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NWS forecast for Atlantic & the area: Sunday, 12/29/2019

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December 29th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

Today: A slight chance of rain between 3pm and 4pm, then a chance of snow. Cloudy, with a temperature falling to around 33 by 5pm. Breezy, with a southwest wind 13 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
Tonight: A 40 percent chance of snow, mainly before 5am. Cloudy, with a low around 22. Blustery, with a west wind 13 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.
Monday: A 30 percent chance of snow, mainly between 8am and 2pm. Cloudy, with a high near 29. Wind chill values as low as 5. Windy, with a west northwest wind 18 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
Monday Night: A 20 percent chance of snow before midnight. Cloudy, with a low around 20. Blustery, with a west northwest wind 18 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 32. Breezy.
New Year’s Day: Sunny, with a high near 43.

Saturday’s High in Atlantic was 50. Our Low this morning, 37. We received .6” rain Saturday through 6-a.m., today (Sunday). Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 21 and the Low was 6. The record High for Dec. 29th in Atlantic, was 60 in 1984. The Record Low was -22 in 1917.