When meteorologists are typically looking at waves, it’s not always on a sandy beach looking into the ocean. It could be looking at atmospheric graphs. When there increased waves on an atmospheric graphs, changing weather can be expected more frequently. The white lines show on the ABC 17 Stormtrack Futuretrack are known as isobars which
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TONIGHT: Mostly cloudy and chilly with lows in the lower 40s. TOMORROW: Mostly cloudy with light rain through much of the day. Highs in the mid-50s. EXTENDED: Clouds start to roll in tonight ahead of our next rain chance. Showers hold off until after daybreak, moving into our western counties around 7:00 a.m. Rain will
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TODAY: Tuesday is mostly sunny to partly cloudy, with a high in the mid-50s amid a southeast breeze around 5-10 mph. TONIGHT: Skies will become increasingly cloudy overnight ahead of another system Wednesday. Temperatures remain in the 40s with a light south breeze overnight. EXTENDED: Scattered showers will work through the area from west to
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TODAY: Tuesday is mostly sunny to partly cloudy, with a high in the mid-50s amid a southeast breeze around 5-10 mph. TONIGHT: Skies will become increasingly cloudy overnight ahead of another system Wednesday. Temperatures remain in the 40s with a light south breeze overnight. EXTENDED: Scattered showers will work through the area from west to
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Many people have heard their local meteorologist discuss high and low pressure systems on graphics such as the ABC 17 Stormtrack Doppler Radar or the Futuretrack, but what do they actual do and what are their real world impacts? On the ABC 17 Stormtrack Doppler Radar shown above, a high pressure system sits alone towards
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear and cold with lows in the lower to mid-30s. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny and chilly with highs in the mid-50s. Clouds moving in toward evening. EXTENDED: I’m tracking a chilly night as a weak cold front moves in from the north this evening, dropping temperatures into the low to mid-30s. Look for some
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TODAY: Monday is a sunny start to the week, with warmer than average temperatures expected, in the midi-60s. We’ll have northerly winds sustained between 5-10 mph. TONIGHT: Skies remain clear overnight, temperatures fall into the mid-to-low 30s, meaning some may need to scrape frost off the windshield early Tuesday. EXTENDED: Tuesday will likely only return
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TODAY: Monday is a sunny start to the week, with warmer than average temperatures expected, in the midi-60s. We’ll have northerly winds sustained between 5-10 mph. TONIGHT: Skies remain clear overnight, temperatures fall into the mid-to-low 30s, meaning some may need to scrape frost off the windshield early Tuesday. EXTENDED: Tuesday will likely only return
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear with fog developing before daybreak, especially in river valleys. Lows near 40. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny and mild with highs in the mid-60s. EXTENDED: We’ll be chilly tonight as upper high pressure keeps winds light, and as temperatures fall to near the dew point we’ll see fog develop in low lying areas, especially
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TODAY: Sunshine returns in full swing today with temperatures back in the lower 60s this afternoon. Winds will be fairly breezy out of the west gusting up to 20 mph. TOMORROW: Winds settle down and sunshine continues for a picture-perfect Veteran’s Day. Highs inch closer to the mid-60s. EXTENDED: Conditions remain fair through midweek with
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TONIGHT: I’m tracking the potential for light drizzle to be observed through the evening before that drizzle and cloud cover dissipates overnight. Temperatures will drop into the mid 40s by the end of the night with winds out of the southwest at 8-12 mph. TOMORROW: I’m tracking sunshine becoming apparent by the morning hours and
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TODAY: Showers for most of the morning, clearing to the east into the late afternoon. Rainfall totals are limited to a few tenths of an inch for most. Highs remain warm in the upper 50s. TOMORROW: Sunshine returns along with highs in the 60s. Winds out of the west could gust up to 20 mph.
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Winter weather preparedness week is drawing to a close, and before the winter season begins, you should know how to stay informed and alert for upcoming storms. It’s important to be prepared and have a plan before snow storms arrive. It takes lots of supplies to be fully geared up for the colder seasons and
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TONIGHT: Overnight lows slowly cool into the upper 40s with chances of scattered showers increasing closer to midnight. Winds remain out of the southwest at 5-10 mph and gusts up to 20 mph. TOMORROW: Saturday welcomes showers throughout most of the morning hours before pushing to the east by the late afternoon hours. Winds remain
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THIS AFTERNOON: Friday is increasingly cloudy with mild temperatures in the upper 50s. TONIGHT: Winds turn southerly overnight as rain approaches, we’ll stay dry through midnight. EXTENDED: Showers are expected from sunrise to sunset on Saturday, possibly lingering for the start of the Mizzou game. Expect a chilly evening in the 50s with wet seating.
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TODAY: Friday is increasingly cloudy and similarly November-like in regard to temperatures as highs settle again in the upper 50s to near 60. TONIGHT: Winds will be northerly today, but shift to become southerly overnight. We’ll stay dry through midnight. EXTENDED: Showers now look to arrive after 3 a.m. at the earliest, and be most
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia Public Works crews held its annual dry snow run on Thursday, and staffing appears to be better than last year. “Right now, our staffing, we currently have four vacancies in the street in the street division. So, that’s pretty good going into winter,” Columbia Public Works Engineering and
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It’s officially winter weather preparedness week here in Mid-Missouri, and Thursday’s topic of the day is extreme cold here in Mid-Missouri and how dangerous it can be. Since 1979, there have been 631 deaths from which hypothermia was a factor in Missouri. According to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services. A person can
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear and chilly with lows falling into the upper 30s. Patchy fog developing late into the morning. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny with increasing clouds by afternoon. Highs near 60. EXTENDED: With light winds and wet ground we will likely see some fog developing again by morning. Clouds gradually increase tomorrow ahead of low pressure
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Recalls have been popping up in more headlines in recent years as allergens, pathogens, and sometimes foreign objects contaminate our food. These outbreaks have been getting worse and climate change could be affecting foodborne illnesses. Pathogens like bacteria and viruses are the second highest cause of recalls behind allergens, and these outbreaks have been getting
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