Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 77. North wind around 9 mph.
Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 53. North northeast wind around 6 mph becoming east after midnight.
Tuesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 76. East southeast wind 6 to 10 mph.
Tuesday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 55. East southeast wind around 11 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Wednesday: A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 76. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Thursday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 77. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Sunday’s High in Atlantic was 85. Our Low 56. We received .22” rain overnight Sunday into early this morning. Last year on this date the High in Atlantic was 68 and the Low was 56. The Record High on this date was 95 in 1895. The Record Low was 25 in 1980.

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
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            ..REMARKS..

1113 PM     HAIL             3 ESE WESTPHALIA        41.70N 95.34W
05/07/2023  E0.75 INCH       SHELBY             IA   PUBLIC

1013 PM HAIL MCCLELLAND 41.33N M1.25 INCH POTTAWATTAMIE IA PUBLIC

0949 PM HAIL 1 N WALNUT 41.49N E1.00 INCH POTTAWATTAMIE IA PUBLIC

0931 PM HAIL CLARINDA 40.73N E1.00 INCH PAGE IA PUBLIC

0922 PM HAIL 2 SE ORIENT E0.70 INCH ADAIR IA TRAINED SPOTTER

0921 PM HAIL 5 N CRESTON E1.00 INCH UNION IA EMERGENCY MNGR

0920 PM     HAIL             3 NE YALE               41.80N 94.31W
05/07/2023  E0.88 INCH       GUTHRIE            IA   NWS EMPLOYEE
            DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL.

0903 PM     HAIL             4 S STANTON             40.92N 95.10W
05/07/2023  E1.00 INCH       MONTGOMERY         IA   PUBLIC

0845 PM     HAIL             2 SSW IMOGENE           40.86N 95.44W
05/07/2023  E1.75 INCH       FREMONT            IA   EMERGENCY MNGR

0844 PM     HAIL             ORIENT                  41.20N 94.42W
05/07/2023  E0.70 INCH       ADAIR              IA   PUBLIC
            REPORTED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.

0841 PM     HAIL             4 SW STANTON            40.97N 95.12W
05/07/2023  E1.00 INCH       MONTGOMERY         IA   PUBLIC

0838 PM     HAIL             HAMBURG                 40.61N 95.65W
05/07/2023  M1.00 INCH       FREMONT            IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

0827 PM     HAIL             MALVERN                 41.01N 95.58W
05/07/2023  E1.75 INCH       MILLS              IA   PUBLIC

0826 PM HAIL 3 WSW SIDNEY E1.75 INCH FREMONT IA PUBLIC

0808 PM     TORNADO          8 NW HAMBURG            40.68N 95.77W
05/07/2023                   FREMONT            IA   PUBLIC

0800 PM HAIL 4 S BRIDGEWATER E2.25 INCH ADAIR IA TRAINED SPOTTER
HAIL FELL FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES. DAMAGE TO SIDING.LARGEST STONES WERE TENNIS BALL SIZED. DAMAGE TO SIDING ON HOUSE.

0756 PM     HAIL             BRIDGEWATER             41.25N 94.67W
05/07/2023  E1.00 INCH       ADAIR              IA   PUBLIC 

0754 PM     HAIL             4 ESE GLENWOOD          41.03N 95.67W
05/07/2023  E1.50 INCH       MILLS              IA   PUBLIC

0754 PM     HAIL             MALVERN                 41.00N 95.59W
05/07/2023  E1.00 INCH       MILLS              IA   PUBLIC

0753 PM     HAIL             5 WSW MALVERN           40.99N 95.68W
05/07/2023  E1.00 INCH       MILLS              IA   STORM CHASER

0740 PM HAIL 2 NNW MALVERN M2.25 INCH MILLS IA TRAINED SPOTTER HAIL 
VARYING IN SIZES FROM 1.75 INCHES TO 2.25 INCHES.

0735 PM     HAIL             MALVERN                 41.01N 95.58W
05/07/2023  E1.75 INCH       MILLS              IA   PUBLIC

0734 PM HAIL GLENWOOD M1.00 INCH MILLS IA PUBLIC HAIL MEASURED USING PENNIES NICKELS AND QUARTERS. QUARTER SIZE HAIL MAX.

