TONIGHT: Mostly cloudy and chilly, lows in the low 40s. SATURDAY: Rain likely. Highs in the upper 40s to around 50. EXTENDED: Sunday is dry as low pressure tracks to our northeast Saturday night. Temperatures warm up in response to southwest winds, bringing us up into the low 60s with sunshine. This is likely our
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FRIDAY: Showers will be on the decrease heading into this morning. We should start to dry out, area-wide, by midday and that should carry us into this evening. Afternoon highs only make it into the low 50s with stubborn cloud cover holding us back. TONIGHT: Mostly cloudy skies stick around and lows fall to near
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After a brief warm up this weekend, Mid-Missouri and much of the Midwest is in for a massive cool down that will bring temperatures about 15-20 degrees cooler than average to the region. The deep arctic air mass will slide southeast in our direction beginning Monday, bringing afternoon highs down into the lower 50s and
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A mid-Missouri-based utility crew remained in Arkansas Thursday night to help restore the power to hundreds of customers. Three Rivers Electric Cooperative said Wednesday afternoon that four of its workers deployed to Carroll County, Arkansas, after overnight storms on Monday left hundreds in the dark. At last check, Carroll Electric Cooperative, based in Berryville, Arkansas,
Continue Reading TONIGHT: Clouds hold on, rain moves out. Patchy morning fog. Lows in the upper 30s to around 40. FRIDAY: Decreasing clouds, partly sunny. Highs in the low 50s. EXTENDED: Rain returns on Saturday as an area of low pressure to our south tracks northeast through the day. Rain comes to an end early Sunday, leaving
Continue Reading THURSDAY: Cooler air is moving in right now, along with rain from the south. Still thinking the best chance to see more consistent rain throughout the day will be south of I-70, with it being a bit more hit-and-miss north. Rain amounts will be relatively light, but it will help keep temperatures in the 40s
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TONIGHT: Increasing clouds, lows in the low 40s. THURSDAY: Getting much cooler with showers along and south of I-70. Highs in the upper 40s to around 50. EXTENDED: We clear out in the wake of the cold front on Friday, leaving us with morning temperatures in the mid-upper 30s. An area of low pressure to
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We first told you about next week’s cold snap in our StormTrack Insider Blog— morning and early afternoon weather data for next week is still well on track. There are some “arguments” between different weather models, some think the cold will arrive as early as Monday and Tuesday, while some back load the cold towards
Continue Reading THIS AFTERNOON: A few clouds are possible this afternoon with breezy conditions. Expect highs near 70. TONIGHT: Increasing clouds with chilly temperatures. Lows will be in the low 40s . EXTENDED: Those rain chances increase pretty quick on Thursday, possibly affecting the morning commute. And you’ll want to keep that umbrella with you throughout the
Continue Reading TONIGHT: Mostly clear and chilly, lows in the low 40s. WEDNESDAY: Increasing clouds, warmer and breezy with highs in the upper 60s. EXTENDED: Our next front arrives from the northwest on Wednesday evening, increasing clouds and driving up rain chances into Thursday. Rain will fall along and south of the front, meaning most of northern
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You’ve probably heard the old saying, if you don’t like the weather in Missouri now, just wait five minutes. This October has been all about temperature swings with the start of the month seeing 90s, with frosty temps in the 30s last week. However, a stronger push of cold, winter-like air looks like it will
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TUESDAY: It will stay breezy through this afternoon. Mostly sunny skies return but temperatures only manage the upper 50s for highs with gusts around 30 mph . TONIGHT: Winds back off, but shift out of a more southwesterly direction. Overnight lows fall into the low 40s under mostly clear skies. EXTENDED: Those winds will push
Continue Reading SUNDAY NIGHT: Showers and thunderstorms will be headed our way and enter the viewing area around midnight and could linger into the morning commute. The highest chances for severe weather are barely stretching into our southernmost counties, which are under a slight risk for severe storms. The rest of mid-Missouri is under a marginal risk
Continue Reading From May to October, severe generally tends to wane across the United States. However, when you look at tornado data between 1950-2011, November sees a brief spike in tornadic activity during this time. Why is that? Well, during the spring and summer, we see a lot more sunshine, which means we have much warmer and
Continue Reading TONIGHT: Skies begin to clear, getting chilly. Breezy with lows in the low to mid-40s. TUESDAY: Mostly sunny and breezy with highs in the upper 50s. EXTENDED: Wednesday is our nicest day of the work week with sunshine and highs in the mid-60s in advance of our next surface cold front. That front arrives late
Continue Reading THIS AFTERNOON: Mostly sunny skies with gusty winds. Temperatures hold in the middle 50s. TONIGHT: With mostly clear skies overhead, temperatures tumble into the low 40s . EXTENDED: We stay settled into Tuesday, but will be a few degree cooler in the afternoon with highs only managing the upper 50s. It still looks breezy through
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SUNDAY NIGHT: Showers and thunderstorms will be headed our way and enter the viewing area around midnight and could linger into the morning commute. The highest chances for severe weather are barely stretching into our southernmost counties, which are under a slight risk for severe storms. The rest of mid-Missouri is under a marginal risk
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SUNDAY: We have a DENSE FOG ADVISORY issued until 11 AM for the entire viewing area. Visibility will be less than a quarter of a mile for some places. This fog will lift as we head into the afternoon and leave us partly cloudy for our Sunday. Highs will be in the upper 60’s and
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When the roads are wet from rain, drivers are encouraged to exercise extra caution. We previously reported that Mid-Missouri drivers have been involved in almost 30,000 rain-related car crashes in the past three years, according to records maintained by the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Tonya Brimer was driving through Columbia on Saturday and said she
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