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With accumulating snow and dangerously low wind chills on the way heading into Thursday, you might be asking yourself what is the driving force behind this system? A low pressure system is slowly making its way down from the northwest back towards Mid-Missouri. This system will have the three major factors needed for snow showers

Every day meteorologists around the world turn to Doppler radar to get a better understanding of the weather going on in their area. A Doppler radar has many internal components, but the main ones revolve around sending a beam signal and receiving them. Radio waves of specific frequencies and wavelengths are emitted from the radar

This past Monday the 28th, Missouri’s governor Mike Parson signed an executive order extending the drought alert until March 1, 2023. The point of this executive order was to help and continue to support Missouri farmers throughout the winter month’s. As the growing season for crops has passed, the focus goes toward hydration for Missouri’s

The average highs and overnight lows continue to drop as we approach the end of of November heading towards December. This means more people will be finding ways to crank up the heat in their homes to stay warm. When this happens, an increase in house fires occur. As early as Tuesday afternoon, a cold

This year, temperatures in Mid-Missouri look to top out near the average high for Thanksgiving day. Scattered showers are expected in the early morning hours before exiting the region by the evening. The driving force behind these near average temperatures is due to southwesterly flowing winds ahead of an approaching cold front. Although this year

Temperatures this weekend are expected to fall with wind chills into the mid-teens marking perfect timing for Missouri’s winter weather preparedness week. The forth topic of the week is dealing with the extreme cold and low wind chills. To first understand wind chill and why it is referred to as the “Feels-Like temperature,” you must

Although Columbia Missouri official recorded a high of 82 degrees breaking a previous long standing record of 78 degrees, cold weather is just around the corner which means we will be eventually gearing up for our first snow event. With conditions quickly changing, drivers are not acclimated to wintery driving conditions.

Monday the 7th officially kicks off Missouri Winter Weather Preparedness Week. This week is meant to highlight different terminology and tips to help keep you safe and in the loop when winter weather strikes. Each day different topics are highlighted. Monday is winter weather terminology. Many people can sometimes get winter storm watches, advisories, and

The northern hemisphere is officially gearing up for the winter season as overall temperatures across the Atlantic ocean and the Gulf of Mexico will dive into a cooling trend. Currently, there are two category one hurricanes in the Atlantic. One is just to the east of Belize in Central America about to make landfall. Winds

The ABC17 Stormtrack Weather Team has paired with the National Weather Service to serve as the Weather-Ready Nation ambassador. What does this mean for you, the viewer? This means we will be working with the national weather service to relay information and reports to better serve you the communities of Mid-Missouri. We will be using

Earlier Monday morning showers quickly exited the region to the northeast trailing behind a low pressure system. This allows for the rest of Halloween to remain dry with skies slowly clearing into the overnight hours. Temperatures officially topped out into the upper 60s across much of Mid-Missouri allowing for a warmer than average trend. According

Showers across Mid-Missouri brought more than just much needed rain earlier Tuesday. Localized strong gust of winds caused various trees and powerlines to fall across areas of Mid-Missouri resulting in the loss of power for various business and homes. Residents in Montgomery county felt the bruit of these winds as nearly 1500 residents were reported

Many times meteorologist spend large portions of their time talking about and looking at jet streams. When dealing with jet streams, you must think about atmosphere like steps on a ladder. Every step is a different section as you go higher and higher. Each of these sections are separated and looked at in order to

Temperatures are continuing too cool as we head deeper into the fall season. This also means the relative humidity will also decrease on average as the days continue. Throughout summer, increased levels of moisture in the atmosphere allow for charges to be dissipated more regularly from the human body. This means excess positive protons are