TODAY: Friday is the warmest in the forecast, with highs in the upper 70s across the region thanks to a stout south wind around 15-25 mph sustained, gusting to 30-35 at times. TONIGHT: South winds continue overnight, allowing for temperatures to remain near 60. This will be aided by an increase in clouds. These will
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TODAY: Thursday brings back more moisture; both in the form of rain chances, but also greater humidity at the surface. Showers and storms have already developed along and ahead of a warm front that is lifting into the region. These will generally be weak storms at most, but as the warm front lifts into the
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TODAY: Wednesday is another bright and mild day, but with less wind. Winds will be sustained around 5-10 mph, allowing for another day in the 60s, but this time a few degrees warmer, near 65. TONIGHT: Overnight, we’ll add a few clouds, as a warm front inches close to the region. This will move through
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TODAY: Tuesday is a mild and bright day, with partly cloudy skies and a high in the mid-60s. A breeze will be the most impactful element of today’s forecast with sustained winds around 10-15 mph, gusting from 20-25 mph at times. Some from the Lake of the Ozarks to Rolla will have an elevated fire
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TODAY: Monday is a largely dry day here in mid-Missouri, but clouds will increase as a weak disturbance passes through the region. We can’t 100% rule out a sprinkle, but we can say it’s incredibly unlikely. Temperatures remain mild, in the low 60s this afternoon. Winds are light from the west. TONIGHT: The back half
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TODAY: Wednesday is a warm start with temperatures starting the day in the 60s and falling into the 40s by the afternoon. Wind will be a focus of today’s forecast as Wednesday is an ABC17 Stormtrack Weather Alert Day. These high winds may result in isolated damage, but will yield an areawide fire risk. Get
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The ABC17 Stormtrack Weather Team has issued an ABC17 Stormtrack Weather Alert Day on Wednesday for wind gusts upwards of 50-55 mph at times through early Thursday morning. A Wind Advisory is in effect area-wide, with a High Wind Warning to our northwest. Winds have gusted to 50-55 mph area wide, with the strongest reported
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TODAY: Tuesday is a warm and breezy day, besting highs on Monday by a margin of 5 degrees or more. We expect highs today to reach low 80s near Columbia to Jefferson City. Winds will be a near replica of Monday’s winds, raising another red flag warning across most of the region. Southwest winds will
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TODAY: Monday will be a breezy and dry day. With a red flag warning areawide, burning is discouraged. Temperatures reach low 70s with southwest winds sustained from 10-20 mph and gusting up to 35 mph. We’ll be partly cloudy. TONIGHT: Temperatures stay mild overnight with continued south winds continuing. Lows fall into the 50s Tuesday
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TODAY: Friday is an ABC17 Stormtrack Weather Alert Day. Read our latest blog for more details. Today will be sunny and warm, with a high near 80 before a line of storms brings all types of severe weather between 4-8 p.m. TONIGHT: We will have a chance for showers overnight, but the severe threat will
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Lightning at a baseball game or other outdoor events, catching people off guard, is a sight too common it seems. It’s something we seem to see on social media each spring. Chris Vagasky, a member of the National Lightning Safety Council, says he’s seen it himself. “It never fails that I’ll be sitting at home,
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TODAY: Thursday is another sunny and warm day with highs expected to near 80 by the afternoon, if not remaining in the upper 70s. A shower or weak thunderstorm may be possible from 4-10 p.m. but this will be very isolated and most will be dry. TONIGHT: There will be an increase in cloud cover
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Watch live coverage in the media player. An ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Alert Day has expired after a line of severe thunderstorms rolled through and continues to track through St. Louis and Illinois. A confirmed tornado hit Rolla shortly before 8:00 with reports of damage streaming in Friday night. Power outages continue to increase area-wide
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TODAY: Wednesday will be another warm and dry day. Temperatures in the north will reach to near 70, while temperatures along I-70 and south will climb to mid-70s to near 80 this afternoon. Expect a northeast wind north of I-70, with a southerly wind to the south of I-70. This is thanks to a stalled
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TODAY: Tuesday is sunny and warm, with highs in the low 70s once again with variable winds. Winds will shift from southerly to northerly for many as a weak cold front moves in. Some along and north of HWY 24 may stick in the 60s this afternoon. TONIGHT: We’ll stay dry with this front, but
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TODAY: Monday is a sunny and warm day. We’ll have sunshine and southwest winds contribute to a high likely in the 70s areawide. Winds will be sustained from the southwest at 10-20 mph, and may gust as high as 30 mph. With low relative humidity and dry fuels, this will create a fire risk. A
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TODAY: Friday is warm and breezy. After a few sprinkles to light showers before sunrise, most of the day will be sunny, warm, and breezy. A sustained wind of 15-25 mph gusting from 30-40 mph from the southwest will pump temperatures into the mid-60s. This and low relative humidity will lend to an elevated fire
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TODAY: Thursday will be warmer, and starting sunny. Highs will reach the upper 40s under increasingly cloudy skies. Winds will be variable, from the northwest in the morning to a southerly breeze this evening. TONIGHT: As high pressure leaves, an are of low pressure moves in overnight. The warm front brings a shower chance early
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TODAY: Wednesday is an ABC17 Stormtrack Weather Alert day for wind gusts areawide as high as 50 mph, with some possibly reaching 60 mph, this morning. Get the latest on this wind storm, and the quick dose of snow that comes along with it in our Weather Alert Day Blog. Snow will complicate the morning
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Strong winds have started to die down a bit as deep low pressure continues to work its way out of Mid-Missouri and track northeast into the Great Lakes region. There were some slick spots on roads this morning after light snowfall accumulation, but road impacts aren’t expected into the evening commute. Winds gusted past 50
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