Almost all of Missouri has been suffering under a terrible drought this year. If a new forecast is accurate, the state could be receiving a ton of badly needed rain in August.
The weekend weather in Missouri was not dull. After storms brought strong winds through much of the state on Saturday, Sunday included more storm clouds that also released a brilliant double rainbow for all to behold.
It was a stormy weekend in parts of Illinois and also Missouri. In some cases, the sky was electric - literally. Brand new video captured the moment when 6 Illinois buildings were all struck by lightning at the same time.
Since it's summer, thunderstorms rolling through the St. Louis, Missouri area is not an unusual thing. What is not common though is lightning from a recent storm struck the Gateway Arch again.
The air conditioning and fans are your friend especially this coming week in Missouri. The expectations are that triple digit heat is possible for much of the state thanks to the jet stream.
I feel like there must be an interesting backstory to this. It's a video of a storm that unleashed its fury on Missouri this past week. In it, there's a skeleton who appears to be hanging on for dear life. Really.
Normally, being #1 at something is a good thing. That's not true in this case. Surprisingly, Illinois has become the tornado capital of America and the numbers so far in 2023 prove that point.
I will admit that I don't know much about lightning other than I'd prefer to not get struck by any. But, even I know when a video about lightning is captivating and that's definitely the case for upward lightning that was recently captured as it climbed into the sky over St. Louis, Missouri.