Today: Mostly cloudy & breezy. High near 32. NW @ 15-25.
Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 15. W/NW @ 10-15.
Friday: P/Cldy. High near 32. W/SW @ 10-15 w/gusts to near 25.
Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 15
Saturday: P/Cldy. High near 40. SE/S @ 10-20.
Sunday: P/Cldy & breezy. High near 40.
Wednesday’s High in Atlantic was 34. Our 24-hour ending at 7-a.m. today, was 27.
Last year on this date we reached 31for a High and 12 was the low. The All-time Record High in Atlantic on this date was 65 in 1939, while the Record Low was -18 in 1951.
340 AM CST THU DEC 17 2015
EARLY THIS MORNING…MOSTLY CLOUDY. NORTHWEST WIND 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH.
TODAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 30S. NORTHWEST WIND 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH.
TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW 15 TO 20. WEST WIND 10 TO 15 MPH.
FRIDAY…SUNNY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 30S. WEST WIND 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH.
SATURDAY…SUNNY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 40S. SOUTH WIND 5 TO 15 MPH.
SUNDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGH IN THE MID 40S.
Early this morning: A slight chance of rain and snow after 5am. Cloudy, with a low around 34. Windy, with a south southwest wind 22 to 24 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Today: A chance of rain and snow, mainly before 7am. Cloudy, with a temperature falling to around 29 by 5pm. Windy, with a south southwest wind 18 to 23 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 31 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 22. Breezy, with a west northwest wind 11 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.
Thursday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 30. Blustery, with a northwest wind 13 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.
Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 19. West northwest wind 9 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.
Friday: Sunny, with a high near 30. Blustery.
Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 40.
Crawford-Carroll-Sac Counties…A Flood Warning remains in effect until 10:45-a.m. today (Tuesday). Many county roads were closed as of early this morning.
Flood Warnings remain in effect through Wednesday or until the warning is cancelled, for the following rivers in southwest Iowa:
EARLY THIS MORNING…CLOUDY. AREAS OF FOG. PATCHY DRIZZLE. EAST WIND NEAR 5 MPH.
TODAY…CLOUDY. AREAS OF FOG THROUGH MID MORNING. PATCHY DRIZZLE UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON…THEN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN AND DRIZZLE LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. BREEZY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 40S. EAST WIND 5 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 20 PERCENT.
TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN AND DRIZZLE IN THE EVENING…THEN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN BEFORE MIDNIGHT. LOW IN THE MID 30S. SOUTH WIND AROUND 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT.
WEDNESDAY…CLOUDY…BREEZY. HIGH IN THE MID 30S. WEST WIND 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH.
THURSDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 30S. NORTHWEST WIND 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH.
FRIDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE UPPER 20S.
The National Weather Service in Omaha has cancelled Flood Warnings previously in effect for the West Nishnabotna River At Hancock, affecting Pottawattamie County.
* At 1:00 AM Tuesday the stage was 13.4 feet…or 0.6 feet below flood stage.
* Flood stage is 14.0 feet.
* Fell below flood stage at 10:24 PM Monday.
* Forecast…The river will continue to fall to 6.6 feet by tomorrow morning.
1106 AM CST MON DEC 14 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR…
CRAWFORD COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
CALHOUN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
CARROLL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
SAC COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
* UNTIL 1045 AM CST TUESDAY
* AT 1049 AM CST…DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE AREA. RECENT REPORTS INDICATE THAT STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF THREE TO FIVE INCHES HAVE ALREADY FALLEN…WITH ADDITIONAL LIGHT PRECIPITATION POSSIBLE THROUGH AFTERNOON.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MIGHT EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…
CARROLL…DENISON…SAC CITY…ROCKWELL CITY…LAKE CITY…
MANSON…MANNING…COON RAPIDS…GLIDDEN…LAKE VIEW…ODEBOLT…
SOUTH TWIN LAKE…NORTH TWIN LAKE…BLACK HAWK LAKE…SCHLESWIG…
WALL LAKE…MANILLA…SCHALLER…POMEROY AND EARLY.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING ON THE NORTH RACCOON RIVER FROM SAC CITY TO LANESBORO. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HAS ALSO REPORTED THAT EAST OTTER CREEK IS OUT OF ITS BANKS NEAR KIRON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS…AS WELL AS FARM AND COUNTRY ROADS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-PAGE COUNTIES..
853 AM CST MON DEC 14 2015
…SLIPPERY ROADS ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING…
A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING…BUT SHOULD
BE ENDING ACROSS THE AREA BY NOON. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN IN
THE MID 30S…SO SOME MELTING OF SNOW WILL OCCUR…BUT AN INCH OR
TWO OF SLUSHY ACCUMULATION CAN BE EXPECTED…ESPECIALLY ACROSS
WESTERN IOWA.
ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR MORNING DESTINATION. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR SLIPPERY OR ICY ROADS…AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN SNOW OR FROM ROAD SPRAY.
817 AM CST MON DEC 14 2015
The National Weather Service in Omaha has issued a
* Flood Warning for
The Nodaway River At Clarinda.
* until Tuesday morning…or until the warning is cancelled.
* At 8:00 AM Monday the stage was 23.7 feet…or 0.7 feet above
flood stage.
* Flood stage is 23.0 feet.
* Minor flooding is occurring and Minor flooding is forecast.
* Impact…at 24.0 feet…Additional lowlands, some farmlands, and
county roads flood.
Today: Rain, possibly mixed with snow at times thru early this afternoon. High near 40. NW @ 20-40mph, diminishing late. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
Tonight: Cloudy to P/Cldy. Low around 25. NW-E @ 5 to 10mph.
Tomorrow: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 44. SE @ 10-20.
Tom. Night: A slight chance of rain or snow. Low 35. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
Wednesday: Mostly cloudy, with flurries possible. High 34.
Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high near 32.
Sunday’s High in Atlantic was 46 Our 24-hour low ending today at 7-a.m. was 31. Rainfall and melted snow over the past 24-hours amounted to 2.47-inches. Snowfall from 5-am to 7-am was 1.2 inches. Total precip. for the system (Since late Saturday night thru 7-a.m. today) was 4.23″)
Last year on this date we reached 58 for a High and 49 was the low. The All-time Record High in Atlantic on this date was 59 in 1975, while the Record Low was -19 in 1901 & 1972. Sunrise is at 7:38-a.m.. Sunset is 4:50-p.m.