Today: Mostly cloudy & breezy. High near 75. North winds 15-25 mph.
Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 56.
Tomorrow: Mostly sunny, with a high near 80. E/SE winds 5-10 mph in the morning.
Tom. Night: A partly cloudy w/a 20% chance of showers & thunderstorms late. Low around 61.
Thursday: Mo. Cldy w/a 20% chance of showers & thunderstorms before 1pm. High near 78.
Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 76.
Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 77.

Monday’s High in Atlantic was 94. Our Low this morning, 63. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 74 and the Low was 64. The Record High here on Aug. 6th, was 105 in 1930. The Record Low was 46 in 1974 & 1997. Sunrise today: 6:19-a.m.; Sunset: 8:32-p.m.

Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 95. South southwest wind 5-15 mph, with gusts to around 20 mph.
Tonight: Increasing clouds. Low around 66. S winds @ 5-10 becoming N/NW after midnight & gusting to near 20 mph.
Tomorrow: Partly sunny, with a high near 78. N winds @ 15-25 mph.
Tom. Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 57.
Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 81.
Wed. Night: Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Low around 61.
Thursday: Mo. Cldy w/a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1pm. High near 80.

Sunday’s High in Atlantic was 94. Our Low this morning, 65. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 84 and the Low was 63. The Record High here on Aug. 5th, was 111 in 1918. The Record Low was 42 in 1978. Sunrise today: 6:18-a.m.; Sunset: 8:33-p.m.

Today: Sunny, with a high near 95. Heat index values as high as 102. Southwest wind 5 to 15 mph.
Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 70. South wind around 5-10 mph.
Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 95. South southwest wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 77. North wind around 15-25 mph.
Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 82.
Wed. Night: A 30% chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 61.
Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high near 77.

Saturday’s High in Atlantic was 93. The Low was 64. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 82 and the Low was 65. The Record High here on Aug. 4th, was 110 in 1918. The Record Low was 38 in 1978. Sunrise today: 6:17-a.m.; Sunset: 8:35-p.m.

National Weather Service Omaha/Valley NE
312 AM CDT Sun Aug 4 2024

HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM THIS EVENING.

* WHAT…Heat index values up to 104 expected.

* IMPACTS…Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat illnesses.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors.

Today: Patchy fog before 9am; Partly sunny-to-sunny. High near 92. Calm wind becoming west around 5 mph this afternoon.
Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 67. Winds south at around 5 mph after midnight.
Tomorrow: Sunny, with a high near 95. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
Tom. Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 69. South wind around 10 mph.
Monday: Mostly sunny and hot, with a high near 97.
Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 84.
Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 84.

Friday’s High in Atlantic was 90. The Low this morning was 63. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 84 and the Low was 66. The Record High here on Aug. 3rd, was 107 in 1930. The Record Low was 42 in 1907. Sunrise today: 6:15-a.m.; Sunset: 8:35-p.m.

(Radio Iowa) – D-N-R Hydrologist Tim Hall says it looks like July will end up slightly wetter than normal once the final numbers are in. He says it continues the string of normal or above normal months that has pulled Iowa out of the drought. “The challenge that we’ve seen in the most recent month is although the rainfall is about average a lot of it came in the last week or ten days of the month,” he says. “And anytime you get a month’s worth of rain in a couple of weeks period of time it can be very, very challenging.” The latest map from the National Drought Monitor shows a clear map with no drought areas. Hall says while the colors indicating drought areas quickly washed off the map, the process was slow and steady. “While we’ve had a pretty rapid turnaround in drought conditions, this trend toward wetter weather and sort of giving us our side of the drought started almost ten months ago in October of last year,” Hall says.

Hall says water flows are back to normal on most waterways. “Last year there was a record number of irrigation permits that were in danger of being cut off because of low flow. If the stream flows too low, we don’t allow irrigators to withdraw water to irrigate under their permits. This year, no irrigation permits are even under any pressure,” he says. The drought had cities putting water use restrictions in place and Osceola has been looking at a plan to recycle wastewater. Hall says we’d be wise to not stop thinking about water use plans. “We would caution and advise any utility that’s sometimes struggling with water supply to think about where they were a year ago and keep working on some proactive solutions,” Hall says, “because droughts gonna come back. Maybe not this year, maybe not next year, maybe not for several years.”

He says the drought will come back sometime and it’s best to be prepared and take steps that can help minimize the impact when it does.

