Today: Cloudy w/light rain ending this morning; Becoming P/Cldy late. High 55. N @ 10-20 mph.
Tonight: Fair to P/Cldy. Low 38.
Tomorrow: Areas of fog in the morning; P/Cldy. High 62. SE @ 5-10.
Thursday: Cldy w/shwrs & possible tstrms. High 53.
Friday: Cldy w/light rain early; Becoming P/Cldy. High 64.
Monday’s High in Atlantic was 45. We received 1.25” of rain from Monday through early this morning, at KJAN. Our Low was 37. Last year on this date the High in Atlantic was 71 and the Low was 41. The Record High on this date was 87 in 1895, 1949 & 1960. The Record Low was 25 in 1900.
(Radio Iowa) – Numbers from state climatologist Justin Glisan confirm spring jackets weren’t always the best option in April. “We’re about five degrees below average looks like the top 15 coldest April on record in our records go back 150 years,” Glisan says. The state climatologist says he also got a lot of comments about how windy the days were in the just completed month.
“Now April is climatologically the windiest month of the year for Iowa — but really windy conditions — we had you know strings of days in which sustained winds were 20 to 25 miles per hour and gusting up into the 30s,” Glisan says. “So we look at the averages, the climatology of wind speed and direction. We had a significant wind direction out of the northwest but also a secondary southeasterly component to that. And those are driven by wetter days from the northwest and then warmer days from the southeast.”
Those wind conditions help create some stormy weather throughout April. Glisan says the positive from the storms is they brought more precipitation with them. “We look at April last year, we were an inch and a half below average. So relatively dry conditions last April,” according to Glisan. “We were only about four-tenths of an inch below average across the state. And we had pockets in central in north-central Iowa, where we had rainfall departures — positive so surpluses of anywhere from one to two inches.”
The statewide average for precipitation was three-point-two inches. Glisan says the early projections are for May to remain cool and damp. Check out the April weather data for Atlantic in a report on the Weather page at kjan.com (Located under the Community Hub column).
Today: Mostly cloudy w/rain & thundershowers, mainly this afternoon. High 56. E/NE @ 10-15 mph. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Low around 42. N/NE @ 10-20. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Tuesday: Cloud to P/Cldy. High near 60. N @ 10-15.
Wednesday: P/Cldy to Cldy w/a chance of rain late in the day. High near 64.
Thursday: Mo. Cldy w/rain. High around 56.
Sunday’s High in Atlantic was 55. Our Low this morning, 35. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 83 and the Low was 59. The Record High was 91, in 1968. The Record Low was 17, in 1908.
(Atlantic, Iowa) – Weather data for the month of April, 2022 in Atlantic, shows we were slightly cooler than normal, at 59 degrees (normally 62). The warmest days were on the 11th (84 degrees) and the 22nd (80 degrees). The average Low of 32 was about 5 degrees below normal for the month. The coldest morning was on the 1st, at 15 degrees.
Precipitation in April (including melted snowfall/ice) amounted to 3.24-inches, which was about two-tenths of an inch below normal. We also had a couple of days with pea-size hail (12th and 29th).
During the month of May in Atlantic, the average High is 73 and the average Low is 49. We typically see 4.32 inches of precipitation (Including melted snowfall). We’ll let you know how the data compared to those stats, when we compile the data next month.
Today: Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 57. Windy, with a west northwest wind 18 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 37. North wind 5 to 13 mph.
Monday: Showers likely, with thunderstorms also possible after 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 52. East northeast wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Monday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Low around 42. Breezy, with a northeast wind 14 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.
Tuesday: A 20 percent chance of showers before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 57. North northeast wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.
Wednesday: A 20 percent chance of showers after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 60.
Saturday’s High in Atlantic was 54. Our Low this morning, 42. We received .05″ rain yesterday (after 7-a.m.). Last year on this date, the High was 87 and the Low was 39. The Record High was 90 in 1965, and the Record Low was 17, in 1909.
Skyscan Forecast Saturday, April 30, 2022 Austin Romer
Today: Light rain in the morning. Cloudy. Cooling temperatures through the day. SW @ 25. High 57.
Tonight: Overcast w/ slight chance of rain. W @ 25. Low 45.
Sunday: Overcast in the morning, then slight clearing through the day. NW @ 20. High 58.
Sunday Night: Partly cloudy. NNW @ 5-15. Low 37.
Monday: Cloudy. Rain showers. NE @ 15. High 52.
Tuesday: Light rain likely in the morning. NE @ 15. High 56.
Yesterday’s high was 65 and the low was 54. This day last year the high was 81 and the low was 39. The all-time record high was 92 set in 1926 and the record low was 19 in 1958. Sunrise today is at 6:19 a.m. and sunset tonight is 8:16 p.m. We picked up .95″ of an inch of rain at the KJAN studios in the past 24 hour period.
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Omaha/Valley Nebraska
826 PM CDT Fri Apr 29 2022
The National Weather Service in Omaha has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
Northwestern Mills County in southwestern Iowa…
Southwestern Pottawattamie County in southwestern Iowa…
Sarpy County in east central Nebraska…
Douglas County in east central Nebraska…
Northeastern Cass County in southeastern Nebraska…
* Until 930 PM CDT.
* At 825 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Louisville,
or 20 miles south of Omaha, moving northeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD…70 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.
SOURCE…Radar indicated.
IMPACT…Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable
tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes,
roofs, and outbuildings.
* This severe thunderstorm will be near…
Cedar Creek around 835 PM CDT.
Springfield around 840 PM CDT.
Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include
Omaha, Papillion, Offutt AFB, Bellevue, La Vista, Ralston, Council
Bluffs and Underwood.
This includes the following highways…
Interstate 29 between mile markers 35 and 63.
Interstate 80 in Iowa between mile markers 1 and 17.
Interstate 80 in Nebraska between mile markers 432 and 454.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WS 161
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 830 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2022
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 161 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: IOWA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE ADAIR ADAMS CASS CLARKE DECATUR MADISON RINGGOLD TAYLOR UNION. 
* Primary threats include…
SUMMARY…A band of severe thunderstorms is expected to cross the
watch area from west-east this evening, offering severe gusts,
sporadic large hail, with a tornado also possible embedded in the
complex.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50
statute miles east and west of a line from 50 miles southwest of
Knob Noster MO to 60 miles north northwest of Lamoni IA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
REMEMBER…A Severe Thunderstorm Watch means conditions are favorable for severe thunderstorms in and close to the watch area. Persons in these areas should be on the lookout for threatening weather conditions and listen for later statements and possible warnings. Severe thunderstorms can and occasionally do produce tornadoes.
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