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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

437 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2016

…SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT…

AT 437 PM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES EAST OF MACEDONIA…OR 21 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ATLANTIC…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
OAKLAND…CARSON…MACEDONIA…HENDERSON…FARM CREEK PUBLIC WILDLIFE AREA AND OLD TOWN PARK.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 59 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 41 AND 55.

GREENE-BOONE-STORY-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK COUNTIES…
415 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2016

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON.
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON, PRIMARILY WITHIN AND AREA FROM AROUND ADEL UP TO AMES AND BOONE. SOME OF THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING DIME TO PENNY SIZED HAIL AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS. EACH STORM WILL BE SHORT LIVED AT ANY GIVEN POINT, BUT A FEW AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE SEVERAL OF THE STORMS IN SUCCESSION.

343 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2016

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN POTTAWATTAMIE…
SOUTHEASTERN HARRISON AND SOUTHWESTERN SHELBY COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM CDT...

AT 342 PM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG  THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES WEST OF MACEDONIA…OR 26 MILES EAST OF OMAHA…MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
OAKLAND…AVOCA…TREYNOR…CARSON…WALNUT…SHELBY…MINDEN…
MACEDONIA…HANCOCK…TENNANT…NISHNA BEND RECREATION AREA…
BOTNA BEND PARK AND OLD TOWN PARK.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS…
HIGHWAY 59 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 41 AND 70.
INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 31 AND 48.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM…AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

Today: Partly cloudy to cloudy w/a 30% chance of scattered showers & thunderstorms, mainly later this afternoon. High 82. S @ 10-15.

Tonight: P/Cldy to Cldy w/a 50% chance of scattered shwrs & tstrms. Low 64. SE @ 5-10.

Tomorrow: P/Cldy to Cldy w/a 60% chance of scatt, shwrs & tstrms. High 75. NW @ 10-15.

Wed.-Thu: P/Cldy. Highs in the mid-70’s.

Sunday’s High in Atlantic was 84. Our 24-hour Low thru 5-a.m. today was 57. Last year on this date, our High in Atlantic was 65 and the low was 48. The All-time Record High in Atlantic on this date was 105 in 1934. The Record Low was 33 in 1930.