Based on feedback I figured I'd alter some possible answers! Questions remains the same– To DST or not to DST…— Luke Victor 🌨️🌨️📈 (@LukeVictorWx) March 6, 2020 Prepare your clocks (and your eyelids) for the time change incoming this weekend. Daylight saving time will shift clocks forward one hour– that’s happening early Sunday morning. Don’t
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FRIDAY: Mostly sunny skies look to stick around through this afternoon. Highs will be a bit cooler, in the low 50’s but winds won’t be as breezy today. TONIGHT: Mostly clear skies overhead will help get temperatures into the low 30’s. EXTENDED: Winds will swing out of a more southerly direction into Saturday, which will
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear and breezy with lows in the low 30s. FRIDAY: Mostly sunny and breezy with highs in the upper 40s to around 50. EXTENDED: High pressure keeping things cooler on Friday will slide southeast, leaving us with winds shifting back to the south for the weekend. Temperatures top in the low 60s on
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Red flag warnings expired across mid-Missouri this evening at 6:00 pm, but the dry and very windy conditions help fuel fire dangers across the region this afternoon. You may be wondering, especially with how wet this winter was, how we could possibly be dry enough to see brush fire dangers. Even when we consider elevated
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THIS AFTERNOON: A cold front will move in along with gusts in the 30-40 mph range. These windy conditions along with dry Winter vegetation will lead to dangerous fire conditions today. TONIGHT: Those winds stick around overnight, pushing in some cooler air as lows fall into the low to mid 30s. EXTENDED: Cooler air settles in for Friday
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THURSDAY: Clouds will finish up thinning out this morning, bringing us a return to sunny skies that should last throughout the day. Highs will reach into the upper 50’s and low 60’s again, but it will be windy. A cold front will move in along with gusts in the 30-40 mph range. These windy conditions
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TONIGHT: Decreasing clouds, chilly. Lows in the upper 30s. THURSDAY: Breezy and brighter. Winds gusting up to 30mph from the northwest. Highs reaching near 60. EXTENDED: Canadian high pressure begins to settle in on Thursday into Friday, bringing high temperatures down about 10 degrees on Friday afternoon. We’ll still have ample sunshine but it’s a
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With dual-polarization radar coming about in the early 2010s, we can now confirm when a tornado is doing damage. This helps out tremendously when tracking nighttime tornadoes.
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WEDNESDAY: While it won’t be as breezy as it was yesterday, clouds will try to slide in this afternoon. Temperatures once again look to threaten 60 degrees. TONIGHT: Partly cloudy skies stick around as lows fall back into the upper 30s. EXTENDED: Another sunny day looks to be on tap on Thursday, but breezy conditions
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ABC 17 News Stormtrack Meteorologist Luke Victor traces the path of the Nashville storm.
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Tornado sirens sounded Tuesday at 10 a.m. for the annual statewide tornado drill in Missouri. The tornado drill came during Severe Weather Week and just hours after a tornado ravaged through Nashville, Tenn. Sierra Thomas, the Cole County Emergency Management Agency director, said she drove out to Brazito to make sure sirens could be heard,
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The Columbia Fire Department and other local agencies have precautions in place if a tornado touched down.
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear to partly cloudy with lows in the upper 30s. TOMORROW: Increasing clouds, still warm. Highs in the upper 50s to low 60s. EXTENDED: Clouds return on Wednesday thanks to a disturbance passing us by, but we continue to be dry with highs still reaching near 60. We clear out again Thursday with
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TUESDAY: Mostly sunny skies overhead will help get temperatures to near 60 degrees later today. It will be a bit breezy at times with northwest winds gusting up to 25-30 mph at times. TONIGHT: Keeping skies mostly clear overnight, a southwest breeze will keep things stirred up enough that temperatures only fall into the upper
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TONIGHT: Decreasing clouds, lows in the mid-30s. TUESDAY: Mostly sunny and breezy with highs in the upper 50s. EXTENDED: We’re in for a gorgeous week around Mid-Missouri! Despite gusty northwest winds Tuesday, highs reach the upper 50s. The rest of the week features sunshine and highs in the upper 50s to lower 60s. Friday is
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The US Army Corps of Engineers announced on Monday that dam releases in Nebraska were reduced to relieve pressure on Missouri levees.
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THIS AFTERNOON: Filtered sunshine will continue through this afternoon and temperatures will be cooler than yesterday. We’ll be in the upper 40s and low 50s with a northeasterly breeze. A couple spotty sprinkles are possible. TONIGHT: Partly cloudy skies overhead as lows fall back into the low to mid 30s. EXTENDED: This week is still looking quiet.
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MONDAY: A mix of sun and clouds. A spot sprinkle is possible this morning. Highs in the upper 40s to low 50s thanks to a northerly wind. TONIGHT: Partly cloudy skies overhead as lows fall back into the low to mid 30s. EXTENDED: This week is still looking quiet. We’re tracking a disturbance that looks
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TONIGHT: To close out the first day of meteorological spring, we’re tracking chances for parts of mid-Missouri to see rain and some thunderstorms this evening and overnight tonight. These showers and storms will be short-lived, and they won’t drop a lot of water on the area. Overall, rain accumulations will be near a quarter of an
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When we think of the start of spring, we may be thinking about several different days like the spring equinox, daylight savings time and the many holidays that happen during the season. When meteorologists speak about the start of spring, you may be confused about what we really mean. Let’s break down the science of
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