TONIGHT: Mostly cloudy and breezy with lows near 50. TOMORROW: Windy, warm, and mostly cloudy with highs in the low 60s. Showers move in by late afternoon and rain becomes heavy by Wednesday night. EXTENDED: Strong south winds will aid in moisture tomorrow as we top out in the lower 60s once again despite cloud cover and
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With a winter storm approaching by midweek, the stormtrack weather team has its full attention on tweaking the forecast. There are three key variables that still play a role in the remaining uncertainty surrounding the storm; track, intensity, and transition time. First, let’s look at the big picture. Our primary disturbance is an upper level
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TONIGHT A sunny and warm day so far, with temperatures soaring into the 50’s as I write this. The forecast today is simple. Winds out of the south will drive temperatures well into the 60’s under mostly sunny skies. Winds will be gusty at times, and with the dry conditions, could make burning dangerous. Winds
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TUESDAY A fantastic day taking shape this afternoon. Plenty of sunshine and a breeze picking up out of the south with bump temperatures into the low to mid 60’s! Winds will gust out of the south up to 25 mph, and as dry as it is, outdoor burning is being discouraged today. TONIGHT Those winds
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It all starts with air molecules. These scatter light, but they scatter blue light better than other colors thanks to blue’s short wavelength. At the other end of the spectrum is red light. This gets scattered last. At midday, in the summer, the sun is almost directly overhead. This means that the sun’s light has
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear and cool with lows near 30. TOMORROW: Partly sunny and breezy with highs in the lower 60s. Winds gusting up to 30 mph at times. EXTENDED: We’ll drop to about 30 tonight with very little cloud cover overnight, but we’re in for a big warm up tomorrow. Gusty south winds pick up to almost 30
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The City of Columbia is opening a temporary overnight warming center at Wabash Bus Station, 126 N. 10th St., from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. on Wednesday and Thursday.
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TONIGHT A mild day today, temperatures will top out in the upper 40’s and low 50’s. Overnight, clear skies and light south winds will allow temperatures to drop slightly below freezing. TUESDAY Big southerly flow returns Tuesday, bringing much more warmth and a little more cloud cover. Expect highs near 60, with partly cloudy skies.
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MONDAY A little chilly to start this morning, but things will warm up this afternoon. Plenty of sunshine and light winds will be comfortable later today, with highs in the upper 40’s. TONIGHT We hang onto mostly clear skies overnight. Lows won’t be quite as cold, in the upper 20’s. EXTENDED That warmer start and
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Tonight: Temperatures will continue to cool overnight thanks to mostly clear skies into the lower ’20s. Winds will change from the northwest back out of the southwest past midnight at 4-8 mph. Tomorrow: Temperatures begin to warm above average into the upper ’40s thanks to mostly clear skies and winds out of the southwest. Extended:
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Today: Highs reach near freezing with gusty winds keeping the feels-like temp in the twenties. Skies remain mostly sunny. Valentine’s Day: A warmup will kick off the workweek with highs jumping to the upper 40s. Breezes settle down for a mild holiday. Extended: Temperatures continue to warm into the upper ’50s by Tuesday until an
Continue Reading The Wabash Bus Station, which serves as an emergency warming center, is now set to be open throughout the week for residents looking to stay warm.
Continue Reading Tonight: Temperatures bottom out near 20 degrees tonight with winds out of the northwest at 4-8 mph. Tomorrow: Temperatures slightly warm-up into the mid-’30s with winds gusting into the mid-’20s making for a cold Superbowl Sunday watch party. Skies remain mostly sunny. Extended: Temperatures continue to warm into the upper ’50s at the start of
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Saturday: Cold with gusty northerly winds up to 25 mph. Highs in the mid-20s and wind chills in the teens. Sunday: Partly cloudy and breezy with highs in the low 30s. Extended: Clouds roll in late Saturday night into Sunday ahead of a weak clipper system that will keep our temperatures near freezing during the day. The best chance
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Today’s Drought Monitor shows dry conditions spread across much of mid-Missouri. January saw few stretches of wet weather, rather mostly sporadic days of precipitation totaling roughly half what’s normal for the month. After ending January at a defecit, February started wet. Thanks to a winter storm in the first 3 days, this month is already
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear and cold with gusty winds up to 25 mph from the northwest. Lows in the mid-teens with wind chills just above zero. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny and cold with highs in the mid-upper 20s. Wind chills in the teens. EXTENDED: As skies clear overnight, temperatures plunge into the teens overnight. Wind chills will
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TONIGHT Showers will come to an end this evening and temperatures will begin to quickly fall. Expect temperatures to drop into the teens overnight, making for a bitter start early Saturday. SATURDAY With winds gusting up to 25 mph overnight, wind chills will hover in the single-digits through early Saturday. Skies will start cloudy, but
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FRIDAY Rain will be off and on throughout the morning. The more consistent showery activity will favor areas closer to the Mississippi River. Temperatures will start out mild and reach the low 50’s early this afternoon. As those showers thin out in coverage, by 3-4 PM, winds will pick up and temperatures will start to
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The National Weather Service in Milwaukee confirmed it on Twitter today; a power plant in Portage, Wisconsin unintentionally gave the atmosphere just what it needed to make snow this morning. Baffling at first, this unexpected snow band turned out to be the result of something not that unusual. To understand how industrial exhaust can result in snow,
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TONIGHT: Increasing clouds, scattered showers overnight. Lows in the upper 30s with gusty winds. TOMORROW: Scattered showers early, windy and mild with highs in the low 50s. EXTENDED: Clouds build in overnight ahead of a warm front sliding east across the region. Temperatures will stay above freezing with a chance of a few showers after
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