Sunday Morning, December 18
TODAY: A WIND CHILL ADVISORY is in effect for all of Mid-Missouri through noon. Temperatures this morning are the coldest of the season and are sitting near 0 along and south of I-70 and below 0 north. These temperature in combination of breezy winds out of the northwest, actually makes it feel nearly 20 below. As an arctic high pressure system builds into the region, you can expect the cold temperatures to stick around. Even though sunshine will be abundant today, the snow on the ground in combination with the air mass, will only allow temperatures to climb to 10. Winds will remain out of the northwest under 15 mph, keeping wind chill values only 5 below.
TONIGHT: Mostly clear skies tonight with another frigid night expected. Thanks to subsiding winds that will remain variable through the night as high pressure settles in, wind chill values will only be about 5 below zero. A low of 1 tonight, with isolated spots bottoming out below zero.
EXTENDED: Temperatures will slowly climb this week, as we finally break the freezing mark by Tuesday afternoon. We’ll continue to see a warming pattern carry us through this week, with highs topping out a few degrees above average. Practically all of this week will remain dry, but watching our next system take shape as we head into the Christmas Weekend. It’s likely that this weekend we’ll keep the above average temperatures in the forecast, but we could see a few flurries as we head from Saturday night into Christmas morning. For additional weather updates follow @ABC17Stormtrack on Twitter.
