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Meteorological spring begins this Sunday. After above average snowfall this winter, many mid-Missourians are probably ready for warmer weather. On average, over the last 30 years, Columbia Regional Airport sees its first 75º+ day by March 10th. While the low 60s expected this weekend are a cut below that margin, we still have plenty more

This week, for me personally, has been a sniffly, sneezy and eye-burning fiasco. Okay, that’s perhaps a little dramatic– but it seemed to be affecting others in our newsroom too. While we’re definitely in the height of cold and flu season, we’re actually probably seeing that compounded by an early start to allergy season too.

Earlier this week talked about signs of an early spring popping up across parts of the country. We’re getting more signs here in the midwest. A tweet by the St. Louis National Weather Service featured a radar loop showing what looked like rain, was actually a flock of migratory waterfowl, most likely snow geese. A

Severe weather will be increasing over the next several months and our weather team figured a refresher on severe weather would be important– especially considering how we haven’t seen much activity so far this winter. Severe storms are categorized as thunderstorms which produce winds in excess of 58 mph and hail of 1″ diameter or

Our first arctic outbreak of 2020 has certainly been a powerful one across mid-Missouri. However, when you compare it to the past 3 winters, we’re running a bit behind. 2014, the year of the polar vortex featured nearly 10 occurrences of sub-zero temperatures from November to March, 5 in the meteorological winter season. That year

Meteorologists typically warn of slick roads the morning following a snow event, but what we’ll see tonight is a little more rare. With today’s steady rain and snowfall, many roads and sidewalks have become a slushy mess. A very strong cold front is set to crash through the region overnight. This will not only dramatically

Cold and snowy weather got off to a quick start in November across mid-Missouri, but things have never really gotten back to that point ever since. We almost hit 70 degrees on Christmas and had several similar warm spells in January. Temperatures have run nearly 3.5º above average since November 1st. In between it’s been

It’s no surprise. Ever since the start of the new year, winter hasn’t been kind to mid-Missouri. It’s been cloudy, wet, snowy and everything in between. I’m sure we’re all done with the muddy shoes, muddy paws and our yards resembling more of a wet sponge, than ground and grass. When you look at the

A meteorologist’s biggest fear when forecasting snowfall can be the effects that dry air can have on evaporating snowflakes before they reach the ground.

Here's #KansasCity erupting in celebration, as detected by our radar! 🎉🎇🎆🏈 pic.twitter.com/IlfG82gxl6— NWS Kansas City (@NWSKansasCity) February 3, 2020 The National Weather Service in Kansas City posted a radar loop of a brief burst in their signal around the time the Chiefs were named Super Bowl champions. This can be a bit tough to see

We were off to such a good start… The end of 2019 and start of 2020 was one of the warmest stretches of weather to start the winter season ever in Mid-Missouri. This was coupled with plenty of sunshine, with many of us asking if winter was going to make a return after its quick

Big changes are on the way after a week of cool, cloudy weather.