SKYSCAN FORECAST           SATURDAY APRIL 20th, 2013  

Today: Fog lifting mid-morning.  Increasing clouds through the day.  SE @ 10-15. High 48. 

Tonight: Cloudy.  Slight chance of light rain late.  SE @ 10-15. Low 40.

Sunday: Mostly Cloudy. Slight chance of rain and thunderstorms.  S @ 15-25.  High 60.

Monday: Rain and thunderstorms likely.  High 58.

Tuesday: Mostly cloudy.  Chance of rain/snow mix early.  High mid 40’s

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The (podcast) Freese-Notis weather forecast for Atlantic, and the KJAN listening area, along with weather data for Atlantic.

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346 AM CDT FRI APR 19 2013

EARLY THIS MORNING…CLOUDY…BREEZY. NORTHWEST WIND 20 TO 25 MPH.

TODAY…PARTLY SUNNY. BREEZY. HIGH IN THE UPPER 40S. NORTHWEST WIND 20 TO 25 MPH.

TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. PATCHY FOG EARLY IN THE MORNING. LOW IN THE MID 20S. NORTH WIND NEAR 10 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

SATURDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. PATCHY FOG THROUGH MID MORNING. HIGH IN THE LOWER 50S. SOUTHEAST WIND 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

SATURDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY THROUGH MIDNIGHT THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN. NOT AS COOL. LOW IN THE LOWER 40S. SOUTHEAST WIND 10 TO 15 MPH.

SUNDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. BREEZY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 60S. SOUTH WIND 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH.

SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF LIGHT SHOWERS. LOW IN THE LOWER 40S.

MONDAY…SHOWERS LIKELY AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH IN THE UPPER 50S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 70 PERCENT.

MONDAY NIGHT…RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY. LOW IN THE MID 30S. CHANCE OF SHOWERS 60 PERCENT.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Soaking rain across much of the nation’s midsection has helped further alleviate drought in the crop growing states of Iowa, Missouri, Minnesota and Wisconsin. Small portions of Nebraska also saw improvement.  A weekly drought monitor, released Thursday by the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, showed a few regions missed out from the wet weather, including Texas, where southern counties are in exceptional drought – the driest level possible level.

Eastern Nebraska and the western edge of the state improved. Most of Nebraska remains in extreme drought. Kansas saw little change, remaining in exceptional or extreme drought.   With snow in parts of Nebraska and heavy rain in much of the Midwest, some farmers are now hoping for a dry spell so they can get into fields.

Rainfall in Atlantic for the past 24-hours (ending today at 7-a.m.) amounted to 1.39″ at the KJAN studios (The OFFICIAL National Weather Service reporting site for Atlantic.)

Here’s the Freese-Notis (Podcast) forecast for Atlantic & the KJAN listening area, and weather data for Atlantic. (Rainfall from 7-am Wed. through 5-am Thu. at KJAN amounted to 1.37-inches)

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(updated 3:56-am)

Today: Rain and sleet before 11am, then rain and snow. High near 38. Windy, with a north wind 18 to 23 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
Tonight: A chance of rain and snow before 4am, then a chance of freezing rain. Cloudy, with a low around 27. Windy, with a northwest wind 20 to 24 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 45. Windy, with a west northwest wind around 21 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 28. Blustery, with a northwest wind 11 to 16 mph becoming light and variable in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 23 mph.

Saturday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 55. Breezy, with a southeast wind 7 to 12 mph increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 28 mph.
Saturday Night: A 30 percent chance of rain, mainly after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 44. Breezy. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Sunday: A 40 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 57.
Sunday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 43.

COUNTIES: CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS- MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS-    707 AM CDT WED APR 17 2013

…STRONG THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHERN IOWA THIS MORNING… SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EAST TO NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH ACROSS SOUTHERN IOWA. THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG WITH SMALL HAIL. HAIL COULD RANGE FROM PEA TO NICKEL HAIL. STRONGER STORMS MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ENOUGH SMALL HAIL TO COVER THE GROUND.

IF STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA TRY TO REMAIN INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM
PASSES.

Here’s the Freese-Notis forecast for Atlantic and the KJAN listening area, and weather date for Atlantic…

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EARLY THIS MORNING…THUNDERSTORMS. EAST WIND 10 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 90 PERCENT.

TODAY…LIGHT SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING…THEN THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH AROUND 50. EAST WIND 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION NEAR 100 PERCENT.

TONIGHT...THUNDERSTORMS…BREEZY. LOW IN THE MID 30S. NORTH WIND 10 TO 20 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS NEAR 100 PERCENT.

THURSDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. BREEZY…COLDER. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING…THEN RAIN LIKELY EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. A CHANCE OF RAIN POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SNOW LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. NO SNOW ACCUMULATION. HIGH AROUND 40. NORTHWEST WIND 15 TO 25 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 70 PERCENT.

THURSDAY NIGHT…CLOUDY. RAIN AND SNOW LIKELY THROUGH MIDNIGHT… THEN A CHANCE OF SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. BREEZY. SNOW ACCUMULATION UP TO 1 INCH. LOW IN THE UPPER 20S. NORTHWEST WIND 15 TO 25 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 70 PERCENT.

FRIDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. BREEZY. HIGH IN THE MID 40S. NORTHWEST WIND 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH.

FRIDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW IN THE MID 20S.

SATURDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 50S.

SATURDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN. NOT AS COOL. LOW IN THE LOWER 40S.