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Map of 24 Hr Rainfall (7AM - 7AM EST), 7 Day Rainfall Animation
...CENTRAL MISSOURI... CITY SKY/WX TMP DP RH WIND PRES REMARKS COLUMBIA MOSUNNY 72 58 61 CALM 30.01S JEFFERSON CITY CLOUDY 70 60 70 SE8 30.01S ROLLA CLOUDY 70 61 73 VRB6 30.01F SEDALIA MOSUNNY 71 60 68 SE9 30.01F WHITEMAN AFB PTSUNNY 73 61 65 SE8 29.97F WARRENSBURG MOSUNNY 72 57 60 E8 29.99F OSAGE BEACH CLOUDY 70 62 76 E8 30.00F
Current Temperatures, Dewpoint, RH, Wind, Regional Obs, Surface 4-Panel
.THIS AFTERNOON...Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. East winds 5 to 10 mph. .TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. .SATURDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of thunderstorms. Showers, mainly in the morning. Highs in the mid 70s. South winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming west in the afternoon. Chance of rain 80 percent. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 50s. North winds around 10 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent. .SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. A slight chance of thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 70s. Northeast winds around 10 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent. .SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows around 60. Highs in the upper 70s. Chance of rain 50 percent. .MONDAY NIGHT...A chance of thunderstorms. Showers. Lows in the lower 60s. Chance of rain 90 percent. .TUESDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of rain 50 percent. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear with a chance of showers. A chance of thunderstorms, mainly in the evening. Lows around 60. Chance of rain 50 percent. .WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of rain 50 percent. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then mostly clear with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the mid 50s. Chance of rain 50 percent. .THURSDAY...Sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 70s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
12-48 Hr Surface Forecast Maps, TWC 4-Panel Surface Forecast, Fire Danger, Day 1 Precip, Day 2
6 TO 10 DAY 8 TO 14 DAY 30 DAY 90 DAY 120 DAY 180 DAY NOV05 NOV05-JAN06 DEC05-FEB06 FEB06-APR06 ----------- ----------- -------- --------- --------- --------- Temperature: Below Below Above Above Above Normal Precipitation: Below Below Normal Normal Above Normal .... Medium and long range outlooks provided by NCEP/K. Thomas Priddy6 to 10 Day , 8 to 14 Day , Text, 30-Day Outook, 90-Day Outook, 120-Day Outlook
Friday May 03, 2024 the 124th Day of Year --------------------------------------------------- SUN Declination 16.130000 Distance 0.999718 AU Rise 07:08 EDT Set 21:04 EDT Transit Meridian 14:05 EDT Civil Twilight Begins 06:40 EDT Ends 21:31 EDT Calculations made for central point in the state. Time in ET -- and will vary due to location and elevation -- Priddy
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// MAY 3RD...HISTORIC WEATHER EVENTS ...1762... A tornado struck Port Royal Island, South Carolina. It left a path 400 yards wide, tore up trees by the roots, and carried away houses and bridges. ...1899... Havre, Montana was buried under 24.8 inches of snow, a record for the month of May for the location. ...1920... Peggs, Oklahoma was completely destroyed by an F4 tornado. 71 people were killed which was 30 percent of the town's population. ...1929... The worst tornado disaster in Virginia's history occurred. 6 tornadoes, including 2 west of the Blue Ridge Mountains, killed 22 people. 4 schools were destroyed by the storms. 12 children and a teacher were killed at Rye Cove in Scott County. ...1954... A major late season snowstorm struck the arrowhead of Minnesota, leaving 18 inches of new snow at Virginia. ...1978... Persistent thunderstorms caused widespread flooding in southeastern Louisiana and extreme southeastern Mississippi. Rainfall totals of ten to thirteen and a half inches were reported around New Orleans causing the worst flooding in thirty years. The water depth reached three to four feet in several hundred homes, and total property damage was estimated at one hundred million dollars. (David Ludlum) ...1983... Severe thunderstorms produced five F2 tornadoes and one F3 tornado in New York with 3 people killed. A large part of the small town of Boonville was demolished with a damage total of $15 million in the town alone. Golfball size hail accumulated to a depth of 6 inches at Pine City. ...1987... Thunderstorms produced severe weather in Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas. Softball size hail was reported at Center Point TX, and a tornado caused three million dollars damage near Satanta KS. Heavy snow blanketed the foothills of eastern Colorado, with 18 inches reported at Divide. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) ...2000... Lightning strikes a home more than 100 years old in Lewisburg, TN. The 2 story home burns to the ground. This house had also been hit by a tornado in 1913. The tax assessor claims the home was worth $26,452. (NWS Nashville) ...2005... Record lows broken or tied across Central Kentucky this morning. Record low temperatures were set this morning at the National Weather service in Louisville with 34 degrees and a low of 32 degrees in Lexington. In Bowling Green the record low of 34 degrees set 110 years ago was tied. Also...record low in Louisville...a new record low temperature of 34 degrees was set earlier this morning at the national weather service office. The old record was 35 degrees set back in 1961. (NWS Louisville)