NASA’s newest weather satellite is the fourth and final piece of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite program, also known as GOES, which is celebrating 50 years in 2025 as the new satellite comes online. The first GOES satellite was launched in October 1975, and in the decades since, dozens of satellites have been launched under
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) For the second time in roughly a month, Gov. Mike Kehoe has requested FEMA to participate in joint preliminary damage assessments for counties that were damaged by storms and flooding, according to a Friday afternoon press release from the governor’s office. An EF-2 tornado ravaged Pilot Grove in Cooper County on April
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TONIGHT: Winds remain calm throughout the overnight hours switching from the north back out of the south. Lows cool to 40 degrees with mostly clear skies. TOMORROW: Saturday sees winds slowly increase to 8-12 mph with gusts up to 20 mph. Highs increase near 70 degrees with mostly sunny skies. EXTENDED: Sunday sees highs into
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TODAY: Friday is cooler thanks to clouds and a light northerly breeze, leaving most of the day in the 50s. TONIGHT: Calmer winds and clearing skies overnight will promote efficient cooling as lows drop to the 40s and upper 30s. The coldest areas in northern Missouri could see patchy frost. EXTENDED: Southerly winds pick up
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TODAY: Friday brings cooler air to the region, behind a couple of mild days around midweek. Expect a high just near 60 with high pressure sliding in from the north. Winds are from the north most of the day, thanks to us being primarily on the cool side of the high through the day, but
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TONIGHT: Isolated storms remain possible overnight but remain focused mostly east of HWY 63. Lows cool to the mid-40s with winds out of the north at 8-12 mph and gusts up to 18 mph. TOMORROW: Friday welcomes partly cloudy skies with slightly cooler afternoon highs near 60 degrees. EXTENDED: This weekend remains dry with highs
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Flooded rivers are finally receding after extreme rainfall drenched states from east Texas to the Ohio Valley. Many areas received over a foot of rain in just a few days, leaving rivers in major flood stages several days after the rain had stopped pouring. Rain started falling on April 2nd as a front settled across
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THIS AFTERNOON: From midday through the evening, a few spot storms are possible in eastern Missouri, but most of the area remains dry. Temperatures climb to the upper 60s, and breezy winds out of the northwest gust up to 30 mph. TONIGHT: Skies mostly clear out overnight while temperatures cool to the mid to lower
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TODAY: Thursday brings a chance for a spot shower or two from midday to early evening, but the day will be mostly dry. A rumble of thunder or two will be possible, but severe weather is not expected. TONIGHT: We’ll clear out overnight, but clouds increase towards sunrise Friday. EXTENDED: Clouds may bring a sprinkle
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The Eastern Turkey is one of the most impressive success stories for conservation in the state of Missouri. Weather is a major influence in the population numbers each year. Wild turkey populations in the state of Missouri were estimated at just under 2500 in the 1950s. Nowadays, that number is between 300,000- 400,000. Thanks to
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TONIGHT: Mostly cloudy with a spot shower possible. Lows in the upper 40s. TOMORROW: Chance of a few showers or storms. Highs in the mid-60s. EXTENDED: With some cloud cover around tonight, we remain in the upper 40s heading into Thursday morning. A cold front works east tomorrow, triggering a few showers and thunderstorms. Coverage
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TODAY: Wednesday will be mostly dry, but spotty light showers will be possible through the day. Clouds will be persistent, and winds will be from a warm southwest direction. This keeps highs climbing to near 70 through the afternoon. TONIGHT: A wind shift from the west will come this evening. Clouds will break up, but
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TODAY: Wednesday will be mostly dry, but spotty light showers will be possible through the day. Clouds will be persistent, and winds will be from a warm southwest direction. This keeps highs climbing to near 70 through the afternoon. TONIGHT: A wind shift from the west will come this evening. Clouds will break up, but
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TONIGHT: Mostly cloudy and warmer with lows in the lower to mid-40s. TOMORROW: Mostly cloudy with spotty showers and a south breeze, sending highs into the upper 60s to around 70. EXTENDED: A warm front lifts into Mid-Missouri tonight into tomorrow, bringing temperatures back into the 40s overnight. Clouds stick around into Wednesday, but gusty
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TODAY: Tuesday starts cold with a freeze warning in place areawide. A hard freeze is possible in the north. A period of 28 degrees or cooler for an extended time would kill any vegetation not protected. The rest of the day is similarly chilly. Afternoon highs remain in the mid-50s to 60 at best in
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Warmer temperatures have shifted the allergy season, with a longer growing season and earlier pollen peaks, making it more challenging for some to deal with severe allergy symptoms.
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear and cold with lows in the upper 20s to around 30. A hard freeze is likely, so protect any sensitive plants. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny and cool with highs in the upper 50s. EXTENDED: Lows fall into the upper 20s with a hard freeze likely area wide tonight. A Freeze Warning is in
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TODAY: Monday is a chilly start, which will translate to a mild day. Expect highs in the mid-50s under mostly sunny skies. Variable winds this morning give way to north winds this afternoon around 5-10 mph behind a weak cold front. TONIGHT: High pressure brings cooler air and calm conditions overnight. A freeze warning is
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TODAY: Monday is a chilly start, which will translate to a mild day. Expect highs in the mid-50s under mostly sunny skies. Variable winds this morning give way to north winds this afternoon around 5-10 mph behind a weak cold front. TONIGHT: High pressure brings cooler air and calm conditions overnight. A freeze warning is
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Task Force 1 returned safely to Columbia Sunday, after a four-day deployment to Southeast Missouri. The team arrived back at the Boone County Fire Protection District Headquarters around 2:30 p.m. Sunday afternoon. Family members greeted the team with gratitude, as they reunited following days of intense rescue operations in hazardous weather.
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