Tomorrow is forecast to be nearly the same temperature as today.
Forecast for Douglas
Updated: 3:06 PM CST on December 23, 2009
Flash Flood Watch in effect through Thursday afternoon...
Late This Afternoon
Numerous showers and scattered thunderstorms. Near steady temperature in the mid 50s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent.
Tonight
Periods of showers and thunderstorms. Locally heavy rainfall possible. Lows in the upper 40s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain near 100 percent.
Thursday
Windy. Periods of thunderstorms in the morning. Periods of rain showers. Highs around 50. Temperature falling into the upper 30s in the afternoon. Southeast winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts to around 35 mph. Chance of rain near 100 percent.
Windy. Much colder. Rain likely in the evening. Snow likely. Snow accumulation around 2 inches. Lows in the lower 20s. South winds 15 to 20 mph in the evening shifting to the southwest 20 to 25 mph after midnight. Gusts up to 40 mph. Chance of precipitation 60 percent.
Christmas Day
Windy. Much colder. Mostly cloudy. Highs around 30. Southwest winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts to around 40 mph.
Friday Night
Windy. Mostly cloudy. Lows around 19. Southwest winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts to around 35 mph.
Saturday
Blustery. Mostly cloudy. Chance of flurries. Highs in the upper 20s.
Saturday Night
Mostly cloudy. Chance of flurries. Lows around 18.
Sunday and Sunday Night
Partly cloudy. Highs around 30. Lows around 17.
Monday and Monday Night
Mostly clear. Highs around 30. Lows around 20.
Tuesday
Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 30s.
Tuesday Night and Wednesday
Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s. Highs in the upper 30s.
... Flash Flood Watch remains in effect through Thursday afternoon...
The Flash Flood Watch continues for
* portions of central Missouri... south central Missouri and southwest Missouri... including the following areas... in central Missouri... Camden... Maries... Miller... Phelps and Pulaski. In south central Missouri... Dent... Howell... Oregon... Shannon and Texas. In southwest Missouri... Barry... Christian... Dallas... Douglas... Greene... Laclede... Ozark... stone... Taney... Webster and Wright.
* Through Thursday afternoon
* rainfall amounts of two to three inches with localized higher amounts are expected across south central Missouri and the Eastern Ozarks. Showers will become more widespread by later this evening with the heaviest rain falling tonight and Thursday morning. This excessive rainfall could lead to flash flooding... especially along small streams and low water crossings.
Precautionary/preparedness actions...
A Flash Flood Watch means that conditions may develop that lead to flash flooding. Flash flooding is a very dangerous situation.
You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action should flash flood warnings be issued.
Schaumann
Record Report
Statement as of 4:41 PM CST on December 23, 2009
... Record daily maximum rainfall set at Joplin MO...
a record rainfall of 0.77 inches was set at Joplin MO today. This breaks the old record of 0.50 inches set in 1979.
Public Information Statement
Statement as of 3:51 PM CST on December 23, 2009
... NOAA Weather Radio transmitter in Neosho operational...
NOAA Weather Radio station kjy-82 in Neosho is operational once again.
We apologize for any inconvenience this outage may have caused.