Potentially record breaking heat this afternoon
WEDNESDAY: The heat and humidity will continue as temperatures climb into the low to mid 90s in the afternoon, feeling like the upper 90s when factoring in the humidity. If Columbia’s high reaches up to 95 we will see record breaking heat from back in 2000. There is a chance of a spot t-storm late in the day with partly sunny skies and winds from the south up to 10 mph.
TONIGHT: We’ll have another muggy night with temperatures only falling into the low 70s by morning. Any evening storms will fizzle out through the night under mostly clear skies. Winds will be light out of the south.
EXTENDED: Thursday still looks hot and humid with highs in the lower 90s and a spot storm chance. We’re tracking a cold front across the Midwest which will move through Mid-Missouri starting late Thursday night into Friday. This will bring scattered showers and t-storms after 10 PM Thursday which will linger into Friday morning. A few storms could be strong with isolated severe storms possible, mainly in our far northern counties. As the cold front moves south Friday, the rain chance will shift to areas south of HWY-50 by evening. Much cooler air moves in behind the front and temperatures will drop into the upper 70s Friday to the lower 70s Saturday for highs. At this time, the front is expected to head farther south into southern Missouri Saturday, with slim rain chances still possible in the Ozarks while areas north of HWY 50 are more likely to stay dry. This depends where the front ends up but at this time it looks like it will move through faster and much of Mid-Missouri will end up drier for the weekend. Sunday will be dry and cool with spot storm chances entering back into the forecast by Monday. A stronger cold front will move into mid-Missouri by the middle of next week, potentially bringing highs in the 60s with lows in the 40s, along with another shot of rain. Make sure you keep up with ABC 17 on air and online as this forecast continues to evolve over the next 7 days.
