Early This Morning: Cloudy with isolated thunderstorms. South wind near 10 mph. Chance of thunderstorms 20 percent.
Today: Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers in the morning. Isolated thunderstorms in the late morning and early afternoon. High in the mid 70s. South wind near 10 mph. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
Tonight: Partly cloudy through midnight then becoming mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of thunderstorms. Low in the lower 60s. Southeast wind around 10 mph.

Wednesday: A chance of thunderstorms in the morning…then thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. Breezy. High in the mid 70s. Southeast wind 10 to 20 mph shifting to the south 20 to 25 mph in the afternoon. Chance of thunderstorms 70 percent.
Wednesday Night: Thunderstorms…breezy. Low in the mid 60s. South wind 15 to 20 mph with gusts to around 30 mph. Chance of thunderstorms 80 percent.

Thursday: Thunderstorms likely. Breezy. High in the mid 70s. South wind 15 to 20 mph with gusts to around 30 mph. Chance of thunderstorms 70 percent.

The state climatologist says April ended up a warmer than usual month. Harry Hillaker says there were several warm periods throughout the month. “Especially the middle part of the month and then the last three or four days of the month,” Hillaker says. He says the warmer parts of the month and a warm stretch back in March kind of got spring going a little earlier than normal in the state.

While the month was warmer than normal, the warmest day was on April 1st when Little Sioux hit 88 degrees.  “Kind of ironic that we had a 90-degree reading at Sioux City way back on March 16th and haven’t reached that 90-degree mark since then. On the colder extreme, 19-degrees was the lowest temperature we saw during April. It came back on April 4th, Elkader and Bell Plaine had that 19-degree mark,” according to Hillaker.

April 1st was also the warmest day of the month in Atlantic, when we topped at 82 degrees. The average High in Atlantic during April, was 63.6-degrees, which was 1.4-degrees warmer than normal. The average Low for the month was 36.6-degrees, which was just shy of the 37.4-degree norm.

Hillaker says the rainfall amounts weren’t anything out of the ordinary. “Right about usual as least as far as the statewide average goes,” Hillaker says. “A few areas were unusually wet — mainly from the west-central across to the north-central part of the state. Some areas have been very dry, the far northwest corner as well as part of southeastern Iowa as well. But overall, averaging pretty close to normal for April precipitation.”

Rainfall in Atlantic for the month of April amounted to 3.97-inches. Which was slightly more than one-half inch above normal. Hillaker says there wasn’t much severe weather in April.

(Radio Iowa/KJAN weather records)

Large hail, high winds and heavy rain came with last (Sunday) night’s thunderstorms that rumbled across much of Iowa. Meteorologist Brad Small, at the National Weather Service office in Johnston, says parts of northwest Iowa report tennis ball-sized hail while wind gusts near 60 miles an hour were reported in north-central Iowa near Algona in Kossuth County.

“We had some reports of inch hail starting in northwest Iowa near the West Bend area,” Small says. “It progressed farther south and east into the evening. The biggest was near the town of Manson in Calhoun County which had anywhere from an inch up to two-and-a-half inch hail. We had some reports of broken windows there, too.” Small says more thunderstorms are likely later today and practically every day this week.

“Of and on through much of the week, we’ll have some storms, mainly tonight more than today, and there may be a break late Tuesday and Tuesday night,” Small says. “Other than that, the forecast for the week and into next weekend looks stormy with several periods of showers and thunderstorms.” At least one tornado was reported in eastern Nebraska last night, along with some areas getting three inches of rain.

(Radio Iowa)

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Early This Morning: Cloudy with scattered light showers and isolated thunderstorms. North wind 5 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.

Today: Cloudy…cooler. A slight chance of light showers and isolated thunderstorms through mid morning. A chance of thunderstorms early in the afternoon…then thunderstorms likely late in the afternoon. High in the upper 60s. Northeast wind 10 to 15 mph with gusts to around 25 mph. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
Tonight: Thunderstorms in the evening…then thunderstorms likely before midnight and early morning. A chance of thunderstorms early in the morning. Low in the upper 50s. East wind 5 to 15 mph. Chance of thunderstorms 90 percent.

