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In a matter of 24 hours, a tropical storm grew to become a Category 5 hurricane. This would add extreme damage to Acapulco Mexico as damaging winds, storm surge, and flooding would devastate the area. Tuesday morning the 24th saw an approaching tropical storm rapidly approaching form the Eastern Pacific. Just before 1 PM Tuesday

A large 158 car accident occurred just outside of New Orleans, Louisiana, on Tuesday morning, resulting in 27 injured and seven dead. The reasoning behind this crash comes from the presence of super fog. Super fog occurs as smoke participants combine with water vapor found in fog. As these two mix, light is scattered at

Each week for the past month, drought conditions have continued to worsen with extreme drought encompassing more of Mid-Missouri. Typically by October 23rd Columbia Missouri sees a total of 35.86″ of rainfall. This year, the current total is 6.7″ less at 29.16″. By the end of the month, the month of October in Mid-Missouri typically

Getting deeper into fall, many people have started to notice increasing fog during their early morning commutes reducing visibility. What many people do not know is that there are actually six different types of fog that form in different ways. The four main types of fog seen here in Mid-Missouri include advection fog, radiation fog,

Drought continues to cause more widespread impacts across much of the midwestern and southern parts of the United States. This time, the impact is record breaking low river levels in more northern portions of the Mississippi river than seen the last several weeks. In Memphis Tennessee, water levels measured -11.85 ft. These substantially low river

We are seeing two cold fronts pass through Mid-Missouri today leading to a steep cool down as we head into the weekend. With deer firearms antler-less portion opening this coming weekend, you might be wondering how cold front affect deer movement during the day time hours. Before a cold front approaches, winds are typically increasing

Mid-Missouri continues to see drier-than-average conditions throughout the past several weeks. That will change tonight as showers and storms move into the region lasting throughout the first half of the day on Thursday. Rain after a long dry spell though could lead to dangerous driving conditions. It is already dangerous enough navigating wet roadways as

This coming weekend will see a dramatic fall in temperatures as a cold front looks to pass Wednesday and Thursday. This could mean some areas of Mid-Missouri falling into the mid to upper 30s. Yet still, some areas could see the possibility of frost. Frost can form one of two ways. The first occurs from

Throughout the day during mostly clear times, you might have noticed the coloration of the sky changes. Just why is this? It has to do with how much of the earth’s atmosphere the sunlight has to travel through and the scattering of the airs molecules. During the noon hours, there is less atmosphere for the

Tonight will be the last super moon of 2023 known as the Harvest Moon. Each year there are four Super Moons which occur as the moon passes closest to the earth in its orbit during a full moon phase. This makes the moon appear a decent amount brighter and larger in the night sky. It

Mid-Missouri is once again seeing highs into the mid to lower 80s that looks to continue into the rest of the week. It’s officially fall and the average high in Columbia Missouri is 77 degrees for September 25th. The main factor behind what’s driving these summer-like temperatures exists due to atmospheric blocking. A high pressure