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NWS forecast for Atlantic & the area, Sunday 12/30/18

Weather

December 30th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Today: Sunny, with a high near 40. Winds S/SW @ 15-25 mph. Wind chill values as low as 5.

Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 25. South wind 5 to 10 mph.

Monday (New Year’s Eve day): Patchy fog. A 40% chance mixed precipitation (drizzle, snow & freezing drizzle). High near 34. Winds N/NW @ 10-20 mph w/gusts to near 25. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

New Year’s Eve (Monday Night): Patchy snow and freezing drizzle before 11pm, then a chance of snow. Patchy fog before midnight as well, otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 8.  Winds N/NW @ 15-30 mph. Wind chill values as low as -5. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

New Year’s Day: Partly sunny & blustery. High near 14. N/NW @ 10-25 mph.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 4.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 27.

Saturday’s daytime High was 18 (our 24-hour High ending at 7-a.m. today was 21. We received .1″ snow yesterday, which amounted to just a trace of liquid precipitation. Our Low for the past 24-hours was 6.

Last year on this date our High was 2 and the Low was -19. The record High in Atlantic on this date was 64 in 2004. The Record Low was -22 in 1917.