10:17-p.m. Power out in Griswold (Law enforcement report)
10:15-p.m. 68 mph wind gust 4 miles E. of Essex
10:14-p.m. 63 mph wind gust 2 miles W of Red Oak (AWOS)
9:57-p.m. 3″ tree limbs down; Power poles broke in Essex.
9:45-p.m. 58 mph wind gust 5 miles NW of Shenandoah
9:25-p.m. 58 mph wind gust 8 miles W/SW of Sidney
8:10-p.m. Flash Flooding 2 miles S/SE of Council Bluffs
7:45-p.m. Flash Flooding 2 miles S/SE of Carter Lake; water over the intersection of 33rd St. & 3rd Ave.
Today: Increasing clouds, with a high near 81. Windy, with a south wind 13 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph.
Tonight: Showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 4am, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5am. Low around 50. Breezy, with a south southeast wind 9 to 16 mph becoming northwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. Cloudy, with a temperature falling to around 48 by 5pm. Windy, with a north wind 10 to 15 mph increasing to 16 to 21 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Saturday Night: Rain showers likely before 4am, then rain likely, possibly mixed with snow showers. Some thunder is also possible. Cloudy, with a low around 34. Windy, with a north northwest wind 22 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 38 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
Sunday: A chance of rain and snow showers before 4pm, then a slight chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 46. Windy. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Monday: Sunny, with a high near 62. Windy.
Thursday’s High in Atlantic was 83. The Low was 55. Last year on this date the High in Atlantic was 53 and the Low was 25. The Record High on this date was 89 in 2003. The Record Low was 11 in 1907.
Today: Sunny. High near 84. Winds South at 10-20 mph w/gusts to near 40 mph. **RED FLAG WARNING for critical fire weather conditions, from Noon-until 8-p.m.**
Tonight: Clear, with a low around 56. Windy, with a south wind 16 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph.
Friday: Increasing clouds, with a high near 79. Windy, with a south wind 16 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph.
Friday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Low around 47. Windy, with a south wind 17 to 22 mph becoming west 11 to 16 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 31 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Saturday: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 57. Windy. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Saturday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 34. Windy. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 57. Windy.
Wednesday’s High in Atlantic was 85. The Low was 56. Last year on this date the High in Atlantic was 48 and the Low was 28. The Record High on this date was 88 in 2006. The Record Low was 11 in 1950.
Today: **RED FLAG WARNING from 1-p.m. until 8-p.m.**Sunny, with a high near 85. Windy, with a south southwest wind 14 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph.
Tonight: Clear, with a low around 54. Breezy, with a south wind 17 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph.
Thursday: **FIRE WEATHER WATCH from Noon until 8-p.m.**Sunny, with a high near 83. Windy, with a south wind 16 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 37 mph.
Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 56. Windy, with a south wind 21 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 36 mph.
Friday: A slight chance of showers between 2pm and 5pm, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 5pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 78. Windy, with a south wind around 22 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Friday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 8pm. Low around 44. Windy. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Saturday: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 8am, then a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 56. Windy. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Tuesday’s High in Atlantic was 80. The Low was 49. Last year on this date the High in Atlantic was 85 and the Low was 34. The Record High on this date was 86 in 1916. The Record Low was 13 in 1957.
(Radio Iowa) – Iowans may be anxious to clear the dry brush from their properties and get on with spring, but they’re warned not to set any fires. Outdoor burning is not recommended, and a dozen counties in northwest Iowa are under a Red Flag Warning until nine o’clock tonight. The warning means weather conditions are ideal for small brushfires to quickly get out of hand and spread and residents statewide are urged to heed the advisory.
Red Flag Warning for counties in pink https://www.weather.gov/dmx/
Forecasters say high temperatures today will climb into the 70s and 80s, while the humidity level is low, the winds are high with gusts up to 40 miles an hour, and the vegetation is very dry.
Today: Sunny, with a high near 82. Breezy, with a south southwest wind 6 to 11 mph increasing to 13 to 18 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 23 mph.
Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 55. Breezy, with a south southwest wind 14 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph.
Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 86. Windy, with a south southwest wind 18 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 37 mph.
Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 80. Windy.
Friday: A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 77. Windy. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Monday’s High in Atlantic was 75. The Low was 40. Last year on this date the High in Atlantic was 64 and the Low was 32. The Record High on this date was 91 in 1996. The Record Low was 18 in 1956 & 2004.
(Radio Iowa) – The D-N-R expert who keeps tabs of waterflow levels in the state says March was dry, but overall we are heading into spring in good shape. Tim Hall says snow and rain have help cut down some dry areas. “It sets us in a much better position than we thought we might be coming out of last fall. Typically, we don’t see a lot of moisture in the wintertime, but we had a lot of moisture in December, January, February,” he says. “We were a little bit short for March, but it doesn’t put us in too bad of shape going into the growing season.”
Iowa’s new Drought Plan lists the state in a “Drought Watch,” which Hall says is a signal to keep a close eye on what’s happening. “And what that really means is could have a wet April and the watch could go away and we could go back to normal,” Hall says. “We can have a dry April, and then we’d have to look at what would happen to those conditions. So it kind of puts us on the edge.” He says there are still some dry areas in the state, but things are much better thanks to those wetter months. “And what we have to watch carefully is the supply side of water. And hopefully, if we get normal to just slightly above normal rainfall in April, I think we’ll be okay,” he says. But if March was the start of a string of dry months, then we could be in a more challenging situation.”
Hall says the improvement is not a signal we have enough water not to worry about it. “There’s a difference between being smart about how we use water and sort of these extreme conservation measures. And as we’re into normal conditions across much of the state –that’s not a that’s not a call to start wasting water,” Hall says. “Be careful with what you do. And, and, you know, certainly people like their green lawns, but let’s just not get carried away. Fix your faucets that leak, fix your toilets that leak, you know, those are just generally responsible things to do with water.”
He says we should try to not waster water whether we are in a drought situation, or have normal levels.
(Radio Iowa) – Iowans have seen several unseasonable snowstorms this spring, but none of them compare to what’s known as the Blizzard of ’73. It was 50 years ago on Sunday that a monster winter weather system blasted into Iowa. The storm hit on a Monday, April 9th, 1973. Meteorologist Craig Cogil, at the National Weather Service, says the powerful winds whipped up massive drifts that were so deep, they completely covered houses. “Quite a massive storm that moved across the state, burying many locations across Iowa with a foot or more of snowfall,” Cogil says. “A few locations had the most snow ever, including Dubuque that had almost 20 inches of snow at 19.2.”
School was cancelled for several days in districts practically statewide. Many stores were closed and traffic was at a standstill due to the high drifts. State highways were littered with hundreds of stranded cars. “Around the Des Moines area, a foot of snow was pretty common and heading down to the southwest,” Cogil says. “There were even some drifts that got up to 15 feet, so for April, just an outstanding snowstorm for that time of year.” Cogil says the snow persisted for several days, but disappeared by the end of the week.
“It warms up this time of year pretty quickly, so the snow didn’t stick around too much, but unfortunately, when it was here, it sure caused a mess, shutting down a lot of highways,” Cogil says. “We had reports of at least seven people dying from heart attacks primarily from scooping the snow.” The Friday before the storm, temperatures were in the 70s, as golfers took advantage of the courses in the Des Moines area. The day of the storm, the high only made it to 29. Two weeks after the storm, temperatures returned to the 70s.
Today: Light rain/showers ending; Partly cloudy. High 74. SE @ 10.
Tonight: Mostly clear. Low 50. S @ 5.
Tomorrow: P/Cldy & windy. High 79. SW @ 10-20.
Wednesday: Sunny & windy. High 83.
Thursday: Sunny & windy. High 79.
Sunday’s High in Atlantic was 75. The Low was 46. We received .18″ of rain early this morning. Last year on this date the High in Atlantic was 73 and the Low was 30. The Record High on this date was 94 in 1930. The Record Low was 17 in 1989.
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