Temperatures across Mid-Missouri have remained below average for the last few weeks keeping most waterways frozen over, but temperatures will start to reverse that course into this weekend and next week as highs are expected to increase. This has many anglers dreaming of spring trout fishing. Weather can play important rolls in effecting trout feeding
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TONIGHT: Increasing clouds with flurries late. A dusting of snow is possible north of Highway 24. Lows in the upper teens to around 20. TOMORROW: Decreasing clouds and breezy with temperatures reaching the mid-20s before falling into the upper teens by early evening. EXTENDED: Tonight, we’ll see increasing clouds ahead of a cold front that
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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: Wednesday is warmer thanks to southwest winds around 10-15 mph that may gust as high as 30 mph at times. This will have us feeling like the 20s, despite air temperatures reaching above freezing. Clouds stick around much of the day, with a chance of flurries during the evening. After 4 p.m. we’ll have
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TODAY: Wednesday is warmer thanks to southwest winds around 10-15 mph that may gust as high as 30 mph at times. This will have us feeling like the 20s, despite air temperatures reaching above freezing. Clouds stick around much of the day, with a chance of flurries during the evening. After 4 p.m. we’ll have
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It’s no secret that its been dangerously cold across the Midwest the past several days, but the southeastern most states are now seeing impactful winter storm impacts that aren’t seen often. Snow and ice has blanketed much of the area from Houston and east dropping accumulating snowfall causing travel issues for millions. The latest radar
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear and windy with warming temperatures overnight. Daybreak temperatures in the upper teens to around 20. TOMORROW: Windy and warmer with increasing clouds. Highs in the mid-30s. EXTENDED: We’re finally thawing from the deep freeze tonight as winds shift to the south-southwest. Gusts could reach 25 mph, sending temperatures up overnight. Tomorrow will
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TODAY: Tuesday is the last, but likely the coldest, of our ABC17 Stormtrack Weather Alert Days. Starting with wind chills as cold as -20, we’ll be dangerously cold through the day. Highs will reach low teens, keeping wind chills in the single digits through the day. TONIGHT: Winds will have gradually shifted through the day,
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TODAY: Tuesday is the last, but likely the coldest, of our ABC17 Stormtrack Weather Alert Days. Starting with wind chills as cold as -20, we’ll be dangerously cold through the day. Highs will reach low teens, keeping wind chills in the single digits through the day. TONIGHT: Winds will have gradually shifted through the day,
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Many Mid-Missouri residents ranging from Jefferson City and Columbia, all the way east towards St. Louis have reported hearing loud bangs and crash sounds over the past 24 hours. These loud sounds are due to something referred to as ice quakes or frost quakes which occur during abrupt cooldowns. Water located within the deeper layers
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TODAY: Monday is an ABC17 Stormtrack Weather Alert Day as the bitter cold continues. We’ll have a sunny day with a few partly cloudy skies through the day along with a south and west wind, but we’ll struggle to warm above the teens, so expect a frigid day all day. Wind chills may be as
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear and very cold with lows near 1. Wind chills between -7 and -10 degrees. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny with highs in the upper teens and wind chills in the single digits. EXTENDED: The bitterly cold air pattern sticks around for the first half of the week with lows on Tuesday morning falling to
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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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TONIGHT: I’m tracking increasing cloud cover with brief showers possible in the evening. Winds will be picking up from the northwest at 10-15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph, helping temperatures fall into the low 20s by the end of the night. TOMORROW: I’m tracking a mostly cloudy afternoon with winds from the northwest
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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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TODAY: Friday is a warm day, as we reach near 50° areawide this afternoon. Winds from the south sustained around 10-20 mph may gust to 30 mph at times. This will bring warmth, but also moisture. TONIGHT: A cold front will approach this evening. Depending on how fast moisture fills in, showers may develop ahead
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear with patchy fog developing late. Lows in the mid-upper 20s. TOMORROW: Breezy and warmer with highs near 50. Increasing clouds with showers possible toward early evening, especially south of I-70. EXTENDED: We’ll enjoy one more mild day with even warmer temperatures tomorrow before colder air sets in for the weekend. We’ll see
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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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TODAY: Thursday will be another day with warmer temperatures. We’ll push the envelope today, with a high near 40. This means more melting is on the way after morning where some of us still haven’t dropped below freezing! TONIGHT: Overnight, we’ll have another mild night, but some will still fall below freezing, so watch out
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