Today: Sunny, with a high near 89. North wind 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 65.
Tomorrow: Mostly sunny, with a high near 91. Winds Westerly at around 5-mph in the afternoon.
Tom. Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 65.
Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 93.
Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 69.
Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 95.
Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 83.

Thursday’s High in Atlantic was 86. The Low this morning was 61. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 78 and the Low was 64. The Record High here on Aug. 2nd, was 103 in 1930. The Record Low was 42 in 1907. Sunrise today: 6:14-a.m.; Sunset: 8:36-p.m.

(Atlantic, Iowa – KJAN) – Weather data for the month of July, 2024, in Atlantic, shows we were pretty much on the mark for average temperatures, but below average in terms of precipitation. The Average High last month was 85, one-degree less than the norm. The average Low of 62 was also one-degree below average for July. Precipitation last month in Atlantic amounted to 3.28-inches, which was 1.34-inches less than average. The data was compiled at KJAN, the official National Weather Service reporting site for Atlantic.

Looking ahead, we find the Average High for the month of August in Atlantic, is 83 degrees, while the Low should average out at around 61. Precipitation typically amounts to 3.88 inches.

Today: Mostly sunny. High near 86. W/SW winds 5-15 mph this morning becoming NW & gusting to near 25 mph this afternoon.
Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 64. NW winds 10-20 mph.
Tomorrow: Sunny, with a high near 89. N @ 5-15 mph, gusting to near 20 mph.
Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 90.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 92.
Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 93.

Wednesday’s High in Atlantic was 91. The Low this morning (as of 5-a.m.), was 67. We received .08″ rain Wed. evening/night @ KJAN. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 86 and the Low was 68. The Record High here on Aug. 1st, was 102 in 1897. The Record Low was 42 in 1898. Sunrise today: 6:14-a.m.; Sunset: 8:37-p.m.

(Omaha/Valley, NE  & Des Moines/Johnston, IA NWS Offices) – Storms raced through Nebraska this (Wednesday) evening, bringing heavy rain, damaging wind, a few tornadoes/funnel clouds and some hail. Here is a list (as of 8:18-p.m.) of the significant KJAN listening area storm reports:

8:35-p.m. – Trees and power lines down near the Cass County Fairground in Atlantic

7:41-p.m. – 64 mph thunderstorm wind gust 4 miles  S/SW of Menlo (MesoNet automated wx station)

7:30-p.m. – Trees down in Casey.

7:28-p.m. – 59 mph thunderstorm wind gust 1 mile NW of Audubon

7:08-p.m. – 59 mph thunderstorm wind gust at the automated wx site at the Atlantic Airport w/50 mph gusts lasting at least 10 minutes.

6:52-p.m. – 58 mph thunderstorm wind gust 4 miles SW of Logan

6:35-p.m. – 58 mph thunderstorm wind gust 4 miles SW of Logan (Harrison County)

6:29-p.m. – 59 mph thunderstorm wind gust 7 miles S/SE of Henderson (Personal weather station); Montgomery County.

6:27-p.m. – thunderstorm wind damage in Oakland – tree down on a house, & power lines down.

6:23-p.m. – 69 mph thunderstorm wind gust 1 mile S/SE of Missouri Valley

6:15-p.m. – Large tree down blocking Main St. in Neola; Power lines down also.

6:14-p.m. – 58 mph thunderstorm wind gust 3 miles SW of Underwood; 66 mph gust in Missouri Valley

6:06-p.m. – 70 mph thunderstorm wind gust 4 miles SW of McClelland

6:05-p.m. – 64 mph thunderstorm wind gust 3 miles W/NW of Silver City

6:04-p.m. – 76 mph thunderstorm wind gust 2 miles NW of Silver City

6:03-p.m. – semi tractor-trailer flipped-over on I-29 2 miles southwest of Crescent (Pottawattamie County)

5:57-p.m. – Tornado reported by law enforcement  miles SE of Council Bluffs.

Other reports:

8:20-p.m. – 66 mph thunderstorm wind gust at the Dsm Intl. Airport

4:45-p.m. – Eppley Airport in Omaha was closed until about 8:25-p.m. to assess thunderstorm wind damage. There were some expected flight delays.

10:30-p.m. – KETV reports damage to Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo. The zoo said the upper portions of the zoo will be open and the rest will be closed on Thursday (8/1). The Lee G. Simmons Wildlife Safari will also be closed on Thursday due to storm damage. Zoo officials said no animals or staff were hurt during the storm.

Numerous trees down in Sac and Dallas Counties.