AIR QUALITY ALERT THROUGH MONDAY NOON
Today: Scattered showers and thunderstorms before 2pm, then isolated showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Areas of smoke after 7am. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 82. Light west wind becoming west southwest 6 to 11 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight: Isolated showers and thunderstorms before 9pm. Areas of smoke. Partly cloudy, with a low around 58. West northwest wind 5 to 9 mph becoming light and variable. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 79. North northeast wind 5 to 8 mph.
Monday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1am. Increasing clouds, with a low around 60. North northeast wind 6 to 10 mph becoming east southeast after midnight. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tuesday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 79. Southeast wind 11 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 85.
Saturday’s High in Atlantic was 84 and the low was 60. This day last year the high was 79 and the low was 69. The all-time record high on this date in Atlantic, was 109 set in 1936. The record low was 45 in 1906. Sunrise was at 5:59 a.m.; Sunset is at 8:51.
The Iowa DNR has issued an Air Quality Alert for fine particulate pollution, which is in effect for all of Iowa Through
Noon Monday…
Smoke from wildfires in Alberta and British Columbia continues to sit across Iowa. Air quality is expected to improve statewide by Monday morning, with smoke clearing from north to south starting this (Sunday) evening through Monday morning.
The DNR recommends that people reduce long or intense activities, and take more breaks during outdoor activities until air quality conditions improve. The recommendation is especially pertinent to individuals with heart or lung disease, older adults, children and teenagers, and outdoor workers. People in these categories should consider rescheduling or moving outdoor activities indoors.
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Today: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 84. West southwest wind 5 to 13 mph becoming north northwest in the afternoon. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming clear, with a low around 62. West northwest wind 5 to 7 mph.
Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 84. Northwest wind 6 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.
Sunday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1pm. Sunny, with a high near 85. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Monday: Sunny, with a high near 80.
Thursday’s High in Atlantic was 84. The Low was 62. Last year on this date the High was 90 and the Low was 65. The Record High on this date was 112 in 1936. The Record Low was 41 in 1967. Sunrise was at 5:58-a.m. Sunset is at 8:53-p.m.
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(Atlantic, Iowa) – A severe thunderstorm moved through the area early yesterday (Wednesday) morning. Emergency Management Coordinator Mike Kennon says although there were no reported injuries, widespread damages were evident. Winds in excess of 70 mph knocked down trees, large limbs and created some property damages with power outages. Strong winds also laid down field corn in areas.
While performing Damage Assessments, Kennon noticed that some damages were more severe, very concentrated and seemed to run in a line. A drone was deployed and found that his suspicions were correct. There is a clear path of damage that runs along 4th Street in Marne to a cattle feeding operation at 580th and Eastland Road and ends southeast of the intersection of Eastland Road and 590th. This line is nearly 3 miles long. Similar damage was also noticed in the City of Cumberland and in a couple of other rural locations in Cass County.
Drone picture taken by Cass County Sheriff’s Deputy, Ben Bartholomew.
Mike Kennon was interested in what the National Weather Service thought of this, so he submitted pictures and the drone video footage for their evaluation. Rod Donovan of the NWS-Des Moines said, “ It certainly appears there may have been some spin up circulations along the leading edge of the storm. Likely the radar beam started overshooting these features, so they were quite shallow features.”
The National Weather Service does not currently plan to perform a preliminary storm survey at this time.
[Council Bluffs, Iowa] – Emergency Management officials in Pottawattamie County are requesting the public report damages incurred to residential and business properties, as a result of the Wednesday, July 12th severe storms. The storms produced significant winds throughout the county, causing scattered structural damage, downed trees and power lines.
Pott. County Emergency Management Coordinator Doug Reed says “Although it doesn’t currently appear that a request for a disaster declaration is likely, we want to make sure we have as much data as possible before making that final decision. Other local or state-level assistance programs may be available to qualifying property owners depending on the amount or concentration of damage reports received.”
Pott. County EMA
Property owners can report their damage at pcema-ia.org. The system will ask for location and damage information as well as photos of the damage. Damage reports will be accepted through the end of the business day on Friday, July 13th.
Today: Areas of fog before 10am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 87. Southwest wind 5 to 11 mph.
Tonight: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly between 3am and 4am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 65. South southwest wind around 7 mph.
Tomorrow: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 85. South southwest wind 8 to 11 mph becoming west northwest in the afternoon. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 85.
Sunday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1pm. Sunny, with a high near 85.
Wednesday’s High in Atlantic was 84. We received .29″ of rain during the day (with .12″ received prior to 7-a.m., for a total of .41″). Our Low was 60. Last year on this date the High was 88 and the Low was 58. The Record High on this date was 108 in 1936. The Record Low was 44 in 1897. Sunrise is at 5:57-a.m. Sunset is at 8:53-p.m.
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