Early This Morning: Mostly cloudy with scattered light showers and isolated thunderstorms. South wind 10 to 15 mph with gusts to around 25 mph. Chance of precipitation 30 percent.
Today: Mostly cloudy. Isolated thunderstorms before noon. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms in the afternoon. Breezy. High in the lower 70s. Southwest wind 15 to 20 mph with gusts to around 30 mph. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain showers and isolated thunderstorms in the evening…then partly cloudy overnight. Colder. Low in the upper 30s. Northwest wind 5 to 15 mph with gusts to around 25 mph. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.

Friday: Mostly sunny. Cooler. High in the lower 50s. West wind 5 to 15 mph.
Friday Night: Mostly cloudy through midnight then becoming partly cloudy. Scattered sprinkles through midnight. Low in the mid 30s. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Saturday: Sunny. High in the lower 50s. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Sunday: Sunny. High in the upper 50s.

Today: Areas of fog this morning; Partly Sunny. High 74.. S @ 10-20.
Tonight: P/Cloudy to Cloudy. Low 58. S @ 5-10.
Tomorrow: Showers & isolated thunderstorms. High 69. S @ 10-20.
Tom. Night: Cldy w/a 40% chance of showers thru midnight. Low 40.
Friday: P/Cldy. High 55.
Saturday: P/Cldy. High 49.

Tuesday’s High in Atlantic was 69. Our 24-hour Low ending today at 7-a.m., was 51. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 59, and the Low 36. The All-Time Record High in Atlantic on Nov. 4th, was 75 in 1909 & 1978. The Record Low was -1 degrees in 1991.

Early This Morning: Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog. South wind 10 to 15 mph.
Today: Partly sunny. Breezy. Patchy fog through mid morning. High around 70. South wind 15 to 20 mph with gusts to around 30 mph.
Tonight: Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming mostly cloudy. Breezy. Low in the upper 50s. South wind 15 to 20 mph.

Thursday: Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and isolated thunderstorms. Breezy. High in the upper 60s. Southwest wind 15 to 20 mph with gusts to around 30 mph. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers through midnight…then partly cloudy after midnight. Colder. Low around 40. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph with gusts to around 25 mph.

Friday: Mostly sunny. Cooler. High in the mid 50s. West wind 10 to 15 mph.
Saturday: Sunny. High in the lower 50s.

AREA COUNTIES: CRAWFORD-CARROLL-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-
DALLAS-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-ADAMS-UNION-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-
835 AM CST TUE NOV 3 2015

…DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST THIS MORNING…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A DENSE FOG ADVISORY…WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST THIS MORNING.

* VISIBILITY…VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE WILL BE
COMMON WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES FROM TIME TO TIME.
IMPROVEMENT IS EXPECTED BY LATER THIS MORNING.

* IMPACTS…THE LOW VISIBILITIES WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS DRIVING
CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE
REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. IF DRIVING…SLOW DOWN…
USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS…AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU.

(Update 7:25-a.m. – NWS)

…PATCHY DENSE FOG CONTINUES THIS MORNING...

PATCHY TO AREAS OF FOG…DENSE AT TIMES…CONTINUES OVER CENTRAL
AND SOUTHERN IOWA EARLY THIS (TUESDAY) MORNING. VISIBILITY HAS DROPPED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. THE FOG WILL PERSIST THROUGH MID MORNING. PERSONS TRAVELING EARLY TODAY SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHEN ENCOUNTERING AREAS OF FOG…SLOW DOWN…USE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS…AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION SAFELY. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS NEAR SCHOOL BUS STOPS… INTERSECTIONS…AND RAILROAD CROSSINGS. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE AFTER 930 AM THIS MORNING WHEN THE FOG BEGINS TO LIFT.

Today: Area of dense fog thru about 8-a.m.; Partly Cloudy & breezy. High 75. S @ 10-20 w/gusts to near 30.
Tonight: P/Cldy & breezy. Low 47. S @ 5-15 w/gusts to around 25.
Wednesday: Areas of fog early: P/Cldy. High 75. SW @ 10-20.
Thursday: A 60% chance of showers & thunderstorms. High 68. S-NW @ 15-25.
Thu. Night: Mostly Cloudy w/a 60% chance of shwrs & tstrms. Low 41.
Friday: P/Sunny. High 56.

Monday’s High in Atlantic of 77 tied the record set for Nov. 2nd, in 1965. Our 24-hour Low ending today at 7-a.m., was 45.. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 62, and the Low 39. The All-Time Record High in Atlantic on Nov. 3rd, was 77 in 2008. The Record Low was 6 degrees in 1966.

