358 AM CST WED DEC 5 2012

TODAY…PARTLY SUNNY. BREEZY. HIGH IN THE MID 50S. SOUTHEAST WIND 10 TO 20 MPH.

TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. NOT AS COOL. LOW IN THE LOWER 40S. SOUTH WIND 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH.

THURSDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH IN THE LOWER 50S. SOUTH WIND NEAR 10 MPH.

THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN THROUGH MIDNIGHT. LOW IN THE MID 30S. NORTHEAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.

FRIDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 40S. NORTH WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.

FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOW IN THE UPPER 20S. HIGH AROUND 40.

SATURDAY NIGHT…CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN. LOW IN THE LOWER 30S.

SUNDAY…CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW. HIGH IN THE MID 30S.

The National Weather Service says Iowa experienced unseasonably warm temperatures on Monday, as southwesterly winds increased ahead of an approaching cold front. Many locations broke their daily high temperatures, and several tied their records for the highest temperature ever recorded on that date, in December. Among the locations where the high was tied, was in Atlantic, where we hit 63-degrees at 11-a.m., here at the KJAN studios, the Official NWS reporting site for Atlantic. Our high tied the record first set 50-years ago (1962). Today’s predicted high of 58 would fall about 8-degrees shy of tying the record for December 4^th.

High temperatures Monday ranged from 62-degrees in Omaha to 72 in Burlington. Des Moines topped out at 69-degrees, which tied the record set in 1984. The highest temperature ever recorded anywhere in Iowa during the month of December is 74-degrees in Thurman, on Dec. 6^th, 1939, a day on which many areas of western Iowa established December warmth records that still stand today. On that date, Atlantic hit 69 degrees.

Here’s the (Podcast) Freese-Notis forecast for the KJAN listening area and weather data for Atlantic…

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TODAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE UPPER 50S. WEST WIND NEAR 10 MPH.

TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOW IN THE UPPER 20S. NORTHWEST WIND NEAR 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST AFTER MIDNIGHT.

WEDNESDAY...PARTLY SUNNY. BREEZY. HIGH IN THE MID 50S. SOUTHEAST WIND 5 TO 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. BREEZY. NOT AS COOL. LOW AROUND 40. SOUTH WIND 15 TO 20 MPH.

THURSDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH IN THE LOWER 50S. SOUTH WIND 5 TO 15 MPH.

THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN THROUGH MIDNIGHT. COLDER. LOW AROUND 30.

FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGH IN THE MID 40S. LOW IN THE LOWER 30S.

Expect to see several records being broken today for the warmest temperature on this date. In Atlantic, as of 11-a.m., the temperature at the KJAN studios (The official National Weather Service reporting site for Atlantic) was 63-degrees, which tied the record set 50-years ago on this date. The predicted high this afternoon, is forecast to be around 63.

From Freese-Notis Meteorologist Harvey Freese, and, weather data for Atlantic from KJAN News Director Ric Hanson….

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355 AM CST MON DEC 3 2012

...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING…

EARLY THIS MORNING…CLOUDY. AREAS OF DENSE FOG. SOUTH WIND 10 TO 15 MPH.

TODAY…PARTLY SUNNY. BREEZY. PATCHY FOG THROUGH MID MORNING. HIGH IN THE LOWER 60S. SOUTHWEST WIND AROUND 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.

TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. COLDER. LOW IN THE LOWER 30S. NORTHWEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.

TUESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE UPPER 50S. WEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.

TUESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOW IN THE UPPER 20S. NORTHWEST WIND NEAR 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST AFTER MIDNIGHT.

WEDNESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 50S. SOUTHEAST WIND 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. NOT AS COOL. LOW IN THE LOWER 40S.

THURSDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN. HIGH IN THE LOWER 50S.

COUNTIES: CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-ADAMS-UNION-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD

957 PM CST SUN DEC 2 2012   National Weather Service/Des Moines (http://www.crh.noaa.gov/dmx/)

..DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY… THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A DENSE FOG ADVISORY…WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY. * VISIBILITY…VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE A QUARTER MILE TO NEAR ZERO. * IMPACTS…TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY DIFFICULT AND HAZARDOUS THROUGH THE MORNING WITH EXTREMELY LOW VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS… A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. IF DRIVING…SLOW DOWN… USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS…AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU.

728 PM CST SUN DEC 2 2012

…LOCALLY DENSE FOG AT TIMES…

AREAS OF FOG WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE AREA. FOG WILL BECOME LOCALLY DENSE AT TIMES…WITH VISIBILITIES NEAR OR BELOW A QUARTER OF A MILE. IF DRIVING…SLOW DOWN…USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS…AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU.

851 AM CST SUN DEC 2 2012

COUNTIES:CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-ADAMS-UNION-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD: THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL NOON TODAY.

COUNTIES; MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-PAGE: DENSE FOG ADVISORY CONTINUES UNTIL 11-A.M. TODAY.

VISIBILITIES WILL REMAIN AT ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS THROUGH THE LATE MORNING HOURS. IMPROVEMENT WILL BEGIN AFTER 1100 AM.

TRAVEL IS LIKELY TO BECOME VERY DIFFICULT AND HAZARDOUS AT TIMES WHILE DRIVING THROUGH EXTREMELY LOW VISIBILITIES.

A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. IF DRIVING…SLOW DOWN… USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS…AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU.