On Thursday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climate Prediction Center released their Winter 2019-2020 outlook for the United States. Two key features come to play for mid-Missouri in their report. They expect temperatures throughout the 3-month period to settle out near normal. This doesn’t imply that it will be warm necessarily, but that there
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THIS AFTERNOON: Passing clouds are expected this afternoon, with temperatures in the upper 60s and low 70s . TONIGHT: Partly cloudy skies will increase across the area overnight as showers look to build into the region throughout the morning Saturday. Lows fall into the upper 40s and low 50s . EXTENDED: Rain showers look to
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FRIDAY: We’ll see some passing clouds early on today, but should start thinning out more toward the afternoon. Highs will be in the low 70s . TONIGHT: Any evening plans look to be ok, but we are going to be tracking some showers toward daybreak. Lows fall to near 50. EXTENDED: Those showers will affect
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear and cool, lows in the mid-40s. FRIDAY: Mostly sunny, few late day clouds. Highs near 70. EXTENDED: Warmer temperatures prevail over the next few days as we’re underneath a ridge in the jet stream. A weak front slides through early Saturday, bringing a chance for rain through midday. Rain amounts will be
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THURSDAY: A very nice, Fall day on tap after a cold start with highs in the low to mid 60s . TONIGHT: Clouds will move in overnight, along with continued southerly winds helping prop up temperatures in the middle and upper 40s for lows. EXTENDED: Which will get us off to a head start on
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Mid-Missourians may remember the vibrant colors changes that trees underwent last year. Our dry summer, followed by the relatively mild transition to fall help bolster a beautiful sight across the state as trees began to prepare for (what ended up being) a long winter ahead. We’re already back to that time of year when trees
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TONIGHT: Clouds clear, chilly with lows in the upper 30s. THURSDAY: Mostly sunny, highs in the low to mid-60s. EXTENDED: Temperatures gradually warm into the 70s by Friday, but clouds begin to increase ahead of our next front that will bring rain overnight Friday into Saturday. Rain exits by midday Saturday, leaving us with a
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THIS AFTERNOON: Cloudy skies will be the main feature this afternoon, with more bits of sunshine peeking in later on. Temperatures will be chilly, in the mid 50s . TONIGHT: Clouds will thin out tonight leaving us to cool off back into the middle 30s by daybreak with wind chills feeling like the low 30s
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WEDNESDAY: We’re getting off to a cool start this morning, and temperatures won’t recover too much by this afternoon, only managing the mid to upper 50s under partly cloudy skies. TONIGHT: Clouds will thin out tonight leaving us to cool off back into the middle 30s by daybreak with wind chills feeling like the low
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TONIGHT: Clouds gradually decreasing and becoming chilly. Breezy with lows in the upper 30s to around 40. WEDNESDAY: Mostly sunny and chilly with highs in the mid-50s. EXTENDED: The brief chill doesn’t last long as an upper level ridge builds over us to end the work week, and temperatures climb into the upper 60s to
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Yes. You read that right. On October 5th, the radar at the National Weather Service Office in Norman, Oklahoma detected a swarm of butterflies being pushed along by a strong fall cold front. What looked like a thin line of storms were actually thousands of Monarch butterflies being driven southward (as well as hundreds of
Continue Reading TONIGHT: Showers tapering off. Mostly clear skies, lows in the upper 30s. Cold out the door in the morning. WEDNESDAY: Clouds will be the main feature on Wednesday, along with a steady northwesterly breeze keeping things feeling more like a late-fall day across mid-Missouri. Expect temperatures in the low to mid 50s throughout the day.
Continue Reading TUESDAY: We’ll see two windows of rain chances, the first this morning. Along and north of HWY 24 could see some spot showers, but those will quickly move to our northeast. Our better chance for showers will be along a cold front moving through later this afternoon. There’s a good chance a healthy majority of
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TONIGHT: Increasing clouds, spot shower or storm late. Lows in the mid-50s. TUESDAY: Mostly cloudy to start, becoming more clear by later in the day. Chance of a shower or storm. Highs in the upper 60s. EXTENDED: The weak cold front will move through on Tuesday, leaving us with a stiff northwest breeze and clearing
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Some parts of mid-Missouri woke up to a thick layer of fog this morning, while some saw clear blue skies to start the day. Why was that? Well, for starters, we need to have an understanding as to why fog forms… and it’s many differing types. In general when we forecast fog, we look at
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THIS AFTERNOON: Quiet fall weather continues. Expect highs in the upper 60s/low 70s with lots of sun. TONIGHT: Clouds will increase overnight, temperatures don’t get quite as chilly. Expect low 50s out the door in the morning. EXTENDED: Southerly winds overnight into Tuesday will lead to an increase in moisture across the region, cloudy skies
Continue Reading MONDAY: Things remain quiet starting off the week, with temperatures topping out in the upper 60s and low 70s with plentiful sunshine. TONIGHT: We’ll stay quiet and mostly clear to start out the night, but clouds will increase toward the early morning, with slight rain chances entering the forecast. The morning batch looks like nothing
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SUNDAY NIGHT: We’re expecting another cool night following our beautiful Sunday. Lows will once again hover near 40 degrees with clear skies. MONDAY: Another sunny, fall-like day is ahead of us with temperatures stretching near the mid-60’s. EXTENDED: Sunshine and pleasant temperatures will stretch into the day Monday, however, Monday night into Tuesday morning we
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SUNDAY: Staying bright, sunny and seasonal for your Sunday with a high’s in the mid-60’s. SUNDAY NIGHT: Clear skies carry us through the overnight hours with a low around 40 degrees. EXTENDED: Heading into the work week you can expect the sunny and seasonal conditions to continue but Monday night into Tuesday morning we will
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SATURDAY NIGHT: Staying clear overnight with low’s in the lower 40’s. SUNDAY: Clear skies with temperatures warming into the mid-60’s EXTENDED: We start next week off dry and mild with highs in the upper 60s. Clouds build at night ahead of our next front that will bring a slight chance of rain Monday night into
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