TONIGHT: Overnight lows cool to the mid-teens with partly cloudy skies. Winds remain out of the west at 5-10 mph. TOMORROW: Tuesday welcomes partly cloudy skies with lows into the mid-20s. Winds switch out of the north at 5-10 mph with gusts up to 15 mph. EXTENDED: Wednesday morning sees lows into the single digits
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THIS MORNING: Much colder to start the day with temperatures in the low teens. Winds will push the feels-like to single digits. TODAY: Temperatures remain well below freezing despite mostly sunny skies. Highs in the low to mid 20s. EXTENDED: Cold air sticks around on Tuesday, and a weak disturbance moves in from the north
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Some local shelters were faced with an increase in guests as bitter cold temperatures took over Mid-Missouri last week. According to a social media post from Turning Point, the shelter will operate an emergency overnight shelter on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. in response to freezing temperatures.
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TONIGHT: Increasing clouds and cold with gusty winds up to 20 mph. Lows in the lower teens. TOMORROW: Partly to mostly sunny with highs in the lower to mid-20s. EXTENDED: A front moving through to our east will shift winds back to the northwest, ushering in colder air for the start of the week. That
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TODAY: Mostly cloudy with isolated flurries possible. Temperatures climb above freezing to the mid-30s in the afternoon. Winds will be breezy up to 20 mph at times. TOMORROW: Much colder in the morning in the low teens. Despite more sunshine, highs only reach the mid to lower 20s. A northwesterly breeze adds on more chill
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri law enforcement officials are warning drivers to be on the lookout for “snow missiles” or “snow mattresses,” in the midst of winter weather in the state. “What happens is after it snows or the ice storm, it builds up and has a tendency to, to melt a little bit and refreeze,”
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TONIGHT: Saturday night welcomes lows into the upper 20s with scattered flurries. TOMORROW: Sunday welcomes early morning flurry chances with highs into the mid-30s. Skies remain mostly cloudy. EXTENDED: Temperatures drop significantly to start off next week with highs into the lower 20s and lows near the single digits through Tuesday. Another shot of flurries
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TODAY: Partly sunny with a slight warmup into the mid-30s. Winds will be fairly light out of the southwest between 5 to 10 mph. TOMORROW: Flurries possible under cloudy skies, accumulations will be very light. Highs reach the mid-30s in the early afternoon. EXTENDED: Temperatures drop significantly to start off next week with highs into
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mid-Missouri schools were impacted this week by winter weather and poor road conditions. A number of schools called off class, while others chose to partake in alternative methods. Missouri law requires public school districts and charter schools to provide a minimum of 1,044 instructional hours each school year, but with winter weather
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) With snowfall slowing down, snowplow crews in Columbia and Jefferson City are turning their attention to residential streets and parking lots in the area. Mid-Missouri was hit with a pair of winter storms this week, with the most recent occurring Thursday night and Friday morning. Roughly 4 inches fell in Columbia, according
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TONIGHT: Re-freeze becomes a concern tonight on roads as lows fall into the mid-teens and roads remain saturated from melting snow. Winds remain out of the west at 5-10 mph with gusts up to 16 mph. Skies remain mostly cloudy. TOMORROW: Saturday welcomes partly cloudy skies and a slight warm-up into the mid-30s. Winds remain
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TODAY: Friday is an ABC17 Stormtrack Weather Alert Day, as snow has accumulated overnight, leaving travel tricky again to end the week. We’ll see a fluffy accumulation across most of the region, complicating travel, especially on untreated roads. Get the latest here. After snow stops, we’ll likely stay cloudy, with temperatures struggling to reach the
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Friday Update: The last update, as of Friday at midday, shows snow on its way out of Columbia and mid-Missouri. Totals have broadly reached 2-4 inches across much of the region so far today, and are expected to climb slightly before snow ends in the east. Totals were impressive thanks to an efficient 20:1 snow
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Winter weather is entering Mid-Missouri on Thursday evening and Friday morning and area schools are being impacted once again. Columbia Public Schools will be closed Friday. CPS had multiple days out earlier this week because of road conditions from this past weekend’s storm. Students are asked to focus on “alternative methods of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) After logging heavy hours clearing the state’s roadways this past week, roughly 1,500 snowplow operators across Missouri are bracing for another round of winter weather. Mid-Missouri was hit hard with a winter storm over the weekend with some areas in Randolph County receiving up to 8.5 inches of snow. Jefferson City Public
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It’s no secret the last couple of weeks have seen exceptionally cold nights. Even more recent, lows have dropped to the single digits. A strong arctic air mass holds most of the blame for this cool spell, but recent snow cover has led to a slight dip in overnight temperatures compared to nights without the
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TONIGHT: Cloudy with snow showers moving in after sunset and continuing overnight. Lows in the mid-upper 20s. Snow accumulation between 1-3″. TOMORROW: Snow showers exiting east by midday. Temperatures fall through the upper 20s through the day as winds shift back northwest. EXTENDED: Low pressure moving across the deep south the next 24 hours will
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The most destructive wildfires in Los Angeles’s history have ravaged scenic neighborhoods and forced thousands to evacuate as they remain mostly uncontained early Thursday afternoon. According to Cal Fire, the Palisades fire had burned more than 17,000 acres by Thursday morning as it blazed through the Pacific Palisades, Malibu, and Santa Monica. The Eaton fire,
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TODAY: Afternoon highs look to rise into the lower 30s bringing a slight warm-up into the region as winds continue out of the south at 5-10 mph. TONIGHT: We expect Clouds to increase to overcast conditions near sunset. These clouds will precede our next chance for snow that will arrive shortly after 7-8 p.m. near
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TODAY: Thursday will be another cold day, but not as bitterly cold this afternoon. Starting in the single digits with windchills in the subzero range, we will climb via south winds into the low 30s. Clouds increase this afternoon. TONIGHT: We expect Clouds to increase to overcast conditions near sunset. These clouds will precede our
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