Earlier Wednesday morning lakes and rivers across much of Mid-Missouri produced steam fog. This was seen on various weather cameras, but this was not the ordinary steam fog people see throughout much of the year. This was freezing fog. Typically, steam fog forms whenever a cold air mass moves over a warmer body of water.
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TONIGHT: Partly cloudy and not as cold with lows near the freezing mark. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny and warmer with highs in the upper 50s. Low humidity and gusty winds could create dangerous fire weather conditions. Avoid open burning. EXTENDED: I’m tracking a chilly night but we’ll be more than 10 degrees warmer in some spots
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TODAY: Wednesday is a warmer day despite a cooler start. Expect temperatures to reach mid-to-upper 40s under sunny skies with south winds this afternoon. TONIGHT: Winds remain southerly, and some mid-level clouds work in overnight. This will keep temperatures slightly warmer, but we’re still near and below freezing across the region by sunrise Thursday. EXTENDED:
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TODAY: Wednesday is a warmer day despite a cooler start. Expect temperatures to reach mid-to-upper 40s under sunny skies with south winds this afternoon. TONIGHT: Winds remain southerly, and some mid-level clouds work in overnight. This will keep temperatures slightly warmer, but we’re still near and below freezing across the region by sunrise Thursday. EXTENDED:
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear and cold with lows in the upper teens to low 20s. Wind chills in the low to mid-teens by daybreak. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny with highs in the upper 40s. Clouds return tomorrow night. EXTENDED: Strong winds finally try to die down overnight, but a slight westerly breeze will keep wind chills in
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TODAY: Another cold front will roll through this morning bringing partly cloudy skies and a reinforcement of cold air from the north. By sunrise, our air will be getting colder, drier, and breezier behind this front. Expect wind chills in the teens along and north of I-70 this morning, then a high in the 30s
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Temperatures are looking to cool well below the freezing mark the next several nights meaning that it is time to start winterizing your home. Making sure to disconnect all exterior hoses from faucets is an important first step in this process. Water stored in connected hoses can freeze ruining your hoses as the sizing of
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear with a few clouds and cold with lows in the lower 20s. Wind chills in the upper teens by daybreak. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny to partly cloudy with highs in the upper 30s to around 40. Temperatures falling to near freezing for trick-or-treating. EXTENDED: Tonight, clouds clear out once again and we’ll see
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TODAY: Monday is a bright day, with skies clearing behind the steady rain from over the weekend. Temperatures will start in the 20s and 30s, before climbing around 10-15 degrees into the low 40s. TONIGHT: Clear skies remain into the overnight, but clouds may return from the north as soon as sunrise. Depending on how
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People made use of the new, permanent location of Columbia’s Room at the Inn homeless shelter as the temperature plunged overnight Sunday.
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TODAY: Monday is a bright day, with skies clearing behind the steady rain from over the weekend. Temperatures will start in the 20s and 30s, before climbing around 10-15 degrees into the low 40s. TONIGHT: Clear skies remain into the overnight, but clouds may return from the north as soon as sunrise. Depending on how
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TONIGHT: Rain exiting late with clouds gradually decreasing. Gusty winds and cold with lows in the mid-20s. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny and cold with highs in the lower 40s. EXTENDED: The coldest air since March moves in over the next couple of nights as a cold front takes rain with it this evening. Clouds gradually exit
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TODAY: Sunday will be cloudy and wet again with rain chances picking up into the afternoon. With temperatures stuck in the 30s today some nonimpactful frozen precip may mix in with showers. Rain and clouds head east past sundown. TOMORROW: A Freeze Warning is in effect areawide as temperatures plummet behind the weekend rain. Monday
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TONIGHT: I’m tracking rain chances continuing throughout the rest of the night and temperatures falling back down into the high 30s. Chariton county will be in a freeze warning tonight, so protect any tender plants from cold and take the proper precautions to prevent freezing/bursting pipes. TOMORROW: I’m tracking cloud cover and more rain chances
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TODAY: Conditions will be dreary most of the day with light rain possible mostly south of I-44 and cloud cover areawide. Temperatures will be trapped in the 30s and lower 40s throughout the day. Widespread showers will begin to fill in after sundown. TOMORROW: As rain continues into early Sunday and temperatures drop, a slim
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Low water levels along the Mississippi River continue to impact southern Louisiana and greater New Orleans as saltwater threatens local water resources. Limited rainfall and extreme drought have reduced the flow of the Mississippi River to historic lows, allowing saltwater from the Gulf of Mexico to move upstream. This “saltwater intrusion” occurs infrequently at the
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TONIGHT: I’m tracking a cold front that’s brought brief and heavy downpours plus much cooler temperatures exiting mid-Missouri. Temperatures continue to plummet into the rest of the night, with high 30s and low 40s expected by the end of the night. TOMORROW: I’m tracking a small “warm-up” with a partly cloudy sky in the morning.
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TODAY: Friday sees a big cooldown as a sharp cold front will drop temperatures below average areawide. While we started out the day in the 60s and 70s, we’ll be dropping into the 40s by dinnertime. TONIGHT: Clouds clear for especially the northern parts of the area, allowing temperatures to plummet to the lower 30s.
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TODAY: Friday is a sharp cool down for us as a cold front will pass from northwest to southeast through the day. In Columbia will start the morning in the 60s, then a wind shift from the north west around 9 a.m. will drop temperatures into the low 50s by 3 p.m., and into the
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A large amount of people understand that rainfall is typically tied to fronts and low pressure systems in some way. Where exactly does these low pressure systems come from and how do we get the moisture to drive the precipitation in Mid-Missouri? The majority of the low pressure systems that drives precipitation that makes its
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