United Group Insurance

KJAN Weather

Local Radar

Monthly Local Weather Information:
January May September
February June October
March July November
April August December

 

View Weather Announcements

Skyscan Forecast for Atlantic & the area: 4/6/20

Weather

April 6th, 2020 by Ric Hanson

Today: Mostly cloudy w/scattered light rain. High 67. S @ 10-15.

Tonight: Mo. Cldy w/light rain. Low 50. S @ 5-10.

Tomorrow: Showers ending in the morning; Becoming P/Cldy. High 78. S-SW winds 5-15 mph.

Wednesday: Mo. Cldy w/scattered showers. High 75.

Thursday: Partly cloudy & cooler. High 49.

Sunday’s High in Atlantic was 61. Our Low was 24. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 78 and the Low was 48. The Record High in Atlantic on April 6th was 89 in 1972. The Record Low was 6 in 1982.

Skyscan Forecast for Atlantic & the area: 4/5/20

Weather

April 5th, 2020 by Ric Hanson

Today: Sunny, with a high near 58. Light east southeast wind becoming south southeast 5 to 10 mph in the morning.
Tonight: Increasing clouds, with a low around 45. Southeast wind 8 to 10 mph.
Monday: A slight chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 67. South wind 9 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 53. South wind around 7 mph.
Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 77. South southwest wind 7 to 13 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 21 mph.
Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 48.
Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 68. Breezy.

Saturday’s High in Atlantic was 51. Our Low this morning, 23. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 69 and the Low was 47. The Record High in Atlantic on April 5th was 88 in 2000. The Record Low was 14 in 1920.

Skyscan Forecast for Atlantic & the area – Saturday, April 4th 2020

Weather

April 4th, 2020 by Ric Hanson

Today: Mostly sunny. High 50. N @ 10-15.

Tonight: Fair to Partly cloudy. Low 30. S @ 5-10.

Tomorrow: Partly cloudy. High 62. S @ 10-15.

Monday: Mostly cloudy w/showers. High 67.

Tuesday: Showers ending in the morning; Becoming P/Cldy. High 75.

Friday’s High in Atlantic was 30. Our Low was 23. We received .1” sleet Friday morning (after 7-a.m.), which melted into a .02” rain value. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 54 and the Low was 43. The record High for April 4th in Atlantic, was 91 in 1929. The Record Low was 4 in 1899.

Skyscan forecast for Atlantic & the area: Friday, April 3, 2020

Weather

April 3rd, 2020 by Ric Hanson

Today: **Winter Weather Advisory until 4-p.m.** Mostly cloudy w/light mixed precip. this morning (snow-sleet-freezing rain; Becoming P/Cldy this afternoon. High 36. NW @ 20-35.

Tonight: Fair to P/Cldy. Low 22. N/NW @ 15-20.

Tomorrow: Mostly sunny. High 52. N-S @ 5-10.

Sunday: P/Cldy. High 62.

Monday: Mo. cldy w/spotty showers. High 67.

Thursday’s High in Atlantic was 69. Our Low this morning (as of 6-a.m.) was 25. We had received .07″ rain & just under .1″ ice at KJAN overnight. Last year on this date, the High was 48 and the Low was 30. The Record High on April 3rd in Atlantic was 85 in 1981. The Record Low was 4 in 1975.

Skyscan Forecast for Atlantic & the area (Updated 4:55-a.m., 4/2/20)

Weather

April 2nd, 2020 by Ric Hanson

Today: Mostly cloudy w/light rain. High 62. S @ 10-20.

Tonight: Cloudy w/showers & possible a thunderstorm. Low 34. N @ 15-30.

Tomorrow: **Winter Weather Advisory in effect from 1-a.m. Friday until 7-p.m.**Mostly cloudy w/a light mix of rain-snow-sleet through mid-day, then a rain-snow mix possible. High 40 NW @ 20-35 mph.

Saturday: Mostly sunny & warmer. High 52.

Sunday: Partly cloudy. High 62.

Wednesday’s High in Atlantic was 72. Our Low was 40. Last year on this date, the High was 55 and the Low was 28. The Record High on April 2nd in Atlantic was 88 in 2012. The Record Low was 13 in 1970.

