The Montgomery County Emergency Management Agency says travel is not recommended in Montgomery County due to extremely icy conditions. County and State Highways are 50-100% ice covered. If you must travel be extremely careful. Take extra time to make it to your destination safely and always be prepared and have a survival kit with you if you become stuck or stranded.

Authorities in Cass County are recommending against unnecessary travel this afternoon. Emergency Management Coordinator Mike Kennon said the roads are 100% ice covered and numerous accidents, some with injuries, have been reported. The are Winter Weather Advisories in effect for the KJAN listening area until Midnight, tonight.

COUNTIES: CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS- CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-ADAMS-UNION-TAYLOR
1203 PM CST THU NOV 21 2013

…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND LIGHT SNOW…WHICH
IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT.

* SHORT TERM TRENDS…LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND LIGHT DRIZZLE IS
DEVELOPING OVER WESTERN AND SOUTHWEST IOWA NOW. THIS WILL MOVE
NORTHEAST INTO CENTRAL IOWA BY EARLY AFTERNOON.

* STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS…A LIGHT ACCUMULATION OF ICE
RESULTING IN A LIGHT GLAZING OF ICE ON ROADS IS LIKELY. LIGHT
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL FOLLOW THE LIGHT FREEZING PRECIPITATION
AND WILL RANGE FROM LESS THAN AN INCH EAST TO UP TO 2 INCHES
WEST.

* WINDS/VISIBILITY…NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 15 TO 25 MPH.
VISIBILITY WILL FALL TO 1 TO 2 MILES IN SNOW. SOME LIGHT BLOWING
SNOW IS POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT.

* IMPACTS…ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK WEST EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND
ACROSS CENTRAL IOWA BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. THE LOCAL COMMUTE
HOME FROM WORK AND SCHOOL MAY BE IMPACTED BY SLICK ROADS AND
SLOW TRAFFIC CONDITIONS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE
CAUTION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW…SLEET…OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES…AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

COUNTIES: SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-PAGE–
1154 AM CST THU NOV 21 2013

…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN…SLEET…AND SNOW…WHICH IS
IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT.

* TIMING…FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE
AFTERNOON…CHANGING TO SLEET AND SNOW LATER THIS
AFTERNOON…AND THEN TO ALL SNOW THIS EVENING.

* MAIN IMPACT…LIGHT FREEZING RAIN MAY CAUSE ICING ON ELEVATED
SURFACES SUCH AS BRIDGES…DECKS…AND WALKWAYS. UNTREATED ROADS
COULD BECOME SLICK AS PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO SLEET AND SNOW AS
WELL.

* OTHER IMPACTS…GUSTY NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH…WITH GUSTS
UP TO 30 MPH…WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING.

    PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW…SLEET…OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES…AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

COUNTIES: AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-ADAMS-UNION-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD….
1117 AM CST THU NOV 21 2013

AREAS OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE OR FREEZING RAIN ARE POSSIBLE AT
TIMES ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST IOWA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON
HOURS. A BAND OF LIGHT RAIN WILL SPREAD NORTHWARD IN SOUTHWEST
IOWA THROUGH 4 PM CST. COLDER TEMPERATURES WILL FILTER INTO THE
STATE CAUSING SURFACE TEMPERATURES TO DROP BELOW FREEZING. THIS
MAY LEAD TO SOME AREAS RECEIVING A LIGHT GLAZING…ESPECIALLY ON
ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS OVERPASSES AND BRIDGES. USE EXTRA
CAUTIONS WHILE DRIVING THIS AFTERNOON AS ROAD CONDITIONS MAY
CHANGE ABRUPTLY AT TIMES.

AREA COUNTIES: SAC-CRAWFORD-CARROLL- GREENE-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON–
814 AM CST THU NOV 21 2013

AREAS OF DENSE FOG ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH 1030 AM CST ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA. VISIBILITY WILL RANGE FROM LESS THAN A HALF MILE TO AROUND 3 MILES AT TIMES…WITH THE GREATEST VISIBILITY REDUCED IN LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS RIVER BOTTOMS. THE FOG WILL DISSIPATE AS A COLD FRONT ADVANCES THROUGH CENTRAL IOWA
TODAY.

The Freese-Notis/Weather.Net forecast for Atlantic and the KJAN listening area, and weather information for Atlantic from KJAN News Director Ric Hanson.

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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa officials are recruiting people to help monitor the state’s weather as part of a volunteer network. The state Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship says data on rain, hail and snow that’s collected by volunteers will be used for flood forecasting, scientific research and general weather interest. The department’s state climatology office works with the National Weather Service in Des Moines to make sure the data is immediately available for free online.

Interested volunteers just need a four-inch diameter rain gage and a suitable location for the gage.

The Colorado Climate Center established the volunteer network in 1998, and it’s available in all 50 states and Canada. Iowa joined in 2007 and has more than 300 registered volunteers.

337 AM CST THU NOV 21 2013

AREA COUNTIES: SAC-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-MADISON

337 AM CST THU NOV 21 2013

…LOCALIZED DENSE FOG EXPECTED EARLY THIS MORNING…

AREAS OF FOG WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNRISE ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA. SOME OF THIS FOG WILL BE LOCALLY DENSE WITH VISIBILITIES OF LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. BE PREPARED FOR RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITIES OVER SHORT DISTANCES THIS MORNING. THE FOG IS EXPECTED TO LIFT AFTER SUNRISE AS A COLD FRONT ADVANCES ACROSS CENTRAL IOWA.

331 AM CST THU NOV 21 2013

TODAY…CLOUDY…BREEZY…COLDER. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN BEFORE NOON. A CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN AND LIGHT SNOW EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON…THEN LIGHT SNOW LIKELY LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. NO SNOW ACCUMULATION. HIGH IN THE MID 30S. TEMPERATURE STEADY OR SLOWLY FALLING IN THE AFTERNOON. NORTH WIND 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 70 PERCENT.

TONIGHT…LIGHT SNOW UNTIL EARLY MORNING…THEN LIGHT SNOW LIKELY EARLY IN THE MORNING. BREEZY…COLDER. SNOW ACCUMULATION AROUND 1 INCH. LOW AROUND 20. NORTH WIND 15 TO 20  MPH. CHANCE OF SNOW 90 PERCENT.

FRIDAY…CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY SUNNY BEFORE NOON THEN BECOMING SUNNY. HIGH IN THE UPPER 20S. NORTH WIND 10 TO 15 MPH.

FRIDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW 10 TO 15. WEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

SATURDAY…SUNNY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 20S. NORTH WIND 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH.

SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOW 5 TO 10 ABOVE. HIGH 22 TO 29.