COUNTIES: CARROLL-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-ADAMS-UNION-

…AREAS OF DENSE FOG EARLY THIS MORNING…

FOR THE THIRD DAY IN A ROW…AREAS OF FOG HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS
PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA OVERNIGHT. SOME OF THE DENSER FOG BANKS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO BELOW A QUARTER OF A MILE EARLY THIS MORNING…UNTIL DISSIPATING AFTER SUNRISE. DRIVERS SHOULD ALLOW EXTRA TIME FOR TRAVEL AND BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING
VISIBILITY.

Today: Area of morning fog; Partly Cloudy. High 76. SE @ 10-20.

Tonight: P/Cldy to Cloudy. Low 60. S @ 10.

Tomorrow: P/Cldy to Cldy w/scattered showers & thunderstorms. High 72. S @ 10-20.

Wednesday: P/Cldy to Cldy. High 72.

Thursday: Cldy w/shwrs & tstrms. High 68.

Sunday’s High in Atlantic was 75. Our low this morning (thru 7-a.m.) was 46. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 64 and the Low was 35. The All-time Record High in Atlantic on Oct. 3rd was 95 in 1987. The Record Low was 23 in 2010.

AREA COUNTIES: CARROLL-GREENE-AUDUBON-
GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-ADAIR-MADISON-UNION

…PATCHES OF DENSE FOG DEVELOPING AGAIN THIS MORNING…

ONCE AGAIN PATCHY DENSE FOG IS DEVELOPING ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL IOWA EARLY THIS MORNING…REDUCING VISIBILITY TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. DRIVERS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING VISIBILITY WHEN ENTERING FOG BANKS. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE RAPIDLY LATER THIS MORNING AFTER SUNRISE.

Today: Patchy fog before 11am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 71. Calm wind becoming east southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 55. Southeast wind 5 to 7 mph.
Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 78. Breezy, with a south southeast wind 7 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.
Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 61. Breezy, with a south southeast wind 11 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.
Tuesday: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 75. Breezy, with a south wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tuesday Night: Showers and thunderstorms. Low around 57. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Wednesday: A 30 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 73.

The month of September was warmer, cooler and wetter than average, in Atlantic. Weather stats compiled at the KJAN studios (The OFFICIAL National Weather Service reporting & record-keeping site for Atlantic), reveal the Average High temperature for the month was 80.3-degrees, or 3.9-degrees warmer than normal.

The Average Low temp for the month was 55.7, or 4.6-degrees cooler than normal. Rainfall for September amounted to 6.2-inches. That was 2.39-inches greater than the normal rainfall of 3.81-inches.

The warmest day for the month was Sept. 21st, at 91 degrees. The coolest days were on the 29th and 30th, when we bottomed out at 41. Looking ahead to October, on average, the High for the month is 64.1, while the average Low is 39. Rainfall in October typically amounted to 2.76 inches.

Today: Cloudy, with a high near 68. Calm wind becoming north around 6 mph in the morning.
Tonight: Areas of fog after 2am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 53. Calm wind.
Sunday: Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 73. Calm wind becoming east southeast around 5 mph in the morning.
Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 55. Southeast wind 3 to 5 mph.
Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 76. South southeast wind 6 to 14 mph.
Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 61.
Tuesday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 78. Breezy.

Skyscan Forecast  Saturday, October 1, 2016  Chris Parks

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The Iowa Department of Public Health is reminding you to remember to protect yourself against mosquitoes if you are out taking advantage of the remaining warm fall days. Deputy State Epidemiologist Ann Garvey says one threat in particular is still looming. “Late summer and early fall through October is really the peak time when we see West Nile transmission,” Garvey says. ” I think that a lot of us are pretty cognizant and throw in the sunscreen and throw in the bug repellent in the summer months. But as we get into the fall, sometimes we forget that.”

Doctor Garvey says you should remember the key times of the day when the mosquitoes are active. “Mosquitoes here in Iowa that transmit West Nile Virus are most active from really the dusk ’til dawn hours. And so again — it’s important to wear repellent — especially during those hours,” Garvey says. Garvey says the West Nile carrying mosquitoes like stagnant water to breed in, so it is important to dump out standing water.

There’s been a lot of water in some areas due to flooding, but she says that doesn’t mean the population of West Nile mosquitoes has dramatically increased. “Generally speaking when we have flooding events we tend to see what we call flood water mosquitoes, which aren’t as good at transmitting diseases like West Nile virus,” Garvey explains. “But this time we are having kind of the peak West Nile season overlap with some of out flood events So, while a majority of those mosquitoes in flooding events will be floodwater mosquitoes, there will be some that are the likely types that can transmit West Nile Virus.”

There have already been more than one dozen cases of West Nile confirmed. She says there have been 15 human cases confirmed and they are investigating several more which leads them to believe they will have more cases than last year. There are also cases of West Nile in horses and in mosquitoes caught in monitor traps, so Garvey says they know it is out there. Mosquitoes like the warm fall nights just like you do.

“Mosquitoes do really well in the 80-degree temperatures and above. And they do okay in the 70-degrees. Once we get kind of below the 60’s, it’s pretty cold for them and they often go dormant,” Garvey says. Doctor Garvey says the best repellent contains the chemical known as DEET, and says you should read the label before applying it to children.

West Nile can be fatal in some cases, and the last time that happend in Iowa was in 2010 whent there were two deaths. For more information about West Nile virus, visit the Iowa Department of Public Health’s website.
idph.iowa.gov

(Radio Iowa)

Skyscan Forecast  Friday, September 30, 2016  Dan Hicks

Today: Partly Cloudy. NE @ 10. High 72.

Tonight: Partly Cloudy. N @ 5. Low 45.

Saturday: Partly Cloudy. N @ 5. Low 45.

Sunday: Partly Cloudy. High 73.

Monday: Partly Cloudy. High 75.

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Skyscan Forecast  Thursday, September 29, 2016   Dan Hicks

Today: Mostly Sunny changing to Partly Cloudy this afternoon. N @ 10-20. High 70.

Tonight: Clear to Partly Cloudy. N @ 5. Low 42.

Friday: Partly Cloudy. N @ 10-15. High 72.

Saturday: Partly Cloudy. High 70.

Sunday: Partly Cloudy. High 73.

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