Today: Partly Cloudy to Cloudy, w/scattered showers & thunderstorms. High 88. S @ 10-15 mph.
Tonight: Rain ending, becoming Partly cloudy. Low 64. NW @ 5-10.
Tomorrow: P/Cldy. High 87. N @ 5-10.
Sunday: P/Cldy. High 89.
Monday: P/Cldy. High near 90.

Thursday’s High in Atlantic was 96. Our Low was 68. Last year on this date the High in Atlantic was 86 and the Low was 52. The Record High on this date was 99 in 1892. The Record Low was 36 in 1903.

(Radio Iowa) – Drought conditions are expected to expand and worsen across Iowa when the new map is released tomorrow (Thursday) from the U-S Drought Monitor. The continued hot, dry weather is being reflected in runoff predictions for the Missouri River. Kevin Grode, with the U-S Army Corps of Engineers in Omaha, says lower-than-normal runoff has persisted since last year.

“May runoff above Sioux City, Iowa, was 2.1 million acre feet, which is 61-percent of average,” Grode says. “This follows a very dry April. Soil conditions in the upper basin continue to be extremely dry during the mountain snowmelt and spring rainfall portion of the runoff season.” Grode says the Corps’ overall runoff prediction will end up well below normal.

“The current dry soil conditions and NOAA’s latest outlooks calling for warmer-than-normal temperatures and drier-than-normal precipitation has resulted in the 2021 calendar year runoff forecast of 17.9-million acre feet, which is 69-percent of average,” he says. Grode says they don’t expect much change until perhaps 2022.

“Given the dry soil moisture conditions, below average stream flow and the extended warm and dry climate outlook, we expect runoff to remain below average during the remainder of the calendar year,” Grode says. The Corps is sending letters to water users all along the river, warning them of possible problems with low water access.

Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 86. Breezy, with a south wind 8 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.
Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 65. South wind 7 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 88. South wind 7 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 65. South southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
Tuesday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Sunny, with a high near 90. South southeast wind 3 to 8 mph.
Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 68.
Wednesday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Sunny, with a high near 92.

Saturday’s High in Atlantic was 91. Our Low was 65. Last year on this date, the High was 91 and the Low was 71. The Record High was 103 in 1933, and the Record Low was 32 in 1894.

Today: Partly-to Mostly Sunny, with a high near 90. Southwest winds 10-20 mph.
Tonight: Fair-to Partly Cloudy. Low around 64. South @ 5-10 mph.
Tomorrow: P/Cldy & breezy. High near 90. SW @ 10-20 w/gusts to near 30 at times.
Sunday: P/Cldy. High near 87.
Monday: P/cldy to Cldy w/isolated showers & thunderstorms possible. High near 87.

Thursday’s High in Atlantic was 86. Our Low was 53. Last year on this date, the High was 91 and the Low was 68. The Record High was 96 in 1914, and the Record Low was 31 in 1945.

Officials with the U-S Army Corps of Engineers, Thursday, said the forecast for the flow of the Missouri River hasn’t changed all that much from last month, with much less water coming downstream due to dry conditions and below normal snowpack levels.

The Corps says only about 69% of the normal amount of water is expected to flow into the Missouri River this year, which would be the 22nd driest year in the upper basin since 1898. Two-years ago, historic flooding along the Missouri River ravaged parts of Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas and Missouri.