Average highs continue to decrease deeper into late December and January causing the cost of heating to increase. Many people are already cutting things tight with their budgets during the holiday season so we are breaking down some tips to keep you comfortable for less this winter using science. Warm air typically rises in homes
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TONIGHT: Partly to mostly cloudy with lows in the mid-20s. TOMORROW: Partly cloudy, cold, and breezy with highs in the lower 30s. EXTENDED: Colder air moves in from the north with a cold front tomorrow morning, bringing some morning clouds. Temperatures only top out in the low 30s on Friday, but we can expect high
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TODAY: Thursday is a warmer day than Wednesday thanks in large part to south winds. We’ll have south to southwest winds around 10-15 mph, gusting 20-30 mph at times. Wind chill will be a factor through the morning, making us feel like 20s and 30s in the wind. We’ll have some sunshine, with partly cloudy
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TODAY: Thursday is a warmer day than Wednesday thanks in large part to south winds. We’ll have south to southwest winds around 10-15 mph, gusting 20-30 mph at times. Wind chill will be a factor through the morning, making us feel like 20s and 30s in the wind. We’ll have some sunshine, with partly cloudy
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Christmas is less than a week away. For Mid-Missouri, it’s looking like the holiday could be a warm one. What’s pretty certain is that it won’t be white. White Christmases are so beloved there’s even a song about them. However, some folks would rather the snow stay away no matter the date. Are you one
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TONIGHT: Decreasing clouds and chilly with lows in the upper 20s. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny and windy with highs in the upper 40s. EXTENDED: Clouds clear out gradually tonight, leaving us with temperatures in the upper 20s by tomorrow morning. Thursday is looking breezy with highs in the upper 40s and more sunshine. A disturbance will
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TODAY: Wednesday will be cloudy, breezy, and cool. Temperatures remain in the low 40s thanks to persistent clouds and a 10-15 mph north wind that may gust up to 20-30 mph at times. Wind chills will be in the 20s and 30s most of the day. TONIGHT: After a cloudy day, clouds will persist into
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TONIGHT: Mostly cloudy with light rain through late evening. Lows in the mid-30s. TOMORROW: Morning clouds with afternoon sun returning. Highs in the lower 40s. EXTENDED: I’m tracking a cloudy night with spotty showers developing in the next couple of hours and continuing into the overnight hours before pressing east. Rain amounts will likely be
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TODAY: Tuesday is mostly dry, and mild. South winds bring temperatures into the 50s by the afternoon. Scattered light showers return around the dinner hour and exit by morning. TONIGHT: Scattered rain will bring a few hundredths of an inch of rain at most, and wrap up shortly after midnight. Temperatures likely remain int the
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TODAY: Tuesday is mostly dry, and mild. South winds bring temperatures into the 50s by the afternoon. Scattered light showers return around the dinner hour and exit by morning. TONIGHT: Scattered rain will bring a few hundredths of an inch of rain at most, and wrap up shortly after midnight. Temperatures likely remain int the
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear with lows in the lower 30s. TOMORROW: Increasing clouds with mild temperatures in the lower 50s. EXTENDED: Tonight will be cooler as we can expect clear skies, but warmer than average in the low 30s. Tomorrow looks mild yet again with a southeast breeze, although likely a couple degrees cooler. Clouds pick
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THIS AFTERNOON: Bright and sunny with highs in the mid-50s. Gusty winds up to 20-25 mph. TONIGHT: Mostly clear and colder with lows in the lower 30s. EXTENDED: Clear skies are expected following this morning’s cold front, leaving us with a cool start to Tuesday. Winds pick up again from the south with highs back
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TODAY: Showers and thunderstorms this morning will bring a wet start to some. A quick passing shower will be possible for most, but after that, the best chance for any continued precipitation will be largely confined south of HWY 50. Lightning and thunder will be the extent of the strength of these storms. Temperatures will
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TONIGHT: Spotty to scattered showers late, especially south of I-70. Fog developing overnight with temperatures holding steady around 50. TOMORROW: Decreasing clouds with highs in the lower 50s. EXTENDED: As winds begin to pick up from the southeast overnight, temperatures don’t drop much as a few showers develop to our south and spread north through
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The National Weather Service in Springfield on Sunday confirmed an EF-0 tornado touched down in far eastern Benton County, near the border with Morgan County on the northwestern side of the Lake of the Ozarks. The severe thunderstorm produced enough rotation for a weak tornado to form at around 3:41 p.m. The tornado developed to
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TODAY: Clouds in the morning with patchy drizzle possible. Sunshine briefly returns in the afternoon. Temperatures reach the 50s for most, while northern Missouri is a tad cooler in the upper 40s. TONIGHT: Light rain is possible across eastern Mid-MO overnight into early Monday. This quickly moves through from roughly 9 p.m. to 3 a.m.,
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TONIGHT: I’m tracking the last of the rainfall exiting the region with one more shot at running into an isolated storm before sundown. Temperatures will drop into the upper 30s by the end of the night and winds will be out of the southwest at 6-8 mph. TOMORROW: I’m tracking a break in cloud cover
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TODAY: Widespread showers last through noon with a few isolated rumbles of thunder. Rain becomes lighter in the afternoon and evening with totals reaching over an inch in many spots. Temperatures reach the 40s despite the rain and clouds. TOMORROW: Sunday dries out with some peeks at sunshine through the afternoon. Temperatures remain cool in
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TONIGHT: I’m tracking rain moving in from the west throughout the evening, with brief showers in Columbia becoming possible by 8-10 pm. Rain will become more consistent throughout the early morning hours as it moves north, with a slight chance to see freezing rain near Macon county. If this does occur, impacts will not last
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As temperatures continue to drop to near or below freezing, several types of winter precipitation have started to appear in forecasts. Predicting different types of precipitation requires a detailed analysis of the atmosphere from top to bottom and a steady process of increasing confidence. Precipitation type is determined by the temperature of the atmosphere at
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