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345 AM CDT WED AUG 15 2012

TODAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HOT…BREEZY. HIGH IN THE MID 90S. SOUTH WIND 10 TO 20 MPH.

TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOW IN THE MID 60S. SOUTH WIND 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

THURSDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON THEN BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY. A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING. NOT AS WARM. HIGH IN THE MID 70S. NORTH WIND 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH.

THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. COOLER. LOW IN THE UPPER 40S. NORTH WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.

FRIDAY…SUNNY. HIGH IN THE MID 70S. NORTH WIND AROUND 5 MPH.

FRIDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW AROUND 50.

SATURDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH IN THE MID 70S.

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336 AM CDT TUE AUG 14 2012

TODAY…SUNNY. HIGH IN THE MID 80S. SOUTHWEST WIND NEAR 5 MPH.

TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW IN THE LOWER 60S. SOUTH WIND AROUND 5 MPH.

WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. BREEZY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 90S. SOUTH WIND 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOW IN THE MID 60S. SOUTH WIND 5 TO 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 5 TO 10 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

THURSDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING…THEN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. NOT AS WARM. HIGH IN THE MID 70S. NORTH WIND 10 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 40 PERCENT.

THURSDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. COOLER. LOW AROUND 50.

FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. HIGH IN THE MID 70S. LOW IN THE LOWER 50S.

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352 AM CDT MON AUG 13 2012

EARLY THIS MORNING…CLOUDY. NORTH WIND AROUND 10 MPH.

TODAY…CLOUDY IN THE MORNING THEN CLEARING. HIGH IN THE UPPER 70S. NORTH WIND 10 TO 15 MPH.

TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOW IN THE MID 50S. NORTHWEST WIND NEAR 10 MPH.

TUESDAY…SUNNY. HIGH IN THE UPPER 80S. SOUTHWEST WIND NEAR 10 MPH.

TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW IN THE MID 60S. HIGH IN THE LOWER 90S. SOUTH WIND 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT…THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. LOW IN THE MID 60S. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 60 PERCENT.

THURSDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING. NOT AS WARM. HIGH IN THE MID 70S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 20 PERCENT.

THURSDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. COOLER. LOW IN THE MID 50S.

FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. HIGH IN THE MID 70S. LOW IN THE LOWER 50S.

315 PM CDT SUN AUG 12 2012

TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MIDNIGHT. LOW IN THE UPPER 50S. NORTHWEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 20 PERCENT.

MONDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE UPPER 70S. NORTH WIND 10 TO 15 MPH.

MONDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOW IN THE MID 50S. NORTH WIND NEAR 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST AFTER MIDNIGHT.

TUESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE MID 80S. SOUTHWEST WIND NEAR 10 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

TUESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW IN THE MID 60S. SOUTH WIND 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH.

WEDNESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 90S.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOW IN THE MID 60S.

THURSDAY…CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. COOLER. HIGH IN THE MID 70S.

• Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 82. Southeast winds 5 MPH.
• Tonight: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 62. Southeast winds 5 MPH.
• Sunday: Mostly cloudy with a good chance for showers and storms. High near 80. South winds 10 MPH.
• Sunday Night:  Mostly cloudy, with a low around 58.
• Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 80.
• Tuesday A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 81.

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This year’s historic Midwest drought is having an impact on all crops — including popcorn. Gary Smith is President of the American Popcorn Company, the parent company of Jolly Time Popcorn. The company is based in Sioux City and has contracts with farmers in northwest Iowa and northeast Nebraska to grow the company’s popcorn. Smith describes this year’s crop as “okay,” especially when compared with conditions in other parts of the country.

“There is going to be a popcorn shortage because Indiana burnt up in June even, I mean, they didn’t even get started. And we’ve got a lot of competitors in the eastern cornbelt,” Smith says. Smith says about 90-percent of the company’s popcorn is grown under irrigation in northeast Nebraska. He says the dryland popcorn grown in the Sac City, Iowa area is in decent shape having received some rain in July that didn’t fall elsewhere. Still, he says there may be some quality issues in this year’s popcorn.

“I think the test weights will be down. When the test weights are down, then maybe your pops aren’t quite as good, we might struggle with quality issues, but that’s the way Mother Nature treats the product. And I’m just grateful we’re going to have a crop,” Smith says. With field corn prices at, or near, all-time record highs,- popcorn companies have to pay more to prevent farmers from switching away from popcorn production. Smith says the company is already paying record-high contracts to farmers, and he expects the contracts to be higher again next year. He worries, though, about an eventual consumer backlash.

“We’re at the highest point we’ve ever been because of the price of corn. Now with the drought, corn prices have rallied more, and so we’re looking at another increase, which is a big worry,” according to Smith. “Because at some point, America’s consumer is gonna say ‘your products too expensive, I don’t want you any more,’ and I don’t think we’ve gotten there yet. But where is that threshold? I’m not absolutely sure.” The American Popcorn Company has been in business for 98 years. Smith is a fourth-generation family member involved with the company.

(Radio Iowa)