0730 PM HAIL 5 WSW MALVERN ESTIMATED 1.00 INCH MILLS IA STORM CHASER

Today:**DENSE FOG ADVISORY until 9-a.m.**Areas of dense fog before 10am. Isolated showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 84. East wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south this afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 20%. There is an enhanced threat of severe weather late today through tonight, with large hail, damaging winds and a few tornadoes possible at times.

Tonight: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 3am. Low around 55. S_N winds @ 5-10 mph becoming north in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Monday: A 20% chance of afternoon showers & thunderstorms, otherwise Partly sunny. High near 77. North @ 5-10mph.

Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 76.

Wednesday: A 40% chance of showers & thunderstorms. High near 78.

Saturday’s high was 76 and the low was 50. We received .02″ rain from 7-a.m. Saturday through 7-a.m. today. This day last year the high was 73 and the low was 49. The all-time record high was 95 set in 1966  and the record low was 24 in 1981. Sunrise this morning was at 6:10 a.m. and sunset tonight is 8:24 p.m.

Skyscan Forecast  Saturday, May 6, 2023  Austin Romer

Today: Cloudy. Moderate chance of showers and thunderstorms. SE @ 15. High 75.

Tonight: Partly cloudy. N @ 5. Low 55.

Sunday: Mostly cloudy. Moderate chance of showers and thunderstorms. SE @ 15. High 85.

Sunday night: Mostly cloudy. Moderate chance of showers and thunderstorms. WSW @ 10-15. Low 56.

Monday: Mostly sunny. NE @ 10. High 77.

Tuesday: Mostly cloudy. SE @ 10. High 77.

Yesterday’s high was 62 and the low was 56. This day last year the high was 69 and the low was 48. The all-time record high was 97 set in 1934 and the record low was 23 in 1891. Sunrise this morning is 6:11 a.m. and sunset tonight is 8:23 p.m. We picked up .94″ in the past 24-hr period at the KJAN studios ending at 7:00 a.m.

Today: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a high near 70. South wind 8 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight: A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 56. Southeast wind around 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1pm, then a slight chance of showers between 1pm and 4pm, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4pm. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 81. Southeast wind 10 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Sunday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Sunny, with a high near 85.
Monday: A 30 percent chance of showers after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 81.

Thursday’s High in Atlantic was 82. The Low was 36. Last year on this date the High in Atlantic was 57 and the Low was 49. The Record High on this date was 96 in 1909. The Record Low was 28 in 2021. Sunrise is at 6:12. Sunset will occur at 8:22.

(Radio Iowa) – Areas of Iowa that have suffered through months of drought may see some relief soon with the development of an El Nino weather pattern, as the Climate Prediction Center has issued an El Nino Watch for this summer. Doug Kluck, the Central Region climate service director for the National Weather Service, says the El Nino would come after three years of a La Nina. “If this does turn into an El Nino, and it turns into a moderate and/or strong one, it is the opposite of what we expect from a La Nina,” Kluck says. “In the wintertime, El Nino brings warmer-than-normal temperatures in the northern states, cooler-than-normal temperatures in the southern states, and wetter conditions along the south and drier conditions along the north.”

An El Nino occurs when Pacific Ocean surface temperatures rise above normal, and for Iowa, it typically means moderate temperatures and better chances for precipitation. Kluck says weather patterns change under an El Nino. “It tends to have a split jetstream, meaning, that the southern part of the U.S. gets more activity. The northern part, is sort of the northern jet, if you will, splits over the top, it stays in Canada. We don’t get as many arctic air pushes, it doesn’t get as cold and we have a relatively warm winter.”

Kluck says the El Nino is expected to develop rapidly this summer. Parts of Woodbury and Monona counties are in the worst categories of drought: exceptional, extreme and severe, while moderate to severe drought extends across wide sections of western Iowa. Large areas of central and eastern Iowa are considered extremely dry by the U-S Drought Monitor.

