TONIGHT: Increasing clouds and breezy with strong storms moving in from the northwest after midnight. Some storms could become severe, bringing quarter size hail and isolated damaging winds. Lows in the lower 60s. TOMORROW: Scattered storms, some strong in the morning. Some dry time with scattered storms through the evening. Highs in the upper 60s.
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TODAY: Monday is an ABC17 Stormtrack Weather Alert Day for potential for storms this evening and into Tuesday morning. For the more detail, read our blog. Overall, Monday will be a dry and warm day, with highs in the mid-80s. This will be approaching our average high temperatures we expect during the hottest days of summer.
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TODAY: Monday is an ABC17 Stormtrack Weather Alert Day for potential for storms this evening and into Tuesday morning. For the more detail, read our blog. Overall, Monday will be a dry and warm day, with highs in the mid-80s. This will be approaching our average high temperatures we expect during the hottest days of
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The ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Team has issued a Weather Alert Day from late tonight into tomorrow morning for the potential of severe storms. SETUP An upper-level system has pushed an area of low pressure into the Upper Midwest on Monday. Moisture increases ahead of this system while dry air sharply filters in behind it,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) It has been one week since tornadoes touched down across Mid-Missouri, causing damage and teaching some residents important lessons. In Columbia, city officials reported that at least five homes and several buildings sustained damage after a confirmed EF-1 tornado moved through the area. The tornado caught many by surprise, but several residents
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TONIGHT: Mostly cloudy and breezy with highs in the upper 50s. TOMORROW: Partly sunny and breezy with wind gusts up to 30 mph. Highs reach the mid-upper 80s. EXTENDED: Clouds remain this evening as low pressure sticks around to our west. Temperatures remain somewhat mild overnight and skies begin to break up a bit into
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TODAY: Scattered showers persist Sunday morning, keeping temperatures cool in the 50s and 60s today. Rain chances begin dropping in the afternoon, possibly allowing for peeks at sunset by Sunday dinner. TOMORROW: Monday is an ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Alert Day for the threat of severe storms in the afternoon and evening. Most of the
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TONIGHT: I’m tracking showers becoming present throughout the overnight hours with winds shifting into the southeast at 8-12 mph and gusts up to 20 mph. Temperatures will drop into the low 50s by the end of the night. TOMORROW: I’m tracking showers lasting throughout the morning hours, with clouds slowly breaking apart throughout the afternoon
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TODAY: The weekend starts cloudy and mild with highs near average in the upper 60s. No rain is expected through early Saturday night. TOMORROW: Spotty showers return Sunday morning and persist into the early afternoon, keeping temperatures a degree or two cooler in the mid to upper 60s. Sunday dinner plans look dry with possible
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TONIGHT: I’m tracking clouds lingering throughout the overnight hours with winds out of the north at 10-12 mph and gusts up to 15 mph. Temperatures will drop into the low 50s by the end of the night. TOMORROW: I’m tracking a mostly cloudy day with showers possible in the evening/overnight hours. Temperatures will only warm
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You may see clouds in the forecast this weekend and think you don’t need sunscreen, but up to 80% of UV radiation can penetrate clouds, which means your skin is exposed to harmful radiation even on overcast days. The sun is getting higher in the sky, expanding the day length and increasing the UV as
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THIS AFTERNOON: Temperatures reach the 70s today as a cold front sinks south and pushes rain chances out of the area. A stray storm is possible near the Lake and I-44 through the evening, but almost all will stay dry. TONIGHT: Clouds fill in overnight as temperatures drop to the low 50s. EXTENDED: Saturday is
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TODAY: We’re tracking showers early Friday morning, as an area of low pressure passes through. As it leaves, a cold front will turn our winds more westerly at a rate of 10-15 mph. This will keep highs in the 70s. A slight chance for rain continues on an isolated basis into the afternoon, but we’ll
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TONIGHT: Storms continue this evening while temperatures fall to the upper 50s. Rain chances dwindle further into the overnight. TOMORROW: Friday welcomes chances of showers and storms with highs into the mid-70s. EXTENDED: Friday starts mostly dry, but more scattered storms are possible during the day. We look mostly dry both Saturday and Sunday, but
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The Storm Prediction Center issues outlooks every day, even when no severe weather is expected, to help meteorologists and scientists diagnose the type, severity, and extent of severe weather. The outlooks produced by the Storm Prediction Center are just one of the many tools that can help forecasters identify where severe weather may occur and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An EF-1 tornado touched down in Audrain County on Sunday, the National Weather Service determined on Thursday. Severe storms impacted Mid-Missouri this weekend, leading to damage and power outages (with some still active in Columbia). An EF-1 tornado had led to the destruction of Columbia’s recycling facility. An EF-2 tornado occurred in
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THIS AFTERNOON: Isolated showers and storms are possible, but many stay dry and warm in the 80s. TONIGHT: Storms continue this evening while temperatures fall to the upper 50s. Rain chances dwindle further into the overnight. EXTENDED: Friday starts mostly dry, but more scattered storms are possible during the day. We look mostly dry both
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TODAY: Thursday is another warm and bright day to start. We are monitoring a band of showers near Kansas City that should not build into mid-Missouri, but it may impact the region with a few clouds northwest of Columbia. Clouds will build through midday, leading to a thunderstorm chance by the early afternoon. No severe
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Severe storms this past Sunday resulted in multiple tornado touchdowns in the area, including an EF-1 that was reported in Columbia. A lot of power outages were reported around Mid-Missouri, with some lasting days. Columbia’s recycling facility was destroyed in the storm, prompting the city to pause curbside pickup and close its
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) City of Columbia officials are still assessing the total damage to its recycling operations after an EF-1 tornado tore through the northeast part of the city Sunday evening, destroying the city’s recycling facility and prompting a disaster declaration. The city announced on Sunday that curbside recycling pickup would be paused and drop-off
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