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NWS forecast for Cass & area Counties, 6/2/16

Weather

June 2nd, 2016 by Ric Hanson

338 AM CDT THU JUN 2 2016

EARLY THIS MORNING…MOSTLY CLEAR. NORTH WIND NEAR 5 MPH.

TODAY…SUNNY. HIGH AROUND 80. EAST WIND NEAR 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH IN THE AFTERNOON.

TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOW AROUND 60. SOUTH WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.

FRIDAY…SUNNY UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON THEN BECOMING PARTLY SUNNY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH IN THE LOWER 80S. SOUTH WIND 5 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.

FRIDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY THROUGH MIDNIGHT…THEN PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOW IN THE LOWER 60S. SOUTHWEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH THROUGH MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 60 PERCENT.

SATURDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. BREEZY. HIGH IN THE UPPER 70S. NORTHWEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.

SUNDAY…SUNNY. HIGH IN THE UPPER 70S.

Atlantic the wettest spot in Iowa last month

News, Weather

June 1st, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Despite a few hot days and some heavy downpours in parts of Iowa, state climatologist Harry Hillaker says the state overall ended the month of May with both near-normal warmth and rainfall. Hillaker says, “For the statewide average, very close to normal both for temperatures and precipitation, although certainly the last week of the month we were much warmer than usual and also much wetter than usual at the tail end of the month.”

The warmest day in Iowa for the month was May 6th when it reached 90 degrees in Cedar Rapids and Hawarden. The lowest temperature was set on May 15th with 27 degrees in Cresco, Decorah and Elkader. While most of eastern Iowa was drier than normal, much of Iowa’s western third got a drenching during May, wrapping up the month much wetter than normal.

“The largest rain totals that I’ve seen, Atlantic in southwest Iowa had 10.75 inches of rain there,” Hillaker says. “That was helped a lot by about 6 inches during the last week of the month, locally very heavy rains.” One of the driest places in the state was the Des Moines area, with just 2.6 inches of rain during May. The forecast for the month of June calls for slightly cooler-than-normal temperatures and near-normal rainfall.

(Radio Iowa)

Rainfall Totals ending at 7:00 am on June 1

Ag/Outdoor, Weather

June 1st, 2016 by Jim Field

  • KJAN, Atlantic  .39″ (10.27″ in May)
  • 7NE of Atlantic  .46″
  • Elk Horn  .81″
  • Creston  .18″

Skyscan forecast & weather data for Atlantic: 6/1/16

Weather

June 1st, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Today: Mostly Sunny. High 77. W @ 10-15.

Tonight: Partly Cloudy. Low 53.

Tomorrow: P/Cldy. High 79. S @ 10.

Friday: P/Cldy w/isolated afternoon thundershowers. High 82.

Saturday: P/Cldy to Cldy w/any showers ending in the morning. High 78.

Tuesday’s High in Atlantic was 75. Our 24-hour Low thru 7-a.m. today was 52. We received .39” rain Tuesday. Total rainfall for the month of May was 10.27”.  Last year on this date, our High in Atlantic was 72 and the low was 49. The All-time Record High in Atlantic on this date was 99 in 1934. The Record Low was 36 in 1956.

NWS forecast for the KJAN listening area: 6/1/2016

Weather

June 1st, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Early This Morning: Mostly clear. West wind near 5 mph.
Today: Sunny. High in the mid 70s. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight: Mostly clear. Low in the mid 50s. West wind near 10 mph.
Thursday: Sunny. A slight chance of showers and isolated thunderstorms in the afternoon. High in the upper 70s. Southwest wind near 10 mph. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
Thursday Night: Mostly clear. Low in the upper 50s. South wind near 10 mph.
Friday: Sunny. High in the lower 80s. South wind near 10 mph increasing to 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
Friday Night: Partly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of thunderstorms. Low in the lower 60s.
Saturday: Sunny with a 20 percent chance of thunderstorms. High in the upper 70s.

Rain slows Iowa/Nebraska crop planting but corn progresses

Ag/Outdoor, News, Weather

May 31st, 2016 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Although rain has slowed progress in some regions of the country, farmers planting corn remain ahead of schedule. Nationally, 94 percent of the crop is planted, two percentage points ahead of the five-year average. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Tuesday virtually all the corn is planted in Iowa and 90 percent of the plants have emerged from the dirt, about five days ahead of average.

Iowa’s soybean planting is 10 percentage points ahead of normal with 88 percent planted. Nebraska’s corn crop is at 96 percent, near the five-year average and soybean planting is at 73 percent, behind the average of 82 percent.

Rain is presenting challenges in areas of both states and water is reported standing in some fields from the frequent showers and thunderstorms in recent days.

Skyscan forecast & weather data for Atlantic: 5/31/16

Weather

May 31st, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Today: P/Cldy to Cldy w/scattered shwrs & thunderstorms, mainly this afternoon. High 79. S @ 10-15.

Tonight: Scattered showers ending late; Becoming P/Cldy. Low 55. NW @ 5-10.

Tomorrow: Mo. Sunny. High 77. NW @ 10-15.

Thursday: P/Cldy. High 79.

Friday: P/Cldy w/a slight chance of isolated thundershowers. High 82.

Monday’s High in Atlantic was 86. Our 24-hour Low thru 7-a.m. today was 62. We received .02” rain (two-one hundredth’s of an inch of rain) over the past 24-hours.  Last year on this date, our High in Atlantic was 67 and the low was 46. The All-time Record High in Atlantic on this date was 101 in 1934. The Record Low was 31 in 1897.

NWs forecast for Cass & area Counties in IA: 5/31/16

Weather

May 31st, 2016 by Ric Hanson

344 AM CDT TUE MAY 31 2016

EARLY THIS MORNING…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. SOUTH WIND 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 20 PERCENT.

TODAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING…THEN THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH IN THE MID 70S. SOUTHWEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 70 PERCENT.

TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY UNTIL EARLY MORNING THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MIDNIGHT. LOW IN THE UPPER 50S. NORTHWEST WIND NEAR 5 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 50 PERCENT.

WEDNESDAY…SUNNY. HIGH IN THE MID 70S. NORTHWEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.

THURSDAY…SUNNY. HIGH IN THE UPPER 70S. SOUTHWEST WIND NEAR 10 MPH.

FRIDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF  THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH IN THE LOWER 80S.

SVR TSTORM WARNING cancelled for Pott. County

Weather

May 30th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

515 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2016

…THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IS CANCELLED…

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS…AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

Severe Thunderstorm Warning: SE Pott County

Weather

May 30th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
450 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 450 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES EAST OF
CARSON…OR 19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ATLANTIC…MOVING NORTH AT 20
MPH.

HAZARD…60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT…HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE
TO ROOFS…SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
HANCOCK AND FARM CREEK PUBLIC WILDLIFE AREA.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 59 IN IOWA MILE MARKER 44 AND NEAR MILE MARKER
58.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.