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Texas A&M Forestry Study on Tree Strikes

Today’s near-record heat The official high at Columbia Regional Airport was 84º. This was just shy of the record of 88º set back in 1899. Most of our feels like temperatures were pretty close to this today, though. Hot and steamy weather took off today with a warm front pushing off to the north. The

The peak of this meteor shower actually occurred early this morning, but clouds and rainfall kept mid-Missouri from view. Tonight, with clouds expected to lift to the north, we should clear out enough to see this celestial phenomenon. The Orionids get their name due to their proximity to the Orion constellation. Up to 10 meteors

We’re still a ways away… Heavy snow fell across Iowa yesterday… and today, more early-season snow across Minnesota. Now, it’s not uncommon these places see flakes fly this early, but to have major accumulations this early is impressive. Some locations broke all-time October records! Minneapolis with record-setting snow today… https://t.co/KarXBeVpQj— Capital Weather Gang (@capitalweather) October

Full Report from NOAA: https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/billions/

A deeper explanation of the science behind atmospheric mixing can be found by following this link!

Strong winds all across the U.S. today Gusty winds were felt all across mid-Missouri this afternoon. A strong area of low pressure across the northern United States was the main culprit. It wasn’t only our backyards that saw these winds. Behind the front, winds pushed in excess of 100 mph across the higher elevations of

>More information on tonight’s opposition of Mars can be found here<

Strong front carried dust hundred of miles While most of the dust had thinned out by the time it had reached mid-Missouri, enough of it carried that you may notice a thin film of dust and grime on your car today. Infrared satellite picked up on the thick cloud of dust traveling across the southern

Interactive Drought Map Below https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/

Hurricane Delta has made landfall just to the south of Cancun this morning near Puerto Morelos as a category 2 storm. It weakened this morning to 110 mph winds as it bore down on the Yucatan Peninsula. An observation site in Cancun reported 84 mph sustained winds with gusts to 104 mph. As of 4:00

Severe chances Sunday Evening Severe Climatology thru November

Friday 9/25 – Updated Frost Chances next Friday morning (10/2) A powerful early-season arctic cold front is expected to carve a path across the United States by mid-to-late next week. Now, just because this is an arctic front, doesn’t mean we’ll see January-type bitter cold. But temperatures 10-20 degrees below average could be possible! For

As Hurricane Teddy exits warm, tropical waters and moves pole-ward to the north, the storm has grown immensely. Winds near the center of this storm continue to range between 90 to 100 mph. Due to Teddy’s immense size, it has a huge influence on the ocean around it. Wave data this morning indicated wave heights