(Radio Iowa) – Iowans may have seen on the news how Michigan’s Upper Peninsula was hit on Monday with a foot-and-a-half of snow. Ten years ago this week, Iowans were the ones who were stunned with heavy snow in the first days of May, well over a month into spring. Meteorologist Rod Donavon, at the National Weather Service, says May of 2013 was a month of surprise weather extremes for Iowa. “Ten years ago, we had a lot of accumulating snowfall, a lot of those really wet and heavy snowfalls as well,” Donavon says. “We actually had several areas that reported power outages with that, and usually this time of year, you don’t expect travel concerns either, but it just came down so wet and heavy that we actually had some slick travel conditions as well.”

Much of the state had at least six inches of snow, while Mason City had more than nine inches, Chariton reported a foot of snow, and Osage had the deepest report at 13 inches. While there was significant snowfall, Donavon says it didn’t stick around.  “It doesn’t take too long for snow this time of year to really melt and disappear,” Donavon says. “It’s really warming up. We were actually pretty cold here in the last week as well, and then now, we’re going to be warming up as well. This time of year, usually if we get some snowfall, it doesn’t last.”

May 2013 snowstorm (Pella)

May 2013 snowstorm (Indianola)

May 2013 snowstorm (Belmond, IA)

Within a week of the big snowstorm in May of 2013, many Iowans were switching on their air conditioners, as temperatures by May 14th were already soaring to 98 degrees. (Photos courtesy the NWS in Des Moines. Click to enlarge)

Todday: Sunny, with a high near 79. South wind 5 to 14 mph.
Tonight: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 3am. Increasing clouds, with a low around 54. South southeast wind 8 to 13 mph. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a high near 71. Southeast wind 8 to 11 mph. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Friday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 54. East southeast wind 10 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1pm, then a chance of showers between 1pm and 4pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 77. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Saturday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 54.
Sunday: A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 85. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Wednesday’s High in Atlantic was 73. The Low was 29. Last year on this date the High in Atlantic was 55 and the Low was 46. The Record High on this date was 91 in 1918. The Record Low was 18 in 1907. Sunrise is at 6:14. Sunset will take place at 8:21.

Today: Areas of frost before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 71. North northwest wind around 6 mph becoming west southwest in the afternoon.

Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 44. South southeast wind 6 to 8 mph.

Tomorrow: A slight chance of showers between 3pm and 4pm, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 77. Breezy, with a south wind 9 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Tomorrow Night: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 52. South wind 7 to 13 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday: A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 70. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 53.

Saturday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 77. Breezy.

Tuesday’s High in Atlantic was 66. Our Low this morning was 27. Last year on this date the High in Atlantic was 52 and the Low was 41. The Record High on this date was 87 in 1895, 1949 & 1968. The Record Low was 25 in 1900. Sunrise is at 6:14. Sunset will take place at 8:19.

(Radio Iowa) – To many Iowans, it seems like winter ran long this year, with plenty of springtime snowstorms and frigid wind chills, but it turns out that our temperatures were right on target during April. State climatologist Justin Glisan says there were extremes on both ends of the thermometer, but it all averaged out to be normal for the month.

“If we look at the statewide average temperature, it was right on the average of 49 degrees,” Glisan says. “We did have pockets of slightly above average temperatures in southwestern Iowa, and then over into eastern Iowa, but overall, near-normal temperatures across the state.” There was severe weather on April 4th that included large hail, high winds and several funnel clouds and tornadoes, as well as multiple bouts with snow during the month, but overall, Iowa was lacking for rainfall during April.

“So if we look at the statewide average, it was a little over two inches, and that’s about an inch and a half below average,” Glisan says, “with the driest part of the state down in southeastern Iowa, with departures of up to one to three inches below average.” Computer models are pointing to a continued dry spell for the month ahead, while Glisan says the immediate forecast looks about right.

“Basically, across the upper Midwest and through the Corn Belt, an elevated signal for drier conditions in May,” Glisan says, “and May is the second wettest month climatologically for the state with almost five inches, so we don’t like to see that dry signal, but at least in the short term, we are seeing near-normal precipitation.”

Forecasters anticipate an El Nino weather pattern will develop over the region within the next few months, which typically means moderate temperatures and better chances for precipitation.