The same weather pattern that dropped record snow in the southern United States and brought cold to much of the rest of the country continued its progress east, producing extreme winds in Ireland and the United Kingdom on Thursday and Friday. The storm was named Eowyn by the UK Met Office as forecasters anticipated devastatingly
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THIS AFTERNOON: Sunny and cold with highs in the mid-30s. Winds from the south add on some chill as gusts reach up to 20 mph. TONIGHT: Temperatures fall to the 20s as clouds roll in from the north. EXTENDED: Highs reach the 40s on Saturday as winds continue from the south before a cold front
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TODAY: Friday starts frigid, with light winds. We’ll have temperatures in the single digits, feeling near zero. As the day progresses, winds will pick up from the south. This will be somewhat bitter-sweet as we will warm quickly, but have to deal with wind chills through the day. Highs reach mid-30s, initiating more melting, but
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Southern California continues to face out of control wildfires such as the Hughes fire that has burned over 10,000 acres and only has 24% containment as of the latest check Thursday afternoon at 7 pm. Santa Anna winds continue to cause strong wind gusts pushing these fires across the landscape. The lower level atmosphere has
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear and cold with lows in the upper single digits. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny and chilly with highs in the low to mid-30s. EXTENDED: Overnight lows fall into the upper single digits to around 10 degrees, with a light breeze giving us a wind chill in the single digits by daybreak. Sunshine and south
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TODAY: Thursday is partly cloudy and chilly, with temperatures in the 20s most of the day. 5-10 mph northerly winds keep us cool today. Wind chills are in the teens most of the day. Clouds will be present early before clearing throughout the day. TONIGHT: Overnight, winds will gradually become more southerly, but we’ll still
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TODAY: Thursday is partly cloudy and chilly, with temperatures in the 20s most of the day. 5-10 mph northerly winds keep us cool today. Wind chills are in the teens most of the day. Clouds will be present early before clearing throughout the day. TONIGHT: Overnight, winds will gradually become more southerly, but we’ll still
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Temperatures across Mid-Missouri have remained below average for the last few weeks keeping most waterways frozen over, but temperatures will start to reverse that course into this weekend and next week as highs are expected to increase. This has many anglers dreaming of spring trout fishing. Weather can play important rolls in effecting trout feeding
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TONIGHT: Increasing clouds with flurries late. A dusting of snow is possible north of Highway 24. Lows in the upper teens to around 20. TOMORROW: Decreasing clouds and breezy with temperatures reaching the mid-20s before falling into the upper teens by early evening. EXTENDED: Tonight, we’ll see increasing clouds ahead of a cold front that
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It’s official: La Nina is here, but not for long. After coming down from a record-breaking El Nino we will only see a brief cooldown into La Nina. La Nina and El Nino are phases of a fluctuating cycle between the atmosphere and the ocean that can have local and global impacts. This pattern is observed
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TODAY: Wednesday is warmer thanks to southwest winds around 10-15 mph that may gust as high as 30 mph at times. This will have us feeling like the 20s, despite air temperatures reaching above freezing. Clouds stick around much of the day, with a chance of flurries during the evening. After 4 p.m. we’ll have
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TODAY: Wednesday is warmer thanks to southwest winds around 10-15 mph that may gust as high as 30 mph at times. This will have us feeling like the 20s, despite air temperatures reaching above freezing. Clouds stick around much of the day, with a chance of flurries during the evening. After 4 p.m. we’ll have
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It’s no secret that its been dangerously cold across the Midwest the past several days, but the southeastern most states are now seeing impactful winter storm impacts that aren’t seen often. Snow and ice has blanketed much of the area from Houston and east dropping accumulating snowfall causing travel issues for millions. The latest radar
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear and windy with warming temperatures overnight. Daybreak temperatures in the upper teens to around 20. TOMORROW: Windy and warmer with increasing clouds. Highs in the mid-30s. EXTENDED: We’re finally thawing from the deep freeze tonight as winds shift to the south-southwest. Gusts could reach 25 mph, sending temperatures up overnight. Tomorrow will
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TODAY: Tuesday is the last, but likely the coldest, of our ABC17 Stormtrack Weather Alert Days. Starting with wind chills as cold as -20, we’ll be dangerously cold through the day. Highs will reach low teens, keeping wind chills in the single digits through the day. TONIGHT: Winds will have gradually shifted through the day,
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TODAY: Tuesday is the last, but likely the coldest, of our ABC17 Stormtrack Weather Alert Days. Starting with wind chills as cold as -20, we’ll be dangerously cold through the day. Highs will reach low teens, keeping wind chills in the single digits through the day. TONIGHT: Winds will have gradually shifted through the day,
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Many Mid-Missouri residents ranging from Jefferson City and Columbia, all the way east towards St. Louis have reported hearing loud bangs and crash sounds over the past 24 hours. These loud sounds are due to something referred to as ice quakes or frost quakes which occur during abrupt cooldowns. Water located within the deeper layers
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TODAY: Monday is an ABC17 Stormtrack Weather Alert Day as the bitter cold continues. We’ll have a sunny day with a few partly cloudy skies through the day along with a south and west wind, but we’ll struggle to warm above the teens, so expect a frigid day all day. Wind chills may be as
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear and very cold with lows near 1. Wind chills between -7 and -10 degrees. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny with highs in the upper teens and wind chills in the single digits. EXTENDED: The bitterly cold air pattern sticks around for the first half of the week with lows on Tuesday morning falling to
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TODAY: Sunny but frigid with temperatures in the single digits and negative wind chills all day. Northerly winds could gust above 20 mph. TOMORROW: Morning wind chills fall near negative 10 or worse, though winds will be lighter. The feels-like barely climbs above 0 degrees in the afternoon. EXTENDED: Wind chills on Monday and Tuesday
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