Severe weather will be increasing over the next several months and our weather team figured a refresher on severe weather would be important– especially considering how we haven’t seen much activity so far this winter. Severe storms are categorized as thunderstorms which produce winds in excess of 58 mph and hail of 1″ diameter or
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THIS AFTERNOON: Sunshine will continue throughout the afternoon hours, but clouds will generally take over later this evening. Temperatures will remain on the chilly side– in the upper 30s and low 40s. TONIGHT: Clouds will remain thick tonight, with a few flurries possible in SW mid-Missouri overnight. Lows fall into the low to mid 20s. EXTENDED: The streak
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WEDNESDAY: Sunshine will greet us out the door this morning, but clouds will increase later in the day. Highs still look to make it to near 40 this afternoon with that north wind keeping up. TONIGHT: Clouds stick around overnight, but those northerly winds keep funneling that cool air in. Overnight lows fall to near
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear and cold with lows in the upper teens to low 20s. WEDNESDAY: Increasing clouds and chilly, highs in the upper 30s. EXTENDED: Arctic high pressure stifles another potential weather system Wednesday night into Thursday, but more cloud cover is expected as moisture saturates the atmosphere above us. This will keep temps in
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An article published by the USA-National Phenology Network revealed that spring has gotten off to a very fast start across the southeast United States. Vegetation has begun showing signs of spring-leafing as far north as central Arkansas and Tennessee. They also indicated that this has been the earliest this leafing has occurred in nearly 40
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THIS AFTERNOON:Â Northerly winds will continue to keep us cool this afternoon. Sunshine will help it feel warmer. Highs expected to top out in the lows 40s. TONIGHT: Partly cloudy skies will lead to a cooler night with a slight breeze. Lows fall back to the low 20s. EXTENDED:Â We’ll start out Wednesday with sunshine, but high and
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TUESDAY: Steady north winds will be the driver in our weather today. They look to hold afternoon highs in the upper 30s and low 40s as clouds look to filter out of mid-Missouri by this afternoon. TONIGHT: Partly cloudy skies will lead to a cooler night with a slight breeze. Lows fall back to the
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TONIGHT: Mostly cloudy with a few spotty showers. Lows in the low 30s. TUESDAY: Mostly cloudy and much cooler. Highs in the upper 30s to around 40. EXTENDED: Arctic high pressure slides in from the north behind the cold front that is moving south tonight. Stubborn clouds are slow to leave on Tuesday, but as
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MONDAY: Rain chances are returning to mid-Missouri. Scattered showers will dot the morning through the evening hours so keep the umbrella handy today. Highs make it into the low to mid 50’s. TONIGHT: Those scattered showers will come to an end from west to east by midnight as a cold front moves through. The cold
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TONIGHT: Mostly cloudy. Low’s in the mid 30’s. TOMORROW: Spotty showers are possible early in the morning due to a cold front moving through mid-Missouri, however, our chances to see some rainfall will increase as we move through the afternoon. These rain showers will leave us with minimal accumulation as we move into Monday night. Highs
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SUNDAY: Patchy fog possible to start the day turning into mostly cloudy skies by noon. Highs are in the mid 40’s. SUNDAY NIGHT: Mostly cloudy. Low’s in the mid 30’s. EXTENDED: Rain chances will start the work week off. However, the certainty with this system is still up in the air just a bit. Chances
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Silvey Street in Columbia remains closed Saturday after a crash Friday night.
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TONIGHT:Â Clouds will clear slightly for a brief period of time before building back in to start out our Sunday. Lows will be in the upper 20s. TOMORROW:Â Cloud coverage is persistent throughout the day, and temperatures will continue to warm to the upper 40s. EXTENDED:Â Our next system is set to move through Monday, and this cold
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SATURDAY: We will start the day with some sunshine but will see increasing cloud cover move in into the afternoon hours. Our high temperatures are trending downward leaving us in the mid to low 40’s for our high today. SATURDAY NIGHT: The cloud cover will linger overnight helping us stay a bit warmer. Lows in
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear with a few passing clouds. Lows in the mid-20s and gradually warming overnight. SATURDAY: Increasing clouds, but much warmer. Breezy with south winds picking up to 10-20 mph. Highs in the mid-40s. EXTENDED: We’ll see a bit more sunshine as a weak disturbance moves out of the area into Sunday, and continued
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VALENTINE’S DAY:Â A lot of sunshine can be expected today across the area which will help to finally warm us up. Highs will stretch into the upper 20s and lower 30s throughout the afternoon. TONIGHT: Any plans this evening look to be in some good shape, with overnight lows only falling into the low 20s thanks to
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VALENTINE’S DAY: Off to another brutal start with single-digit temperatures across the board and wind chills below zero in some spots will turn out better this afternoon, with highs making it into the upper 20s and low 30s. Keep the sunglasses handy along with the coat with more sunshine expected today. TONIGHT: Any plans this
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Arctic Air Blast! Bitterly cold temperatures have filtered in across Mid-Missouri thanks to a large arctic high pressure system centered to our northwest, blasting cold gusty winds through the region today. Temperatures managed to reach the single digits to low teens, but will drop to around zero tonight. A Wind Chill Advisory is in effect
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear and bitterly cold. Lows near zero with wind chills between 5 and 10 degrees below zero. FRIDAY: Starts off frigid with below zero wind chills in the morning, gradually warming during the day with sunshine. Highs in the mid-upper 20s. EXTENDED: Winds shift Friday and pick up from the south, increasing temperatures
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Our first arctic outbreak of 2020 has certainly been a powerful one across mid-Missouri. However, when you compare it to the past 3 winters, we’re running a bit behind. 2014, the year of the polar vortex featured nearly 10 occurrences of sub-zero temperatures from November to March, 5 in the meteorological winter season. That year
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