Tuesday: Partly sunny. A chance of thunderstorms through mid morning…then a slight chance of thunderstorms in the late morning and afternoon. High in the upper 70s. South wind 5 to 15 mph. Chance of thunderstorms 40 percent.
Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy through midnight then becoming mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of thunderstorms. Low in the lower 60s. Southeast wind 10 to 15 mph.

Wednesday: Thunderstorms likely. Breezy. High in the mid 70s. South wind 10 to 15 mph increasing to 20 to 25 mph in the afternoon. Chance of thunderstorms 70 percent.

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405 AM CDT SUN MAY 3 2015

TODAY AND TONIGHT: THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON…MAINLY ACROSS NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES INTO THE AREA. STORMS WILL THEN LIKELY EXPAND OR DEVELOP TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OVER THE REST OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA. SOME STORMS COULD BE SEVERE. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WOULD BE THE MAIN HAZARDS.

THE COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OF STORMS SHOULD DECREASE AFTER
MIDNIGHT.

SPOTTERS: PLEASE PASS ANY REPORTS OF HAIL OR STRONG WIND ACTIVITY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

353 AM CDT SUN MAY 3 2015

EARLY THIS MORNING…WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS. SOUTH WIND 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
80 PERCENT.
TODAY...PARTLY SUNNY. NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MID MORNING. BREEZY…WARMER. HIGH IN THE MID 80S. SOUTH WIND 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 70 PERCENT.
TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING…THEN THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY BEFORE MIDNIGHT AND EARLY MORNING. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE MORNING. LOW IN THE UPPER 50S. SOUTHWEST WIND 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST 5 TO 10 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 70 PERCENT.

MONDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. COOLER. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MID MORNING…THEN A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH IN THE UPPER 60S. EAST WIND 5 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 70 PERCENT.
MONDAY NIGHT…THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. LOW IN THE MID 50S. EAST WIND 5 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 70 PERCENT.

TUESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF  THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH IN THE UPPER 70S. SOUTH WIND 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH.
WEDNESDAY…CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
BREEZY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 70S.

207 AM CDT SUN MAY 3 2015

REST OF TONIGHT…CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. LOW AROUND 60. SOUTH WIND 10 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 50 PERCENT.

SUNDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MID MORNING. BREEZY…WARMER. HIGH IN THE LOWER 80S. SOUTH WIND 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 40 PERCENT.

SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING…THEN THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY BEFORE MIDNIGHT. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOW IN THE UPPER 50S. SOUTH WIND 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH BECOMING NORTHEAST UP TO 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 70 PERCENT.

MONDAY…CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE  MORNING…THEN THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON. COOLER. HIGH IN THE LOWER 70S. NORTHEAST WIND 5 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 70 PERCENT.

MONDAY NIGHT…THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. LOW AROUND 60. EAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 70 PERCENT.

TUESDAY…CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH IN THE UPPER 70S.

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337 AM CDT SAT MAY 2 2015

EARLY THIS MORNING…PARTLY CLOUDY. SOUTH WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.

TODAY…PARTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING THEN BECOMING MOSTLY  CLOUDY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. HIGH IN THE MID 70S. SOUTH WIND 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 50 PERCENT.

TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE EVENING THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MIDNIGHT. LOW IN THE UPPER 50S. SOUTH WIND 10 TO 15 MPH.

SUNDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 80S. SOUTH WIND 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH.

SUNDAY NIGHT…THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY THROUGH MIDNIGHT…THEN A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOW IN THE UPPER 50S. SOUTH WIND 5 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 70 PERCENT.

MONDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE  MORNING…THEN THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON. COOLER. HIGH AROUND 70. NORTHEAST WIND 5 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 70 PERCENT.

MONDAY NIGHT…THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. LOW IN THE UPPER 50S. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 70 PERCENT.

TUESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF  THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH IN THE MID 70S.