Today: P/Cldy to Cldy. High around 42. NW @ 15-25.

Tonight: Mostly Cloudy. Low 24. NW @ 10.

Tomorrow: Mostly Cloudy. High 33. N @ 10-15.

Thursday: P/Cldy. High 31.

Friday: Cldy w/flurries. High near 31.

Monday’s High in Atlantic was 49 Our 24-hour Low (ending at 7-a.m. today) was 30. Last year on this date, our High in Atlantic was 43 and the low was 21. The Record High in Atlantic on this date was 59 in 2012. The Record Low was -28 in 1996.

Early This Morning: Mostly cloudy. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph with gusts to around 25 mph.
Today: Mostly cloudy. High in the lower 40s. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph with gusts to around 25 mph.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy. Low in the mid 20s. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
Wednesday: Mostly cloudy. High in the lower 30s. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph.
Thursday: Partly sunny. High in the mid 20s. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
Thursday Night: Cloudy. A 20 percent chance of light snow after midnight. Low around 15.
Friday: Cloudy. A 30 percent chance of light snow in the morning. High in the upper 20s.

Today: P/Cldy to Cldy. High around 45. S-W @ 10-20.

Tonight: P/Cldy to Cloudy. Low 29. NW @ 10-20.

Tomorrow: P/Cldy to Cloudy. High 38. N @ 10-15.

Wednesday: P/Cldy w/flurries. High 30.

Thursday: P/Cldy. High near 31.

Sunday’s High in Atlantic was 36. Our 24-hour Low (ending at 7-a.m. today) was 28. Last year on this date, our High in Atlantic was 46 and the low was 25. The Record High in Atlantic on this date was 65 in 2012. The Record Low was -24 in 1965.

Early This Morning: Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog. Southwest wind near 5 mph.
Today: Partly sunny in the morning then clearing. Breezy, warmer. Patchy fog through mid morning. High in the lower 50s. Southwest wind 5 to 15 mph increasing to west 15 to 25 mph with gusts to around 35 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight: Partly cloudy until early morning then becoming mostly cloudy. Breezy. Low in the lower 30s. West wind 15 to 20 mph with gusts to around 30 mph.
Tuesday: Mostly cloudy. Colder. High around 40. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph with gusts to around 25 mph.
Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of light snow through midnight. Low in the mid 20s. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
Wednesday: Partly sunny. High in the lower 30s. Northwest wind 5 to 15 mph.
Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy. Low around 15.
Thursday: Mostly cloudy. High in the mid 20s.

Today: Cloudy, with a high near 37. NW 10-20 mph.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 25. W/NW wind 5 to 10 mph becoming southwest after midnight.
Monday: Mostly sunny & breezy, with a high near 47. SW @ 15-30mph
Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 28. W/NW @ 15-25.
Tuesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 38. W/NW @ 10-20.
Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 22.
Wednesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 32.

Saturday’s High in Atlantic was 35. Our 24-hour Low ending today at 7-a.m. was 22. We received a Trace of snow here Saturday evening/overnight.

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.