TONIGHT: Overnight rain chances diminish after sunset with partly cloudy skies. Lows cool to the upper 60s near 70 degrees. TOMORROW: Saturday welcomes scattered shower and storm chances throughout the day as highs rise into the lower 80s. Moderate downpours and lighting continue to remain the main threats. EXTENDED: Storm chances remain around the region
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Skies across the region are filled with clouds from scattered storms, and also haze from wildfire smoke originating over northwestern portions of Canada. Conditions Thursday evening show the western half of the United States coated with lower level smoke. Friday morning into the rest of the afternoon, starts to see smoke pulling back west allowing
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TODAY: Thursday is another warm and muggy day, with highs in the upper 80s, but feeling like low 90s. An isolated storm or two is possible, but we’re mostly dry. TONIGHT: Temperatures fall into the 60s under mostly clear skies. EXTENDED: Friday brings another mostly dry day with a chance for pop up storms and
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The black bear population is looking up as we head into the future across the state. This also means increased sightings possible across Mid-Missouri. Black bear populations are increasing at a rate of 8%. The current population estimation is just under 1,000 across the Show-Me State. This means in the next ten years, we could
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TODAY: Wednesday will be much like Tuesday, with partly cloudy skies and a high in the mid-to-upper 80s, but likely a degree or two warmer and less of a chance for a pop-up shower. Dry conditions will likely remain through the day. TONIGHT: Skies will clear into the night, and temperatures will once again fall
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As Mid-Missouri sits into later portions of July, isolated pulse thunderstorms remain a possibility most days this week. Just southeast of Mid-Missouri, pulse thunderstorms can be observed towards Cape Girardeau. These single celled storms have brought lighting, brief wind gusts, and moderate downpours across isolated areas, but remain short lived falling well short of becoming
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TODAY: Tuesday is much like Monday, with a high in the mid-80s and mostly dry. Only a slim chance for an isolated storm returns this afternoon from partly cloudy skies, but any one person has an extremely low chance at finding themselves underneath one. Winds are light and variable. TONIGHT: Skies will clear out overnight,
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Wildfires continue to rage across northwestern portions of Canada leading to large portions of the Great Plains and Midwest dealing with smoke drifting south. Northwestern portions of Mid-Missouri including Macon, Chariton, and Saline counties are currently dealing with moderate smoke conditions while the rest of the region sees lighter levels of smoke this afternoon. This
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TODAY: Partly cloudy with an isolated shower or storm possible, plenty of dry time in between. Highs in the lower 80s. TONIGHT: Overnight lows cool to the mid-60s as skies remain partly cloudy. EXTENDED: The upcoming week is looking fairly tame but temperatures reach the mid to upper 80s later in the week. We’ll see
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TONIGHT: Overnight lows cool to the upper 50s with winds out of the northwest at 4-8 mph. Skies become mostly cloudy. TOMORROW: Saturday sees partly sunny sky conditions with highs near 80 degrees. Winds switch out of the southeast at 4-8 mph. EXTENDED: Sunday welcomes chances of scattered showers and thunderstorms as highs near 80
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TODAY: Thursday is very mild, as low humidity partners with highs in the low 80s. Expect mostly sunny skies, and a light northeast breeze near 5 mph. TONIGHT: Skies remain mostly clear. Temperatures fall into the 50s and 60s with light winds from the northeast. EXTENDED: Friday is similarly cool, with low humidity and highs
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TODAY: Humidity will fall today, but you’ll still likely notice it. With a high in the low-to-mid 80s, we can expect to feel like upper 80s under partly cloudy skies with a north breeze around 5-10 mph. TONIGHT: Lows fall into the 60s with mostly clear skies amid a continued north breeze around 5 mph.
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Much of the Central and Southeastern united States is suffering from dangerous heat prompting heat advisories and warnings as the heat index surges into the triple digits widespread. The entire state of Missouri is currently under a heat advisory lasting at least into this evening as the heat index has reached up to 110 degrees
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TODAY: Monday is an ABC17 Stormtrack Weather Alert Day. Temperatures near 100 and dewpoints in the 70s will yield air that feels like 105-110. We’ll be mostly sunny, with a southwest wind at 5-10 mph. TONIGHT: It will be a war night as well, with lows in the mid-70s. Storms from Iowa will blow through the
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TONIGHT: Isolated showers and storms remain possible with most of Mid-Missouri staying completely dry. Overnight lows cool to the lower 70s with winds out of the south at 5-10 mph. TOMORROW: Isolated showers and storms remain possible with most of Mid-Missouri remaining dry once again. Areas that see storms can still expect plenty of dry
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Each evening brings the opportunity for vibrant orange and red hues to be reflected upon the afternoon skies. There is a bunch of factors that determine the colors seen throughout our atmosphere. To understand these factors, one must start with why the skies changes colors during the day. It has to do with the suns
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TODAY: Isolated showers and storms remain possible with moderate downpours and lighting as the main threats. Highs warm into the mid-80s. TONIGHT: Overnight scattered showers and storms remain possible as lows cool to the upper 60s. EXTENDED: Hit-or-miss storms remain possible into the early weekend but most of us stay rain-free while temperatures gradually warm.
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Landowners are starting to notice that  black vultures are killing some of their newborn calves or some of their smaller livestock animals. The identical species to that of the turkey vulture is becoming a more prevalent issue across the region throughout the last several years.  Black vultures are different than turkey vultures in that
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TODAY: Wednesday is drier, but we retain a chance for a weak shower or storm on a very isolated basis. This evening, a short wave aloft will roll in on the heels of Beryl, driving these limited chances for rain. No meaningful rain comes from this, so the flood threat stays away. With more sunshine,
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TODAY: Scattered showers push through Mid-Missouri throughout the day as highs reach into the lower 80s. TONIGHT: Overnight lows cool to the upper 60s as showers and storms push into the area from Hurricane Beryl’s remnants. Flooding remains a concern as this system drops high rainfall rates through the region on already saturated grounds. EXTENDED:
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