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352 AM CDT TUE SEP 4 2012

EARLY THIS MORNING…MOSTLY CLOUDY. SOUTHEAST WIND NEAR 5 MPH.

TODAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HOT AND HUMID. HIGH IN THE LOWER 90S. SOUTH WIND NEAR 10 MPH. HIGHEST HEAT INDEX READINGS AROUND 100 IN THE AFTERNOON.

TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOW IN THE UPPER 60S. SOUTH WIND AROUND 5 MPH.

WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. BREEZY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 80S. NORTHWEST WIND 10 TO 20 MPH.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. COOLER. LOW IN THE LOWER 50S. NORTHEAST WIND NEAR 10 MPH.

THURSDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 80S. SOUTH WIND NEAR 10 MPH.

THURSDAY NIGHT…THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. LOW AROUND 60. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 60 PERCENT.

FRIDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH IN THE LOWER 70S.

FRIDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOW IN THE LOWER 50S.

The unofficial end of summer is here and fall-like scenery could be arriving earlier than usual this year. Iowa Department of Natural Resources Forester Mark Vitosh says this summer’s drought has stressed some trees, which may speed up the process of leaves changing color. “In parts of central Iowa, I’m already starting to see some fall color, which is an indication those plants are deciding to shut down early and try to adapt to the conditions that are here,” Vitosh says. During a typical year, the fall colors are at their most brilliant in October.

Vitosh says the change in leaf color could climax a few weeks earlier this year. “We actually got a similar response in 2008 with the floods. We had a lot of stress on plants in some of the bottom lands and those trees started to turn color,” Vitosh says. “We may see a similar response this year because in some of the flood plain areas, those soils can be rather sandy and we haven’t had a lot of moisture.” A worst case scenario for fans of fall foliage would be almost no change in color.  “The other thing that happens with a drought, instead of getting fall color, you get a lot of nothing…a lot of brown or yellow or the trees just shut down. So, we may not get the brilliant colors,” Vitosh said.

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847 AM CDT MON SEP 3 2012

AT 844 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES WEST OF EARLING…OR 39 MILES SOUTH OF IDA GROVE…MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE… HARLAN…EARLING…IRWIN…DEFIANCE…PORTSMOUTH…PANAMA…WESTPHALIA AND KIRKMAN.

The (Podcast) Freese-Notis forecast for the KJAN listening area, and weather data for Atlantic….

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COUNTIES: CARROLL-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-ADAMS-UNION-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD

451 AM CDT MON SEP 3 2012

TODAY AND TONIGHT: CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY INTO TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT…WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN SEVERE THREATS.

COUNTIES: POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-PAGE

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW ISOLATE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATER THIS MORNING. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED WITH THIS ROUND OF STORMS…BUT MAY BE POSSIBLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON.  A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL SAG SOUTH TODAY AND WILL BE THE  FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORMS INTO THE EVENING. A QUICK MOVING UPPER  LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL AID THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS
AFTERNOON. STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE LATER THIS AFTERNOON WITH DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. IF CLOUD COVER PERSISTS THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON…THIS WILL LIMIT THE INSTABILITY AND SEVERE STORMS WOULD THEN BE LESS LIKELY. ANY SEVERE STORMS SHOULD REMAIN GENERALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80.

339 AM CDT MON SEP 3 2012

TODAY…PARTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING…THEN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH IN THE UPPER 80S. SOUTH WIND NEAR 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 40 PERCENT.

TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOW IN THE UPPER 60S. SOUTHEAST WIND NEAR 5 MPH.

TUESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH AROUND 90. SOUTH WIND NEAR 5 MPH.

TUESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY THROUGH MIDNIGHT THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOW IN THE MID 60S. SOUTHWEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.

WEDNESDAY…SUNNY…BREEZY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 80S. NORTH WIND 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. COOLER. LOW IN THE MID 50S.

THURSDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH AROUND 80.

329 AM CDT SUN SEP 2 2012

TODAY...SUNNY. HIGH IN THE UPPER 80S. NORTHEAST WIND NEAR 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW IN THE UPPER 60S. SOUTHEAST WIND AROUND 5 MPH.

LABOR DAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH IN THE UPPER 80S. EAST WIND NEAR 5 MPH.

MONDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOW IN THE MID 60S. SOUTHEAST WIND AROUND 5 MPH.

TUESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING. HIGH IN THE UPPER 80S. SOUTHEAST WIND AROUND 5 MPH.

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

WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 80S.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. COOLER. LOW IN THE MID 50S.

THURSDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH AROUND 80.

Here’s the (Podcast) forecast for Atlantic and the KJAN listening area, from KJAN News Director Ric Hanson, and the weather stats for Atlantic….

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354 AM CDT SAT SEP 1 2012

TODAY…CLOUDY UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON THEN BECOMING PARTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 80S. NORTHEAST WIND 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH.

TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW IN THE LOWER 60S. NORTHEAST WIND NEAR 10 MPH.

SUNDAY…SUNNY. HIGH IN THE UPPER 80S. SOUTHEAST WIND NEAR 5 MPH.

SUNDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY THROUGH MIDNIGHT THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOW IN THE UPPER 60S. SOUTH WIND NEAR 5 MPH.

LABOR DAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH IN THE UPPER 80S. SOUTHEAST WIND NEAR 5 MPH.

MONDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOW IN THE UPPER 60S.

TUESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH IN THE UPPER 80S.