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NWS forecast for Atlantic & the area, Saturday 12/29/18

Weather

December 29th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Today: Cloudy through mid morning, then gradual clearing, with a high near 23. Wind chill values as low as -5. West northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south southwest in the afternoon.

Tonight: Clear, with a low around 18. Wind chill values as low as 5. South southwest wind 7 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 41. Wind chill values as low as 10. Breezy, with a south southwest wind 13 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 26. South southwest wind 7 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Monday: A slight chance of freezing drizzle between noon and 5pm, then a slight chance of snow after 5pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 32. Windy. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 5. Windy.

New Year’s Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 15. Blustery.

Yesterday’s High in Atlantic was 20. Our Low this morning was 4. We received a glaze of freezing mist yesterday, and .3” of snow. The ice and snow melted into just .01” liquid precipitation. Last year on this date our High was 16 and the Low was 1. The record High in Atlantic on this date was 60 in 1984. The Record Low was -22 in 1917.