Drought conditions continue to worsen across Mid-Missouri after yet another week with very little rainfall. We only managed six days with measurable rain in September, and only a trace amount with the light showers that moved through on Wednesday. In Columbia, there’s a 2.65″ rainfall deficit since the beginning of meteorological fall on September 1.
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear with widespread frost by early morning. Lows in the lower 30s. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny and cool with highs in the lower 60s. EXTENDED: Clouds gradually clear overnight, and temperatures drop to near or below freezing in some spots, allowing widespread frost to develop. Areas south of Highway 24 are in a Frost
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This Afternoon: Highs only climb to near 60 today under partly cloudy skies. Expect a sustained northerly breeze around 5-10 mph. Tonight: It’s football weather this evening with most games in the 50s at kickoff, and potentially the 40s by the 4th quarter. Temperatures will cool efficiently as winds relax overnight and skies stay clear
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UPDATES Friday morning, October 7th: An update was made to this blog to show the latest frost/freeze alerts. BLOG The first frost of the season is likely on Saturday as a cold front passes through the area Thursday night into Friday and upper high pressure originating from Canada settles over the Midwest. Temperatures on Friday
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TODAY: Friday marks the first big change in several weeks after yesterday’s cold front welcomed cooler air into the region. Starting in the 40s early this morning, the cool down will be much more noticeable this afternoon as highs only climb to near 60 for a high. Expect a sustained northerly breeze around 5-10 mph.
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TONIGHT: Partly cloudy and breezy with lows in the low to mid-40s. TOMORROW: Partly to mostly sunny and cooler with highs in the upper 50s to around 60. EXTENDED: Most areas across Mid-Missouri are dry with partial cloud cover overnight. We drop into the mid-40s by tomorrow morning, and we can expect a gusty night
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TODAY: Thursday brings another cold front to mid-Missouri, this time with a little more impact. We’ll start mostly sunny, and likely climb into the upper 70s, to near 80, before a cold front arrives this evening. Between 6-8 p.m. for folks north of I-70, and 8-10 p.m. for those south, we’ll likely feel an increase
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TONIGHT: Decreasing clouds with lows in the lower 50s. TOMORROW: Sunshine to start, with clouds increasing through the day. A few isolated showers possible. Breezy with highs in the upper 70s to around 80. EXTENDED: Clouds slowly decrease overnight, but we manage to remain in the lower 50s. Tomorrow starts off sunny, but as our
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Today: Scattered light showers will begin to dissipate as we heading towards the late afternoon hours today. Skies will become partly cloudy as afternoon highs increase jus below 80 degrees. Tonight: Winds begin to shift back out of the northwest tonight at 4-8 mph thanks to the passage of a cold front from the northwest.
Continue Reading Temperatures are finally starting to fall as Mid-Missouri heads deeper into fall. Multiple cold fronts heading into the second half of this week will lead to winds returning back out of the north cooling overnight lows back towards the mid to lower 30s. This will lead to many parts of Central Missouri seeing the first
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Many people who have traveled by boats along Missouri public rivers have had the experience of flying fish jumping out of the water all around them. These flying fish are typically overly populated species of non-native invasive carps. There are five separate species of carp in Missouri waterways that include Bighead, Grass, Black, Silver, and
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TODAY: Wednesday brings a cold front back to mid-Missouri. Impacts of the cold front are minimal, with only an increase in cloud cover and a chance for sprinkles expected. At the most, some north of I-70 may see a quickly passing light shower, but otherwise this front is a bit noneventful. We will see a
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TONIGHT: Increasing clouds and cool with lows in the upper 40s to around 50. TOMORROW: Partly to mostly cloudy with scattered light showers possible. Highs in the upper 70s to around 80. EXTENDED: Clouds start to filter in tonight ahead of a cold front that could bring a couple sprinkles through tomorrow afternoon, but we
Continue Reading Today: Afternoon highs warm to the upper 70s thanks to a return of winds out of the southeast. Skies remain mostly sunny. Tonight: Overnight lows cool to the upper 40s before an advancing cold front moves from the northwest over Mid-Missouri. Skies become partly cloudy after midnight. Extended: Temperatures cool dramatically Wednesday night into Thursday
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Missouri Task Force 1 has moved from Fort Myers, Florida to nearby Fort Myers Beach as it helps with Hurricane Ian recovery work.
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TODAY: Mostly sunny skies with a continued east-southeast breeze at about 10-15 mph will render another day in the upper 70s and low 80s. TONIGHT: High and thin clouds will arrive this afternoon and thicken overnight. Temperatures drop into the low 50s and upper 40s. EXTENDED: On Wednesday, winds will turn more southerly, attempting to
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear with lows in the mid-upper 40s. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny with highs in the upper 70s to around 80. EXTENDED: We’ll stay mild heading into this evening with lows falling down into the upper 40s. We can expect another similar day tomorrow with temperatures in the upper 70s to around 80. I am
Continue Reading Fall is in full swing as we enter the first week of October with temperatures looking to decrease substantially by the end of the week. One thing that becomes very noticeable across Mid-Missouri is the bright and vivid yellow and red hues of the tree leaves as they change from the summer months towards the
Continue Reading Today: Winds continue out of the east at 5-10 mph and mostly sunny skies. Afternoon highs top out into the upper 70s. Tonight: Winds switch out of the southeast overnight at 4-8 mph. Skies remain mostly clear with overnight lows into the upper 40s. Extended: Temperatures continue to warm into the low 80s Tuesday and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone County-based Missouri Task Force 1 (MO-TF1) will deploy to southwest Florida Monday morning to help with Hurricane Ian recovery efforts. A spokesman for the task force said MO-TF1 arrived in Orlando on Sunday around 3 a.m. Task force members plan to move to the Fort Myers area to help with search
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