We haven't even started March in Missouri, but Farmer's Almanac is peering even further into the future with a prediction of big snow possible for the Show Me State in April...sort of.
My dad told me that if you don't like the weather in Missouri, just wait 10 minutes. That has never been more true than this week where heat, tornadoes, snow and wildfires are all possible some on back-to-back days.
The ride to work or school on Friday, February 16, 2024 could be a slippery, slushy, mess with the area expecting rain, snow, and freezing rain through 1:00 PM CST.
Things are done differently in Missouri and I do mean that as a compliment. Exhibit A is a new Ring doorbell camera video that reveals two T-Rexes playing in the snow in Kearney. Yes, really.
If you're new to Missouri, you should prepare for anything and everything during the winter months. Having been born and raised here, I can warn you that it's best to expect the unexpected.
I will admit that weather is hard to predict, so there's a good chance that I'm completely wrong and a dire prediction for Missouri and Illinois for the first week of December is accurate. Let's pray it's not.
If you want to know what the weather is going to do to Missouri this winter, you need to check your fruit based on long-standing folklore. If a certain fruit is correct, Missouri is in for a very snowy winter ahead. Dang fruit.
There's a new experimental forecast tool from the National Weather Service that predicts a Super El Niño is likely and that could be bad news for snow shovels in both Missouri and Illinois.
Some things should be against the rules in nature. I'll give you an example that happened 10 years ago. Remember when Missouri got hammered by a rare snow storm in May of 2013? That should be illegal.