Today: Partly sunny. High near 35. S @ 10-20 w/gusts to 25.
Tonight: Mostly Cloudy w/a slight chance of freezing drizzle mixing w/snow after midnight. Low around 27. S @ 15-25.
Wednesday: A chance of snow and freezing rain before 9am, then patchy snow and freezing drizzle through Noon. Rain/snow mix possible after Noon. High 34. S @ 10-20. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
Wednesday Night: A chance of rain and snow before midnight, then a chance of freezing drizzle. Low around 32. South wind 5 to 10 mph. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
Thursday: A 40 percent chance of rain. High near 37. S/SE @ 5-10.
Thursday Night: Rain likely before midnight, then rain and snow likely. Low around 33.
Friday: A 50% chance of rain and snow. High near 36.

Monday’s High in Atlantic was 23. Our 24-hour ending at 7-a.m. today, was 7. Last year on this date we reached 18 for a High and -2 was the low. The All-time Record High in Atlantic on this date was 62 in 2012, while the Record Low was -26 in 2010.

Early This Morning: Partly cloudy. Patchy fog. South wind around 10 mph.
Today: Partly sunny. Breezy. Patchy fog through mid morning. High in the mid 30s. South wind 10 to 20 mph.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of freezing drizzle and light snow early in the morning. Not as cold. Low in the mid 20s. South wind around 15 mph with gusts to around 25 mph.

Wednesday: Cloudy with a 40 percent chance of light snow. High in the mid 30s. South wind 10 to 15 mph.
Wednesday Night: Cloudy. A chance of light rain and light snow through midnight…then a chance of light rain and light freezing rain after midnight. Low in the lower 30s. South wind 5 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 40 percent.

Thursday: Cloudy. A chance of light rain and freezing drizzle in the morning…then a chance of light rain in the afternoon. High in the upper 30s. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
Thursday Night: Rain likely through midnight…then rain…snow and freezing rain likely after midnight. Low in the lower 30s. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.

Friday: Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow and rain. High in the mid 30s.

331 AM CST MON JAN 4 2016

EARLY THIS MORNING…CLOUDY. PATCHY FOG. NORTH WIND NEAR 5 MPH.

TODAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. PATCHY FOG THROUGH MID MORNING. HIGH IN THE MID 20S. NORTHEAST WIND NEAR 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH IN THE AFTERNOON.

TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOW 15 TO 20. SOUTH WIND 5 TO 15 MPH.

TUESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. BREEZY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 30S. SOUTH WIND 15 TO 20 MPH.

WEDNESDAY…CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW IN THE MORNING, THEN A CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN AND LIGHT SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH IN THE MID 30S. SOUTH WIND 10 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 40 PERCENT.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT…CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW. LOW IN THE LOWER 30S.

THURSDAY…CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE MORNING, THEN A CHANCE OF RAIN AND DRIZZLE IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH IN THE UPPER 30S. CHANCE OF RAIN 50 PERCENT.

The National Weather Service says it will be cooler today (Sunday) and low clouds will work their way down from Minnesota and Wisconsin making for a cloudy day as well. Highs today and Monday will only be in the 20s. Temperatures will begin to rise some for Tuesday ahead of a weak disturbance. The weak disturbance will come through Wednesday with mainly light snow during the day and some mixed precipitation at night.

A stronger system comes in for Thursday through Saturday morning bringing more mixed precipitation which will change over to all snow by late Friday. Travel conditions may deteriorate mid to especially late week. Stay tuned for future updates regarding the end of the week.

Today: Sunny, with a high near 34. Wind chill values as low as 5. West wind 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 14. Wind chill values as low as 5. West wind 5 to 10 mph becoming north after midnight.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 25. Wind chill values as low as zero. North wind around 10 mph.
Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 11. Wind chill values as low as zero. North northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 23. North wind around 5 mph becoming east southeast in the afternoon.
Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 29. Breezy.

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The month of December was much warmer and wetter than normal. Our average High for the month (at the KJAN studios, the Official National Weather Service reporting site for Atlantic), was 39.1 degrees, or 6.2 degrees warmer than the average. The average Low for Dec. 2015 was 22.3 degrees, which was 7.9 degrees warmer than normal.

Precipitation for the month (both rain and melted snowfall), amounted to 6.08 inches, which was well above the average of 1.11 inches for December. Snowfall for the month was 12.1 inches.

