SKYSCAN FORECAST            Monday July 16, 2012          Harvey Freese

Today: Sunny.  S @ 10-15 Gusting up to 20.  H 98.

Tonight: Clear.  L lower 70’s. S @ 5-10.

Tuesday: Sunny.  Light SW winds.  H 98.

Wednesday: Sunny.  Isolated Thunderstorm possible.  H 95.

Thursday: Partly Cloudy to Cloudy. Isolated Thunderstorm possible.  H mid 90’s.

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Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 93. West wind around 5 mph.

Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 67. Northeast wind around 5 mph

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 94. 

Sunday: Night Mostly clear, with a low around 70.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 96.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 95.

Today: Partly cloudy with isolated showers and storms early and then later in the day, southeast winds 10-15, high near 92

Tonight: Partly cloudy with isolated showers and storms and light and variable winds, low around 69

Saturday: Partly cloudy with isolated showers and storms, west northwest winds 10 mph and a high near 93

Sunday: Partly cloudy with a high around 95

Monday: Partly cloudy and a high near 97

Today: Partly cloudy with  southeast winds 10 MPH,  high near 88

Tonight: Partly cloudy with isolated showers and storms, southeast winds 5 MPH, low around 67

Friday: Partly cloudy with isolated showers and storms, southeast winds 10-15, high near 88

Saturday: Partly cloudy with isolated showers and storms and a high around 88

Sunday: Party cloudy and a high near 91

Today:  Partly to mostly sunny skies, east winds around 10 MPH, high near 87

Tonight:  Partly cloudy, east winds around 5 MPH, low around 59

Thursday:  Partly cloudy, southeast winds around 10 MPH, high near 87

Friday:  Partly cloudy with isolated showers and storms, high near 87

Saturday:  Partly cloudy with isolated showers and storms, high near 89

Today:  Sunny, with an isolated shower and a high in the upper 80’s and light northeast winds.

Tonight:  Clear, with a low around 60.

Wednesday:  Sunny, with an isolated shower or storm, with a high around 88.

Wednesday Night:  Clear with a low around 65

Thursday:  Sunny isolated showers and storms with a high near 90

Friday:  Partly cloudy with a near 90.

Saturday and Sunday:  Partly cloudy with isolated showers and storms and a high in the low 90’s both days.

SKYSCAN FORECAST            Monday July 9, 2012               Harvey Freese

Today: Partly Sunny.  NE @ 5-10.  H upper 80’s.

Tonight: Clear.  L lower 60’s.

Tuesday: Sunny.  Light NE winds.  H 85.

Wednesday: Sunny.  Light E winds.  H upper 80’s.

Thursday: Sunny.  H 88.

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SKYSCAN FORECAST                     Saturday July 7, 2012  Chris Parks     

*HEAT ADVISORY from Noon to 8pm for MILLS, MONTGOMERY, FREMONT, PAGE Counties.

*EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING for ADAMS, UNION, TAYLOR, RINGGOLD, and MADISON Counties until 7pm.

Today: Mostly Sunny.  Calm wind becoming N @ 5-10 this afternoon.  H 89.

Tonight: Partly Cloudy.  NNE @ 10.  L 70.

Sunday: Partly Sunny.  NE @ 10.  H 85.

Monday: Mostly Sunny.  NE @ 5-10.  H 85.

Tuesday: Sunny.  H 84.

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Here’s the Freese-Notis forecast for Atlantic and the KJAN listening area…

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Much of Iowa is in the midst of the state’s worst drought in 24 years. State Climatologist Harry Hillaker says Iowa’s rainfall totals over the last two months were less than half of normal amounts for May and June. “Probably the worst off area over that relatively short term would be in east-central and parts of northeastern Iowa,” Hillaker says. “Around Waterloo, Cedar Rapids, Quad Cities and Dubuque…those areas, in many cases, have maybe received 25-percent of normal rainfall over the past couple of months.”

In addition to the lack of rain, temperatures have been well above normal this spring and summer. The situation is similar to 1988 – the year of Iowa’s last major drought. “1988 is certainly the year that we’ve probably been comparing 2012 with the most often,” Hillaker says. “That particular summer was both unusually hot and unusually dry.” But, Iowa’s received nearly twice as much rain over the first half of this year compared to 1988. A report from the USDA this week found 73 percent of Iowa’s farm acres were either “short or very short” on subsoil moisture — that compares to just two-percent at this time last year. Hillaker says the recent heat wave is stressing crops even more.

“When temperatures are at 100 degrees or so, it basically results in evaporation rates roughly 25 to 30 percent higher than what would be the case if we had more normal temperatures, which at this time of year would be in the mid 80s,” Hillaker said. “It does make quite a bit of difference and dries things out much more rapidly than if we had moderate temperatures.” Monday’s USDA report rated 62-percent of Iowa’s corn as “good to excellent.” That compares to an 82-percent rating in Iowa at this time last year. Scattered showers and storms are in the weekend forecast and more normal temperatures, with highs in the 80s and overnight lows in the 60s, are expected Sunday and Monday.

(Radio Iowa)