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After a pleasant start to the week, the return of summer-like weather is looming with heat, humidity, and storms all in the forecast for the weekend and beyond. Moisture is beginning to creep back into the region as high pressure builds to our south in the upper levels of the atmosphere. This will allow southwesterly

This week is Lightning Safety Week. It’s we head into the most active months for daily lightning across the United States which falls between late June and August. One of the things that makes lightning so dangerous is because of the misinformation and myths which surround the phenomenon. One popular myth is that if the

Saharan dust is a phenomenon that occurs yearly, but in much a 2020 fashion, the one this year had to be the worst in… 50 years? That’s according to several meteorological sources on the island of Puerto Rico who experienced the brunt of this dust event over the past 3 days. 💨 Saharan Dust is

Link to the full report–> https://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/content/hurricane-forecast-models-get-boost-new-satellite-data

Precipitation chances are expected to remain low over the next week with plenty of sunshine to go around. As we get further into the spring and summer season, this means practicing heat safety becomes more important every day! UV or Ultra violet light is the main form of harmful radiation that we receive from the

Jake Spencer sent us this photo of an amazing looking cloud structure as storms rolled through mid-Missouri this morning. This was taken near a Rolla Walmart in Phelps county. The clouds were a part of a mesoscale convective system that brought the morning storms. That type of cloud in particular is referred to as a

After two swaths of storms soaked Mid-Missouri on Wednesday, we got a but of a break with much cooler temperatures on Thursday. The heat and humidity are expected to make a comeback Friday with a cold front to our north, drawing in warm, moist, southerly winds. There could be a few storms early Friday due

May was a fairly tame month of weather across mid-Missouri. Temperatures were about a degree below normal (that came at the cost of the polar vortex which brought cold air the first week of the month). Precipitation was about as close to average as you can get. May is typically our wettest month. Several days

Yesterday’s launch scrubbed due to thunderstorms… Shelf Cloud approaching Cape Canaveral Thursday afternoon Launching a large metal tube into space is already difficult enough on it’s own. It becomes extremely dangerous if weather conditions are inclement. This was the case this past Thursday as SpaceX had to postpone its launch that was planned for the

⬆️HIGH PRESSURE EXPLAINED⬆️ Summer takes over next week! A strong ridge of high pressure is expected to develop across the central United States by the middle of next week. We’re expecting our first round of extended summer-like heat to push into mid-Missouri. The week will start out in the upper 70s and low 80s and

As if 2020 wasn’t causing enough problems… This morning, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released their official forecast for the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season. Much like 2020… it’s not great news. They’re forecasting an above average hurricane season this year and if that comes to pass, it will be the fifth year in a