March weather stats for Atlantic

Weather

April 1st, 2020 by Ric Hanson

The month of March in Atlantic, was warmer and drier than average. The average High temperature was 53.4 degrees, which was 5.1 degrees warmer than normal. The average Low of 29.8, was 2.6 degrees warmer than the norm. And, combined rainfall/melted snow during the month of March, amounted to 1.79 inches, which was nearly six-tenths of an inch below average. Our warmest day was on March 8th, when the thermometer his 72 degrees, here in Atlantic. The coldest days were March 5th ad 20th, when we bottomed-out at 18.

Looking ahead to the Month of April: The High here in Atlantic is typically 62 and the Low is normally around 37. Precipitation will typically amount to 3.43 inches for the month.

Skyscan forecast for Atlantic & the area: Wed., April 1st, 2020

Weather

April 1st, 2020 by Ric Hanson

Today: A slight chance of rain this morning; P/Cldy to cldy. High 68. SE @ 10-20.

Tonight: P/Cldy to Cldy. Low 48. S @ 5-10.

Tomorrow: Mo. cldy w/showers. High 62. S @ 10-20.

Friday: Mo. Cldy w/rain. High 45.

Saturday: Mo. Sunny. High 52.

Tuesday’s High in Atlantic was 67. Our Low was 34. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 60 and the Low was 33. The record High for April 1st in Atlantic, was 87 in 2003. The Record Low was 14 in 1924.

Corps: Some levees damaged in 2019 still vulnerable

News, Weather

March 31st, 2020 by Ric Hanson

O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — With flood concerns already high in the Midwest, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is warning that many levees on the Missouri and Kansas rivers that were damaged during last year’s devastating floods remain vulnerable to high water. The National Weather Service has said Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas and Missouri and eastern North Dakota and South Dakota face an above-average flood risk this spring, due largely to soil saturation to the north.

Record flooding in 2019 damaged several levees, many of which have yet to be repaired. The Corps says “challenging weather conditions and higher flows” continue, delaying the ability to fully assess damage.

Adair County Tornado rated EF-1

Weather

March 31st, 2020 by Ric Hanson

Officials with the National Weather Service, Monday, released preliminary information on four tornadoes that affected southwest and eastern Iowa, Saturday afternoon. The first touched down five miles southeast of Bridgewater was an EF-1, with winds of up to 95 miles per hour.  A storm survey team from the Weather Service determined the tornado developed at around 1:59-p.m. in far northern Adams County (about 8.6-miles north/northeast of Prescott), and caused minor damage to a farmstead before entering Adair County. Much of the twister’s path then remained across open farmland, but one farmstead outbuilding was hit.

The tornado – which was 80 yards wide at the maximum – traveled about 4.5-miles before it eventually lifted about 3-miles south of Fontanelle, at around 2:15 p.m., Saturday. No injuries were reported.  A second, unrated/unknown strength tornado, occurred later Saturday afternoon in Marshall County. The National Weather Service says it developed at around 4:26-p.m. about 2.5-miles south of Rhodes, and ended approximately 1.8-miles south of Rhodes about one minute later. It was a little over three-quarters of a mile wide at the most, and moved primarily through rural farmland. A third tornado happened six-miles south of Hudson, in Black Hawk County, and was also an unrated/unknown strength. It was about 40-yards wide at the maximum, and traveled about one-mile in a rural area before lifted approximately one-minute later, five-miles south of Hudson.

The fourth and final tornado, an EF-0, packed 85 mph winds and traveled just under two-miles. It started at around 5:49-p.m. three-miles northeast of Hudson and ended two-minutes later 1 mile south of Waterloo. It was about 50-yards wide at the maximum. Officials say it developed just south of Waterloo in a farm field and moved quickly northeast, where it removed and overturned the roof of an open pole barn and demolished a small, nearby garage.  The twister continued on a northeasterly path before dissipating in an open field just south of Highway 20.

Skyscan Forecast for Atlantic & the area: 3/31/30

Weather

March 31st, 2020 by Ric Hanson

Today: Partly cloudy to cloudy. High 65. SE @ 10.

Tonight: P/Cldy to Cldy. Low 42. SEW @ 5-10.

Tomorrow: P/Cldy to Cldy. High 68. S @ 10-20.

Thursday: Mostly cloudy w/showers. High 62.

Friday: Mo. Cldy w/rain. High 49.

Monday’s High in Atlantic was 69. Our Low was 25. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 47 and the Low was 20. The record High for March 31st in Atlantic, was 87 in 2012. The Record Low was 12 in 1924.