Todday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 83. Calm wind becoming southwest around 6 mph. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight: Showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 3am. Low around 70. Calm wind becoming east around 6 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Monday: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 84. South wind 7 to 9 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Monday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 65. Northwest wind 3 to 8 mph.
Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 81.
Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 77.
Saturday’s High in Atlantic was 88. Our Low 69. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 88 and the Low was 56. The all-time record High in Atlantic on Aug. 11, was 104 in 1894, and the Record Low was 40 in 1902.
Skyscan Forecast Saturday, August 10, 2019 Dan Hicks
Today: Partly cloudy. A few isolated showers early and then widely scattered showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. S @ 10-15. High 86.
Tonight: Partly cloudy. A few widely scattered showers and thunderstorms. S @ 5-10. Low 67.
Sunday: Partly cloudy. A few widely scattered showers and thunderstorms. N @ 5-10. High 82.
Monday: Mostly cloudy. Showers and thunderstorms. High 85.
Tuesday: Partly cloudy. High 83.
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Today: Areas of fog this morning; Mostly sunny. High 82. N @ 10.
Tonight: Fair to P/Cldy. Low 60. Winds light & variable.
Saturday: P/Cldy w/shwrs & tstsorms possible, late. High 87.
Sunday: Mo. Cldy w/scattered thundershowers. High 82.
Monday: P/Cldy to Cldy w/scattered shwrs & tstrms. High 86.
Yesterday’s High in Atlantic was 86. Our Low this morning 58. Last year on this date our High was 93 and the Low was 61. The record High in Atlantic on this date was 111 in 1934. The Record Low was 44 in 1927.
DES MOINES — A second consecutive month of below normal precipitation has about 36 percent of the state rated as abnormally dry, according to the latest Water Summary Update. “It seems surprising that after the wet winter and spring that we would be thinking about drought conditions, but recent dryness has pushed parts of the state in that direction,” said Tim Hall, DNR’s coordinator of hydrology resources. “So far, streamflow and shallow groundwater are at normal levels, but we will continue to monitor those conditions.”
The data show two-thirds of Harrison County, all but the southeast corner of Pottawattamie County, the eastern half of Page County, nearly all of Taylor County, the northern half of Adair and Madison Counties, and most of Guthrie and Dallas Counties, to name a few, are abnormally dry.
July averaged 3.35 inches of rainfall around the state, which is 1.15 inches less than normal. June and July together were 2.3 inches below normal for rainfall. Despite this recent dry weather, the previous 12 months were the fourth wettest on record. Iowa temperatures averaged 75.1 degrees, or 1.5 degrees above normal, ranking this as the 51st warmest July. The month’s high temperature of 99 degrees was reported on July 19 in Little Sioux in Harrison County, which was 13 degrees above average for that date. Cresco in Howard County reported the month’s low temperature of 48 degrees on July 31, 11 degrees below average.
For a thorough review of Iowa’s water resource trends, go to www.iowadnr.gov/watersummaryupdate.
The report is prepared by technical staff from Iowa DNR, the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, IIHR—Hydroscience and Engineering, and the U.S. Geological Survey, in collaboration with Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management Department.
Today: Partly cloudy to cloudy w/scattered showers & thunderstorms possible this morning. High 82. N @ 10.
Tonight: P/Cldy. Low 59. Winds light & variable.
Tomorrow: P/Cldy. High 84 N @ 5-10.
Saturday: P/Cldy w/shwrs & tstsorms possible, late. High 87.
Sunday: Mo. cldy w/scattered thundershowers. High 82.
Yesterday’s High in Atlantic was 87. Our Low this morning 64. Last year on this date our High was 88 and the Low was 57. The record High in Atlantic on this date was 111 in 1934. The Record Low was 39 in 1904.
DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — The National Weather Service has confirmed that a tornado touched down southwest of Dubuque. The service says the twister struck around 10:05 p.m. Monday less than a mile from Dubuque, west of the airport, and lifted after churning only a few hundred yards. No injuries have been reported. The service says the EF1 tornado had winds of around 100 mph. It damaged corn, trees and the roofs of two houses.
Today: Partly cloudy to cloudy w/scattered showers & thunderstorms possible. High 83. S@ 10-15.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy w/scattered shwrs & tstrms. Low 65. N @ 5-10.
Tomorrow: Partly sunny. High 81 N @ 10.
Friday: P/Cldy. High 85.
Saturday: P/Cldy w/isolated thundershowers. High 87.
Yesterday’s High in Atlantic was 84. Our Low this morning 64. Last year on this date our High was 85 and the Low was 56. The record High in Atlantic on this date was 103 in 1937. The Record Low was 45in 1989.
Today: Partly cloudy. High 83.NW @ 10-15.
Tonight: P/Cldy. Low 62. Winds light & variable.
Tomorrow: P/Cldy w/scattered showers & thunderstorms. High 83. S @ 10-15.
Thursday: P/Cldy. High 81.
Friday: P/Cldy. High 85.
Yesterday’s High in Atlantic was 87. Our Low this morning 65. Last year on this date our High was 88 and the Low was 67. The record High in Atlantic on this date was 105 in 1930. The Record Low was 46 in 1974 & 1997.
315 PM CDT MON AUG 5 2019 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 554 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS IOWA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE BLACK HAWK BOONE BREMER BUTLER CALHOUN CARROLL CERRO GORDO CRAWFORD EMMET FRANKLIN GREENE GRUNDY HAMILTON HANCOCK HARDIN HUMBOLDT KOSSUTH MARSHALL PALO ALTO POCAHONTAS SAC STORY TAMA WEBSTER WINNEBAGO WORTH WRIGHT
The National Weather Services report an enhanced risk for severe weather is forecast for mid-afternoon through mid-evening, today. Storms are expected to fire-up between 3-and 11-p.m. Damaging winds are the primary threat, with large hail a secondary threat. There may be periodic heavy rainfall, however the threat for flash flooding is low at this time- largely due to the lack of rainfall over the past few weeks.
If you have outdoor plans this afternoon/evening, especially from central to northern Iowa, make sure you monitor the weather forecast closely and have a place to seek safe shelter, should it be necessary. Also, make sure you have multiple ways to receive severe weather warnings.