Early This Morning: Cloudy. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph.
Today: Cloudy. High in the upper 30s. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy. Low in the mid 20s. West wind 5 to 10 mph.
Monday: Partly sunny until late afternoon then clearing. Breezy. High in the upper 40s. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph with gusts to around 20 mph increasing to west 15 to 20 mph with gusts to around 30 mph in the afternoon.
Monday Night: Partly cloudy. Low in the upper 20s. West wind 10 to 15 mph with gusts to around 25 mph.
Tuesday: Mostly cloudy. High in the upper 30s. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph with gusts to around 25 mph.
Tuesday Night: Cloudy. Low in the lower 20s.
Wednesday: Mostly cloudy. High in the lower 30s.
Skyscan Forecast Saturday, January 28, 2017 Richard Garuckas
Today: Increasing clouds. High 32. WNW @ 10-20.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy. 20% chance of snow showers. Low 26. NW @ 10-15.
Sunday: Mostly cloudy. 30% chance of snow showers. High 33. NW @ 10-20.
Sunday Night: Partly cloudy. Low 23.
Monday: Mix of sun and clouds. High 38.
Tuesday: Mix of sun and clouds. High 36.
Wednesday: Mix of sun and clouds. High 32.
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Iowa farmers who are looking ahead to the spring planting season are carefully watching the demise of the La Nina weather pattern to see what may come next. Dennis Todey, director of the U-S-D-A’s Midwest Climate Hub — based in Ames, says it’s almost over. “The La Nina right now is on life support,” Todey says. “We’ll have to see if we can call this a full-fledged La Nina or not. It did reach La Nina category but maybe not for a long enough period of time to be called a full-fledged La Nina.”
Surface temperatures in the Pacific Ocean are fluctuating and may have an impact across North America. Cooling temperatures the last few months created a La Nina effect, but now that may be vanishing. Todey says the climate experts don’t agree yet on what may happen next. “There’s a small chance we’ll get back to El Nino by summertime, but it seems unlikely at this point,” Todey says. “Now, we’re looking at shorter-term types of things. What’s our soil moisture looking like? Do we see any kind of big ridges that would set in for any kind of reason.”
While some parts of the region haven’t seen as much snow as usual this winter, he predicts most of the Northern Plains should see an early thaw. “It looks like most of the big-time cold is going to stay away for a while, it’s going to stay well up into Canada and that’s a good thing,” Todey says. “We actually may start to see some melting of snow in some of the areas. It should be warm enough to do that. The heavier snowpack areas, we probably won’t do too much eating into that for a while.”
He says his office should have a better idea about potential spring weather in the next month or so.
(Radio Iowa)
Today: Scattered flurries this morning; P/Cldy to Cldy. High around 30. NW @ 10-20.
Tonight: P/Cldy to Cloudy. Low 20. NW @ 10-15.
Tomorrow: P/Cldy to Cloudy. High 31. NW @ 10-20.
Sunday: P/Cldy. High 35.
Monday: P/Cldy. High near 40.
Thursday’s High in Atlantic was 27. Our 24-hour Low (ending at 7-a.m. today) was 12. Last year on this date, our High in Atlantic was 37 and the low was 17. The Record High in Atlantic on this date was 61 in 1934. The Record Low was -31 in 1902.
Early This Morning: Mostly cloudy. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph.
Today: Mostly sunny. High in the lower 30s. West wind 10 to 15 mph with gusts to around 25 mph.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy. Scattered flurries after midnight. Low in the lower 20s. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph.
Saturday: Mostly cloudy. Scattered flurries. High in the lower 30s. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph with gusts to around 25 mph.
Saturday Night: Cloudy with scattered light snow showers. Low in the mid 20s. Northwest wind around 10 mph. Chance of snow 40 percent.
Sunday: Mostly cloudy. Scattered light snow showers in the morning, then scattered flurries in the afternoon. High in the mid 30s. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph with gusts to around 25 mph. Chance of snow 30 percent.
Monday: Partly sunny. High around 40.
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Today: Cloudy w/flurries. High around 29. NW @ 15-25.
Tonight: Cloudy to P/Cldy. Low 18. NW @ 10.
Tomorrow: P/Cldy to Cloudy. High 31. NW @ 10-20.
Saturday: P/Cldy. High 33.
Sunday: P/Cldy. High 33.
Wednesday’s High in Atlantic was 31. Our 24-hour Low (ending at 7-a.m. today) was 23. We received 1.7” of new snow over the past 24-hours, which amounted to .07” worth of liquid precipitation. Last year on this date, our High in Atlantic was 29 and the low was 8. The Record High in Atlantic on this date was 67 in 2002. The Record Low was -24 in 1963.
Elsewhere across Iowa…
Today: Cloudy w/light snow (around 1”). High around 32. NW @ 20-35.
Tonight: Cloudy w/flurries. Low 24. NW @ 10-20.
Tomorrow: Mo. Cloudy. High 30. NW @ 10-20.
Friday: P/Cldy. High 32.
Saturday: P/Cldy. High 34.
Tuesday’s High in Atlantic was 34. Our 24-hour Low (ending at 7-a.m. today) was 29. We received 3.5” of snow Tuesday into early this morning, which amounts to just under .2 of an inch of liquid precipitation. Last year on this date, our High in Atlantic was 29 and the low was 22. The Record High in Atlantic on this date was 65 in 1944. The Record Low was -28 in 1894.
Meteorologists say a storm system carrying powerful winds and heavy snow will be moving across northern Nebraska and Iowa through Wednesday. The National Weather Service has posted winter storm warnings from the northern Nebraska Panhandle all the way to the northeastern corner of Iowa. Up to a dozen inches of snow is expected in some spots, with deep drifts born of winds gusting to 40 mph.
Authorities say slick roadways and blowing snow will make travel hazardous. Lighter snow or a wintry mix is expected along the southern edge of the system’s path.
A Winter Weather Advisory remains in effect until 9-a.m. Wednesday for Harrison and Shelby Counties. The Advisory goes into effect for Audubon-Guthrie-Carroll-Crawford and Greene Counties, from Noon today through 6-p.m. Wednesday. And, a Winter Storm Warning is in effect for Sac County, until 9-a.m., Wednesday.
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