COUNTIES: ADAMS-UNION-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-449 AM CST TUE NOV 3 2015

AREAS OF FOG…DENSE AT TIMES…HAS DEVELOPED OVER SOUTHERN IOWA
EARLY THIS TUESDAY MORNING. VISIBILITY HAS DROPPED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. THE FOG WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE MORNING COMMUTE. PERSONS TRAVELING EARLY TODAY SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHEN ENCOUNTERING AREAS OF FOG…SLOW DOWN…USE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS…AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION SAFELY. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS NEAR SCHOOL BUS STOPS…INTERSECTIONS…AND RAILROAD CROSSINGS. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE AFTER 8 AM THIS MORNING WHEN THE FOG BEGINS TO LIFT.

COUNTIES: CASS-ADAIR-MADISON–

PATCHY FOG…POSSIBLY EXPANDING AND THICKENING THIS MORNING…CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE MORNING COMMUTE TO AROUND 8 AM. PERSONS TRAVELING EARLY TODAY SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHEN ENCOUNTERING AREAS OF FOG…SLOW DOWN…USE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS…AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION SAFELY. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS NEAR SCHOOL BUS STOPS…INTERSECTIONS…AND RAILROAD CROSSINGS. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE AFTER 8 AM THIS MORNING WHEN THE FOG BEGINS TO LIFT.

The just ended month of October was warmer and drier than normal across Iowa. State climatologist Harry Hillaker says the statewide average rainfall total for the month was one-and-three-quarters inches (1.75 inches), about one inch less than usual for October. “The most unusual aspect there was the extremely dry start to the month, with very little rain anywhere in the state over the first 20 days of October,” Hillaker said. It was the 52nd driest October in Iowa in 143 years of record keeping.

Here in Atlantic, at the KJAN studios, we received 1.28″ of rain, and that was 1.48″ less than normal. Across the state, most of the month was ideal for farmers who were working to complete the harvest. “Temperatures averaged about 2.6 degrees warmer than usual…it ranks as the 46th warmest October,” Hillaker said. Many areas of central and southern Iowa have yet to record a hard freeze this fall. There was a range of 72 degrees between temperature “extremes” across Iowa last month. “The warmest reading we had, by far, came on the 11th of October at 91-degrees in Sioux City. That was a daily record for that day of the month. On the other extreme, a little less than a week later, it got down to 19-degrees on the morning of the 17th at Stanley up in Buchanan County in northeast Iowa,” Hillaker said.

In Atlantic, the Average High for the month was 66.1, which was 2 degrees warmer than normal. The Average Low was 39.5, which was just one-half degree warmer than normal. The month of November is starting off dry and warm — as highs are forecast to reach the 70s again Tuesday and Wednesday. Showers and much cooler conditions are expected to push into the state Thursday and Friday.

(Radio Iowa/KJAN)

EARLY THIS MORNING: PARTLY CLOUDY. PATCHY FOG. SOUTH WIND NEAR 10 MPH.

TODAY: MOSTLY SUNNY. BREEZY. PATCHY FOG THROUGH MID MORNING. HIGH IN THE LOWER 70S. SOUTH WIND 10 TO 20 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY THROUGH MIDNIGHT THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOW IN THE MID 50S. SOUTH WIND 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH.

WEDNESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. BREEZY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 70S. SOUTH WIND 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH.

THURSDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING…THEN SHOWERS LIKELY AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. BREEZY. HIGH IN THE MID 60S. SOUTHWEST WIND 15 TO 20 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 60 PERCENT.

FRIDAY: MOSTLY SUNNY. COOLER. HIGH IN THE LOWER 50S.

Forecasters say Iowa will have warmer-than-normal high temperatures for the next several days, but a cool front should arrive on Thursday, which coincides with Winter Weather Awareness Day. Meteorologist Rod Donavon, at the National Weather Service, says the goal of the annual event is to help Iowans prepare for the season ahead. “We’ll be discussing the hazards of winter weather as well as safety precautions and what to expect this winter season,” Donavon says. “In addition, we’ll be having a question and answer period on Thursday evening, so if folks are around, certainly tune in to that.”

Iowans can participate by visiting the Des Moines National Weather Service Facebook or Twitter pages between 6 and 7 P-M. Donavon says several sources are predicting Iowa could see a warmer-than-normal winter ahead, though he admits, it’s very difficult to predict the precipitation for the season. “If you just look strictly at El Nino, certainly, the chances are greater than normal for us to have at least a warmer-than-normal winter,” he says. “Precipitation and snow chances are much more tricky and we have what are called equal chances for average precipitation.”

Learn more about Winter Weather Awareness Day at www.weather.gov/dmx.

(Radio Iowa)