Today’s Drought Monitor shows dry conditions spread across much of mid-Missouri. January saw few stretches of wet weather, rather mostly sporadic days of precipitation totaling roughly half what’s normal for the month. After ending January at a defecit, February started wet. Thanks to a winter storm in the first 3 days, this month is already
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear and cold with gusty winds up to 25 mph from the northwest. Lows in the mid-teens with wind chills just above zero. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny and cold with highs in the mid-upper 20s. Wind chills in the teens. EXTENDED: As skies clear overnight, temperatures plunge into the teens overnight. Wind chills will
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TONIGHT Showers will come to an end this evening and temperatures will begin to quickly fall. Expect temperatures to drop into the teens overnight, making for a bitter start early Saturday. SATURDAY With winds gusting up to 25 mph overnight, wind chills will hover in the single-digits through early Saturday. Skies will start cloudy, but
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FRIDAY Rain will be off and on throughout the morning. The more consistent showery activity will favor areas closer to the Mississippi River. Temperatures will start out mild and reach the low 50’s early this afternoon. As those showers thin out in coverage, by 3-4 PM, winds will pick up and temperatures will start to
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The National Weather Service in Milwaukee confirmed it on Twitter today; a power plant in Portage, Wisconsin unintentionally gave the atmosphere just what it needed to make snow this morning. Baffling at first, this unexpected snow band turned out to be the result of something not that unusual. To understand how industrial exhaust can result in snow,
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TONIGHT: Increasing clouds, scattered showers overnight. Lows in the upper 30s with gusty winds. TOMORROW: Scattered showers early, windy and mild with highs in the low 50s. EXTENDED: Clouds build in overnight ahead of a warm front sliding east across the region. Temperatures will stay above freezing with a chance of a few showers after
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TONIGHT Northwest winds have us feeling a bit cooler today, with highs expected to be stuck in the 40’s. Tonight these winds turn more southerly, making for a mild evening. Clouds will begin to increase as well, keeping temperatures from falling out of the 40’s. Shower activity returns overnight, with better chances for rain returning
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THURSDAY We’re a tad cooler out the door this morning, making it tough to continue our streak of 50’s. We’ll fall just short this afternoon, topping out in the upper 40’s. TONIGHT Winds will start to pick up tonight out of the southwest as clouds increase. That tandem will keep temperatures near 40 overnight. A
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It all stems from low soil moistures and lower than average snow pack to our north, and it’s expected to have some impact on our river interests here in mid-Missouri. “We’re coming off of a, the 10th driest upper basin runoff in a 124 year period of record.” John Remus, Chief of the Missouri River Basin
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear to partly cloudy with lows in the upper 20s. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny early, increasing clouds by late afternoon. Highs in the mid-upper 40s. EXTENDED: We’ll remain mainly clear overnight with temperatures landing near where we ended up this morning in the upper 20s to around 30. Tomorrow is a touch cooler with west/northwesterly winds dropping us
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia will be opening a temporary overnight warming center at Wabash Bus Station, 126 N. 10th St., both nights on Friday and Saturday night from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. due to the National Weather Service forecasting overnight low temperatures of 17 degrees Fahrenheit. The overnight warming center will
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TONIGHT After another mild day, temperatures will slide further below freezing tonight with more wind out of the north. Still, winds should relax a bit overnight. THURSDAY High pressure brings some colder air, along with more northerly wind in for Thursday morning. Winds will try to adjust more southwesterly into the afternoon. This will be
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WEDNESDAY We’re off to a mild start once again but in the process of sliding some cooler air in. Temperatures will still make it into the low 50’s by this afternoon. Winds will turn more northwesterly throughout the day, gusting up to 30 mph. TONIGHT Under more partly cloudy skies, temperatures will fall a bit
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Heat Advisories are in place for potentially record breaking heat in southern California. Los Angeles International airport has the potential to break a record every day between now and Sunday. Of course, making the situation more complex is the large influx of likely non-acclimated people to the area for Sunday’s big game, where temperatures will
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TONIGHT: Partly cloudy to mostly clear with lows in the upper 20s to around 30. TOMORROW: Partly cloudy and breezy with highs near 50. EXTENDED: We’re clear overnight with temperatures dropping down to near 30. Tomorrow will bring a couple more clouds as a cold front works through to our southeast, but we still manage to make
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TONIGHT A south breeze, along with sunshine has warmed temperatures into the upper 40’s with the likelihood of reaching mid 50’s this afternoon. A few clouds will move in this afternoon and evening along a weak cold front, which will only enhance the sunset. WEDNESDAY Starting around 30 degrees early Wednesday, temperatures will again be
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TUESDAY We’re off to a mild start this morning and look to be able to do something with it this afternoon. A breeze out of the southwest will pick up a bit more. That breeze, along with morning sunshine will get temperatures into the middle 50’s this afternoon. A few clouds will move in this
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TONIGHT: Partly cloudy and chilly with lows in the upper 20s. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny with gusty southwest winds. Highs in the lower to mid-50s. EXTENDED: Patchy fog could settle in overnight with warmer air moving in by tomorrow, but strong winds should mix that out early on in the day tomorrow. Highs tomorrow make it
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Early Monday morning, drivers were treated to an intense bout of fog in some areas. Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Troop F tweeted this photo of I-70 in Callaway County, showing visibility at less than one tenth of a mile. This image from MODOT’s South Rocheport Bridge camera over the Missouri River, shows visibility perhaps even
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TONIGHT A cold front has moved through already, which will keep us from warming up beyond yesterday. Winds will eventually turn more out of the south as we approach the evening hours. This keeps temperatures somewhat mild tonight, stuck in the low 30s. TUESDAY A southerly wind gives temperatures a boost out of the 30’s
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