WATCH: Stormtrack Severe Weather Special
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Team presents its 2026 Severe Weather Special.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Team presents its 2026 Severe Weather Special.
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THIS AFTEROON: Mostly sunny and warm, with highs reaching the mid-60s. TONIGHT: Temperatures fall into the 50s after sunset, and lows drop to the 40s overnight. EXTENDED: Highs climb into the low 80s on Wednesday, and approach 90 degrees by Thursday, likely setting new record highs before a cold front arrives Thursday evening. Thunderstorms are
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It already smells like spring in the greenhouse at CMSE’s giving gardens. Their greenhouse is one way the organization provides meaningful employment to individuals with disabilities, but it’s also where those employees have already prepared perennials to go in the ground across Mid-Missouri later this spring. “A perennial is basically a plant that has a
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TODAY: Tuesday is bright and warm. Temperatures reach back into the 60s, warmer than yesterday, and warmer than average. South winds are light, around 5-10 mph. TONIGHT: Temperatures remain mild overnight, thanks to south wind. 50s are expected after sunset, and mid-40s will start us out on Wednesday. EXTENDED: Most of the second half of
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TONIGHT: Mostly cloudy and cool with lows near 40 degrees. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny and warmer with highs in the mid-upper 60s. EXTENDED: After a chilly start to the week, we begin warming back up tomorrow as upper high pressure slowly begins to work back in our direction and strengthens from the west. Winds shift to
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THIS AFTERNOON: Partly cloudy and cool, with highs in the mid-50s. Winds from the north and east will be lighter than in the morning, between 5 and 15 mph. TONIGHT: Cloudy and dry, with temperatures falling into the 40s after dinner. EXTENDED: A deck of clouds will pass through the area tonight, but we’ll stay
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THIS MORNING: Mostly clear and chilly, with temperatures in the 30s and 40s. Winds will be steady from the north, gusting up to 20 mph in the early morning. TODAY: Increasing clouds, with highs in the mid to upper 50s. A lighter breeze is expected in the afternoon, between 5 and 10 mph. EXTENDED: A
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TONIGHT: Mostly cloudy and cool with lows in the upper 30s. TOMORROW: Partly sunny and cooler with highs in the upper 50s. EXTENDED: We’ll kick off next week on a chillier note as a cold front settles to our south tonight, leaving us with lows in the upper 30s by Monday. We’ll be seasonably cool
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TODAY: I’m tracking a warm start to the day in the low 60s with breezy southerly winds at 10-15 mph and gusts up to 30 mph. An increase in cloud cover is expected throughout the morning hours ahead of a cold front. By noon, temperatures will top out in the upper 70s and low 80s
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear and comfortable with lows in the lower 60s. TOMORROW: Partly cloudy and windy with highs in the upper 70s. EXTENDED: Tonight will be mild with lows in the lower 60s. We’ll start out warm tomorrow with highs back into the upper 70s despite increasing clouds ahead of a southward approaching front that
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TODAY: I’m tracking a mild start to the day with sunshine and temperatures in the upper 50s. Sunshine and southwesterly winds at 5-10 mph will help temperatures once again get into the upper 80s and low 90s for some this afternoon. TONIGHT: I’m tracking a gradual increase in clouds overnight as winds pick up from
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TONIGHT: Clear and mild, with temperatures in the 70s through sunset. Lows will fall to the mid-50s. TOMORROW: Sunny and hot, with highs in the mid to upper 80s. Winds from the southwest will be light at 5 to 10 mph. EXTENDED: Cloud cover increases on Sunday as a cold front moves through the area,
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Friday is the spring equinox, when we experience equal amounts of daylight and night, and when many consider to be the beginning of spring. (Although for meteorologists, spring starts on March 1st for better record-keeping.) Both meteorological spring (March 1st) and astronomical spring (March 20th) have come in hot, with temperatures over 4 degrees warmer
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TODAY: I’m tracking summer-like temperatures this afternoon with sunshine and westerly winds at 10-15 mph. This will help temperatures get into the mid to upper 80s. TONIGHT: I’m tracking a clear and mild evening as temperatures gradually drop back into the low 50s. Winds are expected to shift into the southeast at 5-10 mph by
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Tornado-prone regions in the United States are shifting eastward from the traditional “Tornado Alley” toward the Mississippi and Tennessee River valleys. This expansion is bringing more frequent severe weather and tornado outbreaks to areas historically less accustomed to such intensity. In recent decades, the frequency of favorable tornado days has increased significantly in states including
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TODAY: I’m tracking a mild start to the day with temperatures in the low to mid-50s. By the afternoon hours, sunshine and westerly winds at 10-15 mph are expected, which will help temperatures get into the low to mid-80s. TONIGHT: I’m tracking a clear and mild evening as temperatures gradually drop back into the low
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear and mild with lows near 50. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny and warm with highs near or just above 80 degrees. EXTENDED: Tonight will be clearer, but we still remain mild with lows near 50 degrees. Tomorrow and Saturday will be about 25 degrees warmer than normal as highs get to the lower 80s.
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If you stepped outside today to enjoy the noticeably warmer weather, you likely noticed two things: temperatures in the mid to upper 70s and a sudden, aggressive case of itchy eyes or a stuffy nose. While the sky over Mid-Missouri remains clear, we are currently in the middle of a large atmospheric event that you
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Hail is consistently one of the costliest severe weather events, causing billions of dollars in damage annually to cars, homes, and crops in the United States. One of the places it commonly occurs is right here in Central Missouri. Over the past 15 years, there have been over 5000 reports of hail from unique storms
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Lightning all starts because of rising warm air. This rising air produces the storm clouds that are needed for lightning in the first place. As the storm clouds form, the ice particles and water droplets collide inside the cloud. As this collision occurs, it causes positive and negative charges, and after enough charges are produced,
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