AREA COUNTIES: SAC-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-ADAMS-UNION-TAYLOR AND RINGGOLD.

Counties shaded in pink are under a Red Flag Warning Monday

ISSUED 256 PM CDT SUN OCT 18 2015 …

RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY FOR EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS.

• TIMING…LATE MONDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY EVENING.
• WIND…SOUTH SOUTHWEST AT 20 TO 25 MPH GUSTING TO 40 MPH.
• RELATIVE HUMIDITY…AS LOW AS 27 PERCENT.
• FUEL…DRY GRASSES AND CROPS INCLUDING CORN STUBBLE
• IMPACTS…THE COMBINATION OF DRY GRASSES AND CROPS…LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND VERY GUSTY WINDS WILL ALLOW FOR ANY FIELD FIRES TO EXHIBIT RAPID EXPANSION. SEVERAL BURN BANS ARE IN EFFECT AS WELL ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE STATE. ANY PLANS TO FOR BURNING SHOULD BE PUT ON HELD UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS… A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW…OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS…LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY…AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CAUSE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.

MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-PAGE-COUNTIES…. 743 AM CDT SAT OCT 17 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS CANCELLED THE FROST ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9-A.M.

Today: **Frost Advisory until 9-a.m.**
Becoming P/Sunny. High around 59. S @ 5-10.
Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 38. South southeast wind around 5-10 mph.

Sunday: Sunny & windy. High near 67. S @ 10-20 w/gusts to near 30.
Sunday Night: Mostly clear & breezy. Low around 49. S @ 15-30.
Monday: Mostly sunny & windy, with a high near 79.
Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 54.
Tuesday: P/Sunny w/a 30 percent chance of showers. High near 75.

Friday’s High in Atlantic was 57. Our 24-hour Low ending at 7-a.m. today was 29.
Last year on this date, our High was 63, and the Low was 34.
The All-time Record High in Atlantic on Oct. 17th was 87 in 1947. The All-Time record low was 12, in 1976. Sunrise today is at 7:33, and sunset tonight will take place at 6:36.

Early This Morning: **FROST ADVISORY until 9-a.m.** Mostly cloudy. Patchy frost. East wind near 5 mph.
Today: Mostly cloudy through mid morning then becoming mostly sunny. Patchy frost through mid morning. High in the upper 50s. South wind near 10 mph.
Tonight: Mostly clear. Low in the upper 30s. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.

Sunday: Sunny…breezy. High in the upper 60s. South wind 5 to 15 mph increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Gusts up to 30 mph.
Sunday Night: Mostly clear. Breezy. Low in the upper 40s. South wind 15 to 20 mph with gusts to around 30 mph.

Monday: Mostly sunny. Breezy…warmer. High in the upper 70s. Southwest wind 15 to 25 mph with gusts to around 40 mph.
Monday Night: Partly cloudy. Low in the mid 50s.
Tuesday: Partly sunny with a 30 percent chance of showers. High in the mid 70s.

A Frost Advisory is currently in effect until 9-a.m. today (Saturday), for all of western and southwest Iowa. Areas of frost could damage or kill sensitive vegetation that is left unprotected.

Frost Advisory until 9-a.m.Sat. for counties shaded in light blue. Counties in purple are under a Freeze Warning until 9-a.m.

AREA COUNTIES: MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-PAGE.

311 PM CDT FRI OCT 16 2015

…FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT SATURDAY…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT SATURDAY.

* TEMPERATURE…TEMPERATURES TONIGHT MAY DIP TO THE MID 30S…WITH COLDER TEMPERATURES POSSIBLE IN FAVORED LOW ELEVATIONS.

* IMPACTS…TENDER VEGETATION MAY BE DAMAGED IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

Some much colder conditions have moved into Iowa and National Weather Service meteorologist Brad Fillbach says the first hard freeze of the season for much of the state will arrive early tomorrow (Saturday). “We’re looking at lows in the mid 20s to mid 30s across the state. We do have frost advisories and freeze warnings out,” Fillbach said. The freeze warning for 1 a.m. to 9 a.m. Saturday covers much of northern, eastern and southeastern Iowa.

Freeze warning for counties in purple; Frost Advisory for counties in light blue.

High temperatures today (Friday) are forecast for the 40s and 50s. Warmer weather will return soon. “Saturday’s highs will warm back up into the 50s, with 60s by Sunday and Monday,” Fillbach said. Some areas of the state should have temperatures in the 70s on Monday and Tuesday.

A Frost Advisory is in effect from 1-until 9-a.m. Saturday, for parts of the KJAN listening area, including Cass, Adair, Adams, Audubon, Carroll, Crawford, Dallas, Guthrie, Madison, Ringgold, Sac, Taylor and Union Counties.

The first rain chances in several weeks may arrive next week. “We do have chances early next week, but the chances are fairly slight and what rain we do get doesn’t appear to be of any significance,” Fillbach said. NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center released its winter outlook Thursday, and it calls for a slightly warmer-than-normal winter in Iowa, with near normal precipitation.

(Radio Iowa)

Today: Frost Advisory until 9-a.m.; Mostly Sunny. High near 58. N @ 10.
Tonight: Becoming partly cloudy. Low around 30.
Saturday: Frost Advisory from 1-am-to 9-a.m.; P/Cldy. High near 61. SE @ 10-15.
Sat. Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 39
Sunday: P/Cldy & breezy. High near 70.
Monday: P/Cldy & windy. High near 80.

Thursday’s High in Atlantic was 70. Our 24-hour Low ending at 7-a.m. today was 30. Last year on this date, our High was 74 and the Low was 35.
The All-time Record High in Atlantic on Oct. 16th was 87 in 1921. The All-Time record low was 20 in 1976 & 1977. Sunrise today is at 7:33, and sunset tonight will take place at 6:38.

The Shelby County Emergency Management Agency says the grassland/field fire danger level will remain “HIGH” through this weekend. Continued drying conditions, make the potential for grassland and standing corn fires higher than normal. Caution should be observed when burning and, notices provided to your local Fire Chief .

The next local update will be Monday October 19th.

Early This Morning: Clear…colder. Areas of frost. North wind near 10 mph.
Today: Frost Advisory until 9-a.m.; Sunny…cooler. Areas of frost through mid morning. High in the mid 50s. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight: Partly cloudy. Patchy frost early in the morning. Low in the mid 30s. North wind near 5 mph shifting to the southeast after midnight.

Saturday: Frost Advisory from 1-a.m. until 9-a.m.; Mostly sunny. Patchy frost through mid morning. High in the upper 50s. Southeast wind near 10 mph shifting to the south in the afternoon.
Saturday Night: Mostly clear. Low in the upper 30s. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.

Sunday: Sunny…breezy. High in the upper 60s. South wind 5 to 15 mph increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
Sunday Night: Partly cloudy. Warmer. Low around 50.
Monday: Mostly sunny. Breezy. High in the mid 70s.