TODAY: Mostly cloudy and chilly with highs in the 30s, a ten-degree drop from yesterday. Winds from the north remain light between 5 to 10 mph. TOMORROW: Temperatures rebound back to the 40s with clear skies. Warm winds out of the south gust up to 20 mph in the afternoon. EXTENDED: Highs climb into the
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TODAY: Partly sunny with highs climbing to the low 40s. Light southwesterly winds between 5 to 10 mph. TOMORROW: Noticeably colder as highs drop back to the 30s. Winds from the northwest remain lighter. EXTENDED: A cold front will briefly set back temperatures on Sunday, but a mild warmup is expected the rest of the
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The same weather pattern that dropped record snow in the southern United States and brought cold to much of the rest of the country continued its progress east, producing extreme winds in Ireland and the United Kingdom on Thursday and Friday. The storm was named Eowyn by the UK Met Office as forecasters anticipated devastatingly
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THIS AFTERNOON: Sunny and cold with highs in the mid-30s. Winds from the south add on some chill as gusts reach up to 20 mph. TONIGHT: Temperatures fall to the 20s as clouds roll in from the north. EXTENDED: Highs reach the 40s on Saturday as winds continue from the south before a cold front
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It’s official: La Nina is here, but not for long. After coming down from a record-breaking El Nino we will only see a brief cooldown into La Nina. La Nina and El Nino are phases of a fluctuating cycle between the atmosphere and the ocean that can have local and global impacts. This pattern is observed
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TODAY: Sunny but frigid with temperatures in the single digits and negative wind chills all day. Northerly winds could gust above 20 mph. TOMORROW: Morning wind chills fall near negative 10 or worse, though winds will be lighter. The feels-like barely climbs above 0 degrees in the afternoon. EXTENDED: Wind chills on Monday and Tuesday
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TODAY: Partly sunny and cold with temperatures in the 20s throughout the day. Winds from the north will be breezy, gusting above 20 mph, dropping the wind chill to the teens. TOMORROW: Dangerously cold with wind chills near or below zero most of the day. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph. EXTENDED: Sunday
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2024 was the year of extremes from the hottest temperatures in recorded history to the wettest year in the United States this decade. These overlapping extremes are becoming more common as climate change disrupts environmental cycles. Last year was wetter than any year in the United States since 2019, but there was considerable variation across
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THIS AFTERNOON: Very mild with highs in the 50s areawide. Winds from the south will be sustained around 10-20 mph and may gust to 30 mph at times. This will bring warmth, and also moisture. TONIGHT: A cold front approaches this evening with light showers first possible by sunset in southern Missouri. Showers fill in
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Temperatures were officially the warmest in recorded history across the globe and in the United States last year. The previous record was set just the year before in 2023, and trends for the future will likely continue to warm. Missouri experienced its second warmest year on record in 2024, with 2012 still holding strong on
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THIS MORNING: Much colder to start the day with temperatures in the low teens. Winds will push the feels-like to single digits. TODAY: Temperatures remain well below freezing despite mostly sunny skies. Highs in the low to mid 20s. EXTENDED: Cold air sticks around on Tuesday, and a weak disturbance moves in from the north
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TODAY: Mostly cloudy with isolated flurries possible. Temperatures climb above freezing to the mid-30s in the afternoon. Winds will be breezy up to 20 mph at times. TOMORROW: Much colder in the morning in the low teens. Despite more sunshine, highs only reach the mid to lower 20s. A northwesterly breeze adds on more chill
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TODAY: Partly sunny with a slight warmup into the mid-30s. Winds will be fairly light out of the southwest between 5 to 10 mph. TOMORROW: Flurries possible under cloudy skies, accumulations will be very light. Highs reach the mid-30s in the early afternoon. EXTENDED: Temperatures drop significantly to start off next week with highs into
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The most destructive wildfires in Los Angeles’s history have ravaged scenic neighborhoods and forced thousands to evacuate as they remain mostly uncontained early Thursday afternoon. According to Cal Fire, the Palisades fire had burned more than 17,000 acres by Thursday morning as it blazed through the Pacific Palisades, Malibu, and Santa Monica. The Eaton fire,
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Another round of winter weather is expected after major snow and ice earlier in the week. But we aren’t facing the same impacts in central Missouri from this next system. Even in early forecasts, the upcoming chance for snow was not impressive for our area. It didn’t require much digging to see why. The track
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TODAY: Heavy snow will fall primarily north of I-70 today, mixing with sleet along the interstate and areas south. Sleet transitions to freezing rain near the Lake and I-44 where the worst ice accumulation is possible. Totals remain on track with 8 to 12 inches of snow possible north of I-70, possibly more in isolated
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TODAY: Saturday starts cloudy and cold as temperatures remain below freezing all day. Precipitation begins tonight with snow and wintry mix increasing in coverage from west to east by 9 p.m. Heavy precipitation continues areawide overnight. TOMORROW: Sunday will be the worst day as heavy snow falls primarily along and north of I-70 while ice is
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While snow oftentimes generates vibrant forecast maps and mind-boggling totals, ice can be a deceptively shallower threat. It takes several inches of snow for impacts to build up; ice can be treacherous with just a glaze. When forecasting snow, the amount of liquid water is converted to snow totals in different ratios depending on how
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THIS AFTERNOON: Mostly sunny with highs near or below freezing. A steady northerly breeze will keep wind chills in the 20s. TONIGHT: Clouds increase as temperatures drop to the 20s with a feels-like in the teens. EXTENDED: For the latest detailed look at this weekend’s winter storm, visit the ABC 17 Stormtrack Insider Blog. Early
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A flurry of maps and probabilities comes out when winter weather approaches, and while much of this is useful, some of it can be incorrect or misleading. Dozens of weather models simulate different versions of the atmosphere into the future with many different outcomes. This can produce extremes that lead to unrealistic expectations and misinformation.
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