Today: Isolated showers and thunderstorms before 9am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 80. East southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.

Tonight: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 65. East southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.

Sunday: A moderate chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 79. East southeast wind around 5 mph becoming north in the afternoon.

Sunday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 63. North northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 80. North northwest wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 78.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 80.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (589.3KB)

Subscribe: RSS

The Freese-Notis weather forecast for the KJAN listening area, and weather information for Atlantic.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (1.0MB)

Subscribe: RSS

(Totals as of 7-a.m. Friday)

Atlantic (KJAN) .51″; Emerson, 1.65″; at Oakland, & 1 mile south of Avoca, 1.1″; Shenandoah, .04″; Audubon, .12″;

400 AM CDT FRI AUG 8 2014

EARLY THIS MORNING…CLOUDY. PATCHY FOG. EAST WIND NEAR 10 MPH.

TODAY…CLOUDY. PATCHY FOG THROUGH MID MORNING. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH IN THE UPPER 70S. EAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.

TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MIDNIGHT. LOW IN THE LOWER 60S. EAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.

SATURDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGH IN THE UPPER 70S. EAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.

SATURDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOW IN THE MID 60S. EAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.

SUNDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH AROUND 80. SOUTHEAST WIND AROUND 5 MPH.

SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOW IN THE MID 60S.

MONDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH AROUND 80.

The Freese-Notis forecast for the KJAN listening area and weather information for Atlantic.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (1,016.3KB)

Subscribe: RSS

400 AM CDT THU AUG 7 2014

EARLY THIS MORNING…CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL. EAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 50 PERCENT.

TODAY…CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MID MORNING…THEN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS BEFORE NOON. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL THROUGH MID MORNING. HIGH IN THE MID 70S. NORTHEAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 30 PERCENT.

TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. LOW IN THE LOWER 60S. NORTHEAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 20 PERCENT.

FRIDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGH IN THE UPPER 70S. NORTHEAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.

FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOW IN THE MID 60S. HIGH IN THE UPPER 70S. EAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.

SATURDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOW IN THE MID 60S.

SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH AROUND 80. LOW IN THE MID 60S.

ADAIR-MADISON-UNION-RINGGOLD COUNTIES; 359 AM CDT THU AUG 7 2014

…FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED…

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE MAIN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAINFALL HAD DEVELOPED FURTHER SOUTH OVER MISSOURI. ALTHOUGH THERE WERE MODERATE SHOWERS OVER MUCH OF SOUTHERN IOWA THEY REMAINED TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE WATCH AREA AND ARE NOT EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL EVEN IF THEY SHOULD SHIFT INTO FAR SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA. AS A RESULT THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED.

641 PM CDT WED AUG 6 2014

…RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL IOWA THIS EVENING…

AN AREA OF RAIN WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL THROUGH AT LEAST 830 PM THIS EVENING ACROSS CENTRAL IOWA. AT 630 PM...THE HEAVIEST RAIN EXTENDED FROM GUTHRIE CENTER AREA EAST THROUGH DALLAS COUNTY AND INTO WEST DES MOINES. EXPECT ANOTHER HOUR OR TWO OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN IN SPOTS BEFORE THE RAIN SLOWLY DIMINISHES FROM WEST TO EAST LATE THIS EVENING.

THE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADS AND RISES IN SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING THIS EVENING AND AVOID LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

328 PM CDT WED AUG 6 2014

HEAVY RAIN MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING TONIGHT IN SOUTHERN IOWA. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHERN IOWA TONIGHT. AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE IOWA HIGHWAY 92 CORRIDOR…WHICH SAW HEAVY RAIN LAST NIGHT…MAY SEE FLASH FLOODING FROM TONIGHT’S FORECAST HEAVY RAIN.

FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

* FLASH FLOODING IS PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS AT NIGHT. THE DEPTH OF WATER OVER ROADS CAN BE VERY DECEPTIVE. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER COVERING THE ROADWAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

The following are from a combination of NWS Cooperative Observer and media reports….

Atlantic, .96″ (At KJAN – official NWS reporting site); Massena, 2.19″; Audubon, 2.0″; Irwin, 2.44″; 1 mi. S. of Avoca, 1.04″; Harlan, .62″; Oakland, .2″.