Flooding is already the most frequent, costliest, and deadliest weather disaster, and it will likely get worse as the climate warms. Warmer air can hold more moisture, increasing the likelihood of heavier rainfall events in the future. Climate Central reports that rainfall intensity has risen by over 20% in the last 50 years in St.
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TODAY: Thursday brings scattered showers and storms through the afternoon. We’ll have cooler high temperatures as a result, with highs in the low 80s. Some in the south will have a warmer day than many in the north. Highs may still reach 90s near the Lake of the Ozarks and Rolla. Feels like temperatures in
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TODAY: Thursday brings scattered showers and storms through the morning, and possibly again in the afternoon. We’ll have cooler high temperatures as a result, with highs in the low 80s. Plenty of dry time is expected, especially from late morning to early afternoon. Morning rain will clear by midday, but may redevelop in the late
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Power is restored after storms rolled through Howard County Wednesday night. The Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives outage map on Wednesday night showed 216 Howard Electric customers without power, while 50 Co-Mo Cooperative customers in Cooper County had no power and 28 Boone Electric Co-op customers with no power in Randolph County.
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Cornfields in Mid-Missouri can add up to 13.8 billion gallons of water to the atmosphere each day, leading to local microclimates that can increase the heat index by up to 15 degrees.
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TONIGHT: Increasing clouds with storms moving in late. Some storms could produce heavy rain. Lows in the lower 70s. TOMORROW: Storms early, with more development south of I-70 by late afternoon. Highs in the lower to mid-80s. EXTENDED: I’m tracking a thin line of storms that is stretching across central Illinois and has entered into
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TODAY: Heat ramps up today, with temperatures in the mid 90s, but heat indices reaching near 105 in some areas. Areas to our north will experience some rainfall, but majority of the storms are expected to reach central Missouri early tomorrow morning. TONIGHT: Storms are expect to move in late tonight and early tomorrow morning
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TODAY: Wednesday is the return of heat indices above 100. We’ll be hot and humid this afternoon. A complex of storms is collapsing to our northwest this morning. It may send a few storms our way in the north, but it’s very likely that we stay mostly dry through the morning. A bigger impact will
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You can blame it on changing regulations, better players, or different fields, but all baseball fans know that home runs have become a more frequent aspect of the game over the years. There have been decades of debates on why home runs are increasing, and studies have shown that a warmer climate is driving more
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear and warm with lows in the lower 70s. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny and hot with a few isolated storms. Highs in the low 90s with a heat index between 100-103. EXTENDED: Tomorrow will be hotter and humid with highs in the low 90s but the heat index between 100-103 degrees. A few storms
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TODAY: Tuesday is mostly dry, but spotty chances for showers and weak storms will come from a partly cloudy sky this afternoon. Highs are mild, in the mid-80s with enough humidity to have us feeling like the low 90s. TONIGHT: Skies clear overnight, leaving us in the low 70s through sunrise. EXTENDED: Wednesday is notably
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TODAY: Tuesday is mostly dry, but spotty chances for showers and weak storms will come from a partly cloudy sky this afternoon. Highs are mild, in the mid-80s with enough humidity to have us feeling like the low 90s. TONIGHT: Skies clear overnight, leaving us in the low 70s through sunrise. EXTENDED: Wednesday is notably
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear with patchy fog developing again by morning. Lows near 70 degrees by daybreak. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny and hot with highs in the mid-upper 80s and a heat index in the low 90s. A few spotty storms possible by late afternoon. EXTENDED: Wednesday will be the hottest day of the work week as
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As we roll our way into late July, many people might have vacation time on their mind ahead of the upcoming school year. One of the most important factors in a successful vacation during the late summer months is the weather. We are taking a look at the sub-seasonal forecast lasting from late July through
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TODAY: Monday will be partly cloudy. Temperatures reach mid-80s amid a light variable (but mostly easterly) breeze. TONIGHT: Skies stay mostly clear, with a few high clouds overnight. Temperatures hang near 70 at sunrise. EXTENDED: Another warm and mostly dry day is expected Tuesday, but a spot shower or storm cannot be ruled out, especially
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TODAY: Monday will be mostly sunny after a foggy start for some. Temperatures reach mid-80s amid a light variable (but mostly easterly) breeze. TONIGHT: Skies stay mostly clear, with a few high clouds overnight. Temperatures hang near 70 at sunrise. EXTENDED: Another warm and mostly dry day is expected Tuesday, but a spot shower or
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TONIGHT: Clearing and cooler with lows in the upper 60s to around 70. Patchy fog developing before dawn. TOMORROW: Fog early, mostly sunny with highs in the mid-80s. EXTENDED: Morning fog develops Monday as low temperatures dip to near the dew point under clear skies with light winds following Sunday’s rain. Most of the area
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TODAY: Scattered showers and storms return in the morning and afternoon, keeping temperatures a few degrees cooler in the low 80s. Dry time is expected late in the day as rain chances decrease in the late afternoon and evening. TOMORROW: Rain chances move south early Monday, allowing temperatures to rise back to the mid-80s. Scattered
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TODAY: Any storm chances for today have mostly been pushed farther south, leaving us dry for our Saturday afternoon and into the evening. Temperatures remain seasonal, with highs in the mid 80s and lows dipping down to the lower 70s tonight. TOMORROW: Sunday morning we wake up to temperatures around the low to mid 70s,
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TODAY: Rain chances decrease as morning storms move out, making way for a warm afternoon with highs in the mid-80s. Isolated rain is possible south of I-70, but rain chances are mainly further south of the area, beyond I-44. TOMORROW: Sunday begins slightly wetter, with scattered showers moving in from the southwest in the morning.
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