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KEY MESSAGES
- Cool and breezy for Sunday with wind chills in the single digits for Sunday night.
- Cooler conditions into early next week then warming back into the 60s. Next chance for rain may be Thursday.
SHORT TERM /THROUGH MONDAY/
Issued at 1221 PM CST Sat Feb 21 2026
Snow has finally started to taper off over central MO this afternoon as the shortwave continues to move east. Skies will continue to clear out later this evening and leave us with chilly low temperatures tonight in the lower 20s.
Sunday will be a bit cooler than today as another shot of cooler air moves into the area thanks to a trough moving through the Great Lakes region. Highs will stay in the upper 30s to lower 40s with clear skies. The pressure gradient will tighten as that trough moves east and northwesterly winds will gust up to 30 mph which will bring wind chills down into the teens to lower 20s for most of the day. Sunday night will be the coldest night of the week with lows in the teens and wind chills in the single digits.
LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/
Issued at 1221 PM CST Sat Feb 21 2026
The rest of the week will feel more like spring as temperatures warm into the 60s by mid-week and high pressure moves overhead. But as spring-like weather moves in, so do our gusty winds and low RH values. We will have to monitor the beginning of next week for any elevated fire weather concerns. Southwesterly winds will be gusty almost everyday this week with gusts up to 20-25mph. The next chance for rain is forecast for Thursday as the next low pressure system moves through. Right now, we have POPs in the 30-40% range starting Wednesday night and continuing into Thursday morning. Not expecting much precipitation from that event with most places getting less than 1" in rainfall accumulation.
AVIATION /00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z SUNDAY/
Issued at 507 PM CST Sat Feb 21 2026
VFR conditions through the period. Northwesterly winds around 10 knots overnight. Between 06-10Z, an occasional gust up to 20 knots may be possible. By 13-14Z, gusts up to 25 kts will become the prevailing condition. Breezy northwesterly winds and mostly clear skies to continue throughout the day Sunday.
SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
KS...None. MO...None.
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