Precipitation for 2015 in Atlantic was 46.94 inches, or 12 inches greater than the normal annual average of 34.94 inches. The average annual high temperature for 2015 in Atlantic was 61.3 degrees, which was 1.3 degrees warmer than normal, while the average low for the 12 month period was 37.8, or 11 degrees cooler than normal.

Today: Mostly Sunny, with a high near 32. W/SW winds 10-15mph w/gusts to near 20.Wind chill values as low as zero.
Tonight: Clear, with a low around 12. W/NW @ 5-10. Wind chill values as low as 5.
Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 31. W @ 5-10. Wind chill values as low as zero. Saturday Night: Clear, with a low around 12.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 27. North northwest wind around 8 mph.
Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 9.
Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 25
Mon. Night.: Mo. Clear. Low 10.

Thursday’s High in Atlantic was 22. Our 24-hour ending at 7-a.m. today, was -1. Last year on this date we reached 34 for a High and 9 was the low. The All-time Record High in Atlantic on this date was 55 in 1939, while the Record Low was -22 in 2010.

342 AM CST FRI JAN 1 2016

EARLY THIS MORNING…MOSTLY CLEAR. WEST WIND AROUND 10 MPH.

TODAY…SUNNY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 30S. WEST WIND 10 TO 15 MPH.

TONIGHT…CLEAR. LOW AROUND 10. WEST WIND 5 TO 15 MPH.

SATURDAY…SUNNY. HIGH IN THE MID 30S. WEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.

SATURDAY NIGHT…CLEAR. LOW 10 TO 15. NORTHWEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.

SUNDAY…SUNNY. HIGH IN THE UPPER 20S. NORTH WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.

MONDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 20S.

TUESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE UPPER 20S.

Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 24. W/NW @ 10-15.Wind chills around -5.
Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 5. W/NW @ 10-20.Wind chill as low as -5.
New Year’s Day: P/Cldy. High near 30. W @ 10-20. Wind chill values as low as -5.
Friday Night: Clear, with a low around 11.
Sat./Sun:: P/Cldy. Highs both days around 30. W @ 5-10.

Wednesday’s High in Atlantic was 25. Our 24-hour ending at 7-a.m. today, was 1. We received a .1” of snow over the past 24-hours. Last year on this date we reached 20 for a High and -3 was the low. The All-time Record High in Atlantic on this date was 60 in 1891, while the Record Low was -18 in 1976.

2015 will rank among the wettest in the 143 years that Iowa weather records have been kept. There are still a few hours left in the year and State Climatologist Harry Hillaker is close to having all the calculations done. “Probably the seventh wettest year, with precipitation averaging about eight inches greater than what’s usual,” Hillaker says. “Normal’s about 35 inches and we’ve had a little over 43.25 inches of precipitation averaged over the state.”

There may be “one or two locations” in northeast Iowa that end up recording ever-so-slightly below-normal precipitation for the year. “On the other extreme, it looks like Bedford in Taylor County, southwest Iowa, looks to have had over 63 inches of precipitation this year, which would easily be a record for that location,” Hillaker says. “It’s not a statewide record, but extremely wet year in that part of southwest Iowa.”

There were several locations in southwest, western and and south central Iowa where precipitation for the year was above 50 inches. March was the seventh DRIEST March on the record in Iowa, but May, June, July, August and September all were above normal. “Then November and December, at the end of the year, way above normal,” Hillaker says. “Just generally speaking, a rather wet year.” The summer was “relatively cool” but 2015 will wind up as slightly warmer than normal year.

“A very warm end to the year,” Hillaker says. “September, October, November, December — all of the last four years — were all none of them quite records although December was kind of on a near-record pace for much of the month, but here in the last week or so December’s been much more seasonal and it’s pulling down that monthly average.”

Tornado season lasted a bit longer than normal. A handful of tornadoes struck Iowa on October 23rd, but didn’t do much damage. Hillaker says there’s still not a final tally for the number of actual tornadoes that struck Iowa on November 11th. “There were probably at least 15 tornadoes on Veterans Day,” Hillaker says, “and some of those were rather strong ones, especially across southern parts of the state.” The number of tornadoes reported during 2015 will be close to the yearly average, according to Hillaker, somewhere between 50 and 55 twisters.

(Radio Iowa)