.
Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 31.
Friday: Mostly sunny & windy, with a high near 63.

Monday’s High in Atlantic was 66. Our (24-hour) Low this morning, was 27. Last year on this date (Feb. 25th), the High in Atlantic was 69 & the Low was 19. The Record High was 70 in 1995. The Record Low was -14 in 2010. Sunrise: 7:01; Sunset: 6:05.

Today: Partly sunny, with a high near 57. West wind 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 28. West northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
Tomorrow: Mostly sunny, with a high near 57. Light and variable wind becoming S/SW at 5-10 in the afternoon.
Tom. Night: Mostly cloudy w/a 30% chance of rain after midnight. Low around 35.
Wednesday: Mostly sunny & breezy, with a high near 50.
Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 30.
Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 51.

Sunday’s High in Atlantic was 57. The Low was 16. Last year on this date (Feb. 24th), the High in Atlantic was 58 & the Low was 15. The Record High was 76 in 1930. The Record Low was -15 in 1894. Sunrise: 7:02; Sunset: 6:04.

Today: Sunny, with a high near 47. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight: Increasing clouds, with a low around 28. S/SW wind 5 to 10 mph.
Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 52. West wind 5 to 10 mph.
Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 28.
Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 57. S/SW winds 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Tuesday Night: A 30% chance of rain after midnight. Low around 35.
Wednesday: Mostly sunny & breezy, with a high near 51.
Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 54.

Saturday’s High in Atlantic was 36. The Low was 11. Last year on this date (Feb. 23rd), the High in Atlantic was 56 & the Low was 15. The Record High was 65 in 2002. The Record Low was -22 in 1989. Sunrise: 7:04; Sunset: 6:03.

Today: Sunny, with a high near 32. SW winds 5-10. Wind chill values as low as -5.
Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 19. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
Tomorrow: Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 41. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
Tom. Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27.
Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 48.
Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 53.
Wednesday: Mostly sunny & breezy, with a high near 51.

Friday’s High in Atlantic was 20. The 24-hour Low was -18 (at 4:45-a.m. today we were at 12 degrees). Last year on this date (Feb. 22nd), the High in Atlantic was 66 and the Low was 24. The Record High was 71, in 2017, and the Record Low was -14 in 1894. Sunrise: 7:06. Sunset: 6:02.

(Radio Iowa) – Our furnaces are going to get a chance to slow down and going outside isn’t going to require multiple layers as we hit a warmup from the sub-zero temperatures and windchills this weekend. National Weather Service Meteorologist Dylan Dodson says the cold air that’s been sitting on the state is moving out. “That’s going to be kind of moving off to our east through the weekend, and then we’re going to kind of get that warmer slowly flow that kind of brings those warmer temperatures back up into us into next week,” he says. “So just kind of a change in air masses that’s going to be overhead that, you know, bringing some warmer air to us.” We are going from high temperatures that barely hit double digits, to well above seasonal highs.

“Saturday we’ll be working up into the 30s. And then by Sunday, we’ll be looking at, you know, 30s and 40s across the area for the highs,” Dodson says. “So temperatures really warming up into the weekend. And then as we get into next week, we could be looking at, you know, 40s and potentially 50s into early next week.” He expects the snow to diminish quite a bit as temperatures rise. “That should start to melt off. It’s tough to say, obviously, how quickly that’ll happen, because the snow will also work to cool those temperatures down as it melts. But yeah, as we start getting these warmer temperatures for more days, it’ll start melting off that snow, for sure,” he says. Dodson says as we head into the last week of February we are getting closer and closer to spring.

“Normal temperatures as we get through the end of February and into the beginning of March, they really start, you know, climbing back up for around this time of year. You know, sun angles getting a little bit better or a little bit higher in the sky,” he says. “So we’re definitely starting to, going to start trending that way. You know, the cold is not over yet. I won’t say that we’re, we’re going straight to spring.” Dodson says the warm up is really going to feel balmy. “Yeah, when you’ve got a feels like overnight in the minus 20s, minus 30s, and then you go up to 40 to 50 degrees above zero, it’s going to feel warmer, for sure.”

Today: *Cold Weather Advisory for dangerously cold wind chills until 9-a.m.** Sunny, with a high near 16. SW winds 10-20. Wind chill values as low as -20.
Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 4. S/SW winds 10-20.  Wind chill values as low as -10.
Tomorrow: Sunny, with a high near 30. SW winds 5-10 mph. Wind chill values as low as -10.
Tom. Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 18.
Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 40.
Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29.
Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 49.
Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 31.
Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 53.

Thursday’s High in Atlantic was 13. Our Low this morning was -18. Last year on this date (Feb. 21st), the High in Atlantic was 68 and the Low was 29. The Record High was 68, in 2024, and the Record Low was -19 in 1984. Sunrise: 7:07. Sunset: 6:00.