THIS AFTERNOON: Mostly cloudy and colder, with temperatures in the 20s and wind chills in the teens. A few flurries are possible late afternoon and evening, but accumulations will be low. TONIGHT: Flurries move south overnight, but cloud cover persists. Temperatures drop to single digits, with wind chills nearing or slightly below zero. EXTENDED: Temperatures
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TODAY: Thursday is another chilly day, a bit cooler than Wednesday. Clouds are more prominent today, with a north wind keeping high temperatures in the 20s. TONIGHT: Disturbances in our north flow and saturation at the low levels of the atmosphere may be just enough to wring out a few snowflakes tonight. After 7 p.m.
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For a second time, the United States has abandoned its promise to fight climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The reversal comes a year after President Trump signed an executive order to begin the process for U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement. Trump also announced earlier this month that the country would be
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TONIGHT: Increasing clouds with lows in the low teens. TOMORROW: Mostly cloudy and cooler with highs in the lower 20s. A chance of light snow could bring little to no accumulation in the evening. EXTENDED: Light snow is expected from Thursday afternoon through Thursday night, especially across southern Missouri as a disturbance slides by to
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THIS AFTERNOON: Mostly sunny and cold, with highs in the low to mid-30s. Winds from the west will be steady at 5 to 15 mph. TONIGHT: Clouds fill in overnight, and low temperatures fall to the teens. Wind chills will drop to the low single digits by sunrise tomorrow. EXTENDED: Thursday is cloudy and dry,
Continue Reading TODAY: Wednesday deals a warmer morning, and a warmer afternoon. High pressure nearby brings clear, calm conditions, promoting temperatures in the single digits, but as it moves away, south winds fill in and warm us to near 30°. TONIGHT: After a sunny one, more clouds return overnight. Temperatures don’t cool quite as fast, leaving a
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TONIGHT: Increasing clouds but clearing late, lows in the single digits. TOMORROW: Cold to start with more sunshine in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 30s. EXTENDED: Tomorrow morning will be cold to start the day behind a weak cold front with lows in the single digits, but the afternoon will be nice again as
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After the brutal cold this weekend, areas across Central Missouri are finally starting to experience at least some relief. Even though this relief is taking over, it won’t last long, and there may be additional factors that could push the forecast toward a more frigid outcome than some models suggest. The main culprit will be
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THIS AFTERNOON: Sunny and cold, with temperatures staying below freezing and wind chills in the 20s and teens. Winds from the northwest may be breezy at times, reaching up to 20 mph. TONIGHT: Skies remain mostly clear overnight, with temperatures dropping into the single digits and wind chills falling a few degrees below zero. Winds
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TODAY: Tuesday is notably warmer than Tuesday, with temperatures expected to reach the upper 20s to near 30 by the afternoon. Winds have been from the south overnight, which has warmed the region into the teens, if not the 20s, early, but northwest winds arrive this morning and will keep us mostly out of the
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear and cold with lows near 10 degrees. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny and warmer with highs in the upper 20s. EXTENDED: We’ll stay above zero tonight with lows falling into the upper single digits to around 10 as the coldest air shifts east. As this arctic high presses east on Tuesday, southwest winds will
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) After Mid-Missouri was blanketed with 5-9 inches of snow this past weekend, Columbia road crews faced challenges clearing streets because of frigid temperatures early Monday. A spokesperson for Columbia Public Works told ABC 17 News temperatures dropped to minus 8 degrees Monday morning, preventing much of the salt from effectively reacting with
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Some Mid-Missouri plumbers are seeing more frozen pipes in unconditioned spaces than usual.
MasterTech Plumbing, Heating and Cooling in Columbia says it received about 80 emergency overnight calls through the weekend — about double what they would typically — and continued to respond to calls for frozen pipes on Monday.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) With below-average cold inhibiting snow removal and more extreme cold expected Tuesday morning, Mid-Missouri school districts began to cancel Tuesday classes on Monday afternoon. Fulton, South Callaway and New Bloomfield were among the districts that decided to call off Tuesday classes as the sun was still shining Monday. In the case of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Ice skating is now open at Stephens Lake Park, according to a Monday social media post from Columbia Parks and Recreation. Ice skating opens at the lake when the depth of the ice is measured at least 4 inches, the post says. The post says Cosmo-Bethel Lake on the south side of
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THIS AFTERNOON: Sunny and cold with highs in the mid-teens, wind chills in the low single digits. TONIGHT: Mostly clear and cold with morning lows in the upper single digits. EXTENDED: Bitter air hangs around today as temperatures only make the mid-teens, but a wind shift to the southwest will keep us above zero overnight
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Streets around Columbia are partially covered Monday morning after this weekend’s winter storm. Mid-Missouri was blanketed with five to nine inches of snow, according to the ABC 17 StormTrack Weather Team. In Columbia, the city’s 28-person snowplow crew spent Sunday morning clearing first and second-priority routes, including main roads and emergency paths. By
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TODAY: Monday is an ABC17 Stormtrack Weather Alert Day, starting with dangerously cold wind chills as low as -20° to -25°. Winds are relaxing through the morning as they shift to the west from the north. A transition to southerly wind happens this afternoon and windspeeds increase to 10-15 mph, warming temperatures. TONIGHT: Wind chills
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The ABC17 Stormtrack Weather Team has issued a Weather Alert Day for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday due to dangerous cold, with temperatures expected to drop to the teens and single digits, and wind chills potentially reaching subzero levels.
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Snow and slick roads have kept drivers on high alert all weekend, but for many who chose to stay home, a different challenge waited right outside their front doors.
Mid-Missouri was blanketed with five to nine inches of snow, according to the ABC 17 StormTrack Weather Team, leaving residents shoveling driveways and sidewalks before the workweek begins Monday morning.
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