Today: Partly Cloudy. High 88. Variable breeze @ 5-10mph.

Tonight: P/Cldy to Cloudy scattered showers & thunderstorms. Low 70. SE @ 5-10.

Tomorrow: P/Cldy to Cldy w/scattered shwrs & tstrms. High 88. SE @ 10-15.

Thursday: P/Cldy. High 83.

Friday: P/Cldy to Cldy w/isolated showers. High around 81.

Monday’s High in Atlantic was 90. Our Low this morning thru 5-a.m., was 64. We received 1.25” of rain overnight through early this morning. Last year on this date, our High in Atlantic was 80 and the low was 67. The All-time Record High in Atlantic on this date was 104 in 1936. The Record Low was 43 in 1895.

337 AM CDT TUE JUL 12 2016

EARLY THIS MORNING…CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. COOLER. SOUTHWEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 50 PERCENT.

TODAY…PARTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH IN THE UPPER 80S. NORTHWEST WIND AROUND 5 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 20 PERCENT.

TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOW AROUND 70. SOUTH WIND AROUND 5 MPH.

WEDNESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH IN THE UPPER 80S. SOUTHWEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOW IN THE MID 60S. NORTHWEST WIND NEAR 10 MPH.

THURSDAY…SUNNY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 80S. NORTHWEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.

FRIDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH AROUND 80.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL ALLOW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 372 TO EXPIRE AT 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS…IN IOWA THIS ALLOWS TO EXPIRE THE WATCH FOR AUDUBON CALHOUN CARROLL CRAWFORD GREENE SAC COUNTIES.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WS 373

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1003 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 373 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE WATCH HAD COVERED HARRISON MONONA POTTAWATTAMIE and SHELBY COUNTIES.

GUTHRIE IA-AUDUBON IA-CASS IA-CARROLL IA-ADAIR IA-GREENE IA–

945 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016

…LINE OF STORMS MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH…

AT 944 PM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG  THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR COON RAPIDS TO 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF ATLANTIC. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 40 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…

AUDUBON…GUTHRIE CENTER…COON RAPIDS…LAKE PANORAMA…ANITA… EXIRA…ADAIR…ELK HORN…BAYARD…CASEY…KIMBALLTON…BAGLEY… DEDHAM…YALE…BRAYTON…SPRINGBROOK STATE PARK AND AUDUBON COUNTY AIRPORT.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR WEST CENTRAL IOWA.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 372 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREA COUNTIES: AUDUBON CARROLL CRAWFORD SAC.

345 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 372 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: IOWA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

BUENA VISTA CALHOUN CARROLL CHEROKEE CLAY CRAWFORD DICKINSON EMMET HUMBOLDT IDA KOSSUTH LYON O’BRIEN OSCEOLA PALO ALTO PLYMOUTH POCAHONTAS SAC SIOUX WEBSTER WOODBURY.

Watch #372. Counties in purple.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE…

SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2

INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE.

SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE.

A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE.

PROBABILITY TABLE:

PROB OF 2 OR MORE TORNADOES : 20%

PROB OF 1 OR MORE STRONG /F2-F5/ TORNADOES : 05%

PROB OF 10 OR MORE SEVERE WIND EVENTS : 50%

PROB OF 1 OR MORE WIND EVENTS > 75 MPH : 20%

PROB OF 10 OR MORE SEVERE HAIL EVENTS : 40%

PROB OF 1 OR MORE HAIL EVENTS > 2 INCHES : 30%

PROB OF 6 OR MORE COMBINED SEVERE HAIL/WIND EVENTS : 90%

MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-PAGE-1126 AM CDT MON JUL 11 2016

THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT: SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE PROBABLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE AREA. LARGE HAIL…DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALL POSSIBLE.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA BY MID AFTERNOON…AND THEN ADVANCE SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE REST OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. FAVORABLE INSTABILITY AND SHEAR PARAMETERS WILL BE IN PLACE ALLOWING FOR SUPERCELL DEVELOPMENT BEFORE MERGING INTO A LINE OF STORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS BECOMING THE PRIMARY HAZARD. IN ADDITION LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OF 2 INCHES OR MORE LIKELY OVER SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA.

THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD BE ENDING BY MID EVENING IN
NORTHEAST NEBRASKA…BUT COULD PERSIST PAST MIDNIGHT IN EAST
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA…AS WELL AS ALL OF SOUTHWEST IOWA.

BEFORE THE THE RAIN ARRIVES…ANOTHER HOT AND HUMID DAY IS
EXPECTED WITH AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 100 TO 105 DEGREES
ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80.

TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY: THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY…MAINLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80. THE COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT IS FORECAST TO STALL JUST SOUTH OF THE AREA EARLY TUESDAY…THEN SURGE BACK NORTH INTO OUR AREA TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE EACH DAY FRIDAY THROUGH
SUNDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT…

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

The Severe Storms Prediction Center in Norman, OK., has issued an Enhanced Risk of severe storms across portions of western and central Iowa for storms expected mainly this evening/overnight. Large hail and damaging winds are the main severe threats. Pay attention to the latest forecast for updates through the day/night on KJAN and on our Facebook and Twitter feeds.

Monday, July 11^th 2016 Dan Hicks

 Today: P/Cldy, warm & humid. High 92. SW @ 10-20.

Tonight: P/Cldy to Cldy shwrs & tstrms. (Severe weather is possible) Low 73. S @ 5-10.

Tomorrow: Shwrs & tstrms early; Becoming P/Cldy. High 89. SE @ 10-15.

Wednesday: P/Cldy to Cldy w/scatt. Shwrs & tstrms. High 87.

Thursday: P/Cldy. Less humid. High around 85.

Sunday’s High in Atlantic was 87. Our 24-hour Low thru 7-a.m. today was 72. Last year on this date, our High in Atlantic was 80 and the low was 67. The All-time Record High in Atlantic on this date was 104 in 1936. The Record Low was 43 in 1895.