ND Travelers: Travel Mask Requirement Extended

ND Travelers: Travel Mask Requirement Extended

If you are planning a trip in the near future, the weather might not be the only thing you want to keep in mind. The Bismarck Airport’s Facebook page posted an update on the Federal mask requirement for air travelers. Another Extension The airport announced there will be an additional 15 days to the mask … Read more

Sunshine and Warmer This Week

Sunshine and Warmer This Week

This week we start a new month and get back to some more spring-ish type weather with lots of sun to start the week and maybe some thunderstorms over the weekend. Let’s check out the week so you know how to plan it.

This Week’s Texarkana-area Planning Forecast:

monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 61. West winds at 5 mph.

monday night: Partly cloudy and cold, overnight low around 37. Southwest wind around 5 mph, becoming calm.

tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 67. Winds out of the Southwest around 5 mph.

tuesday night: Mostly clear skies, with a low around 39. South winds around 5 mph.

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Get Ready For A Sloppy Soggy Week

Get Ready For A Sloppy Soggy Week

We certainly hope you enjoyed the sun over the weekend because we may not see it again all week. The last full week of February is almost nothing but clouds and rain. Let’s check out the week so you know how to plan it.

This Week’s Texarkana-area Planning Forecast:

Monday – Presidents Day: Cloudy with a 60% chance of showers and thunderstorms high near 74. South wind 5 to 15 mph and gusting to 30 mph.

monday night: Cloudy with a 70% chance of showers and thunderstorms, low around 64. South wind at 15, gusting to 25 mph.

A windshield wet with rain from inside the car.

Bruce Mikells

tuesday: Cloudy with a 70% chance of showers and thunderstorms, afternoon high of 77. South winds 10 to 15 mph then shifting t out of the west in the afternoon and gusting as high as 25 mph.

tuesday night: Mostly Cloudy, overnight low around 41.

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Kids Shovel Neighbor’s Drive-way, Then Demand Payment

Kids Shovel Neighbor's Drive-way, Then Demand Payment

When I first read about this happening to a midwest woman I thought to myself, “Well here is a “no-win” situation” Here is the deal, a woman shared this story on the internet recently. She lives out in the midwest where we all know that snow is part of our lives. One particular stretch she … Read more

Wet Wednesday and Cold Returns Thursday for Texarkana

Wet Wednesday and Cold Returns Thursday for Texarkana

His planning forecast includes a very good chance of rain on Wednesday and the cold returns to the Ark-La-Tex on Thursday and stays for most of the weekend. This week’s forecast: Photo by michael podger on UnsplashPhoto by michael podger on Unsplash Tuesday: Sunny skies with a high near 68. South wind at 15 and … Read more

NWS Issues Wind Chill Warning

NWS Issues Wind Chill Warning

A wind chill warning is in effect today, January 11, 2022 until 10:00 am ET for the northern and southern regions of Oneida County. The lake effect snow advisory in effect until this morning has expired. Boonville, Rome, and Utica are especially hard hit. The National Weather Service (NWS) says dangerously cold icy winds are … Read more

Yakima Police Down 19 Officers Hoping for a Better 2022

Yakima Police Down 19 Officers Hoping for a Better 2022

It’s a new year and the Yakima Police Department is starting the year with a smaller force and no traffic unit. Yakima police lost 18 officers in 2021 and one so far this year For a variety of reasons, including new police reform laws, passed by state legislators, the Yakima Police Department lost 18 officers … Read more

Wet, Wintry Weather Whirled Wheels in Waves Wednesday

Wet, Wintry Weather Whirled Wheels in Waves Wednesday

New york state police are investigating “a multitude of weather-related crashes on the Thruway Highway in Westchester and Rockland counties” after freezing rain made roads treacherously slippery this morning. Police say the accident-related calls began with a flurry shortly after 6:00 a.m. They say I-287, I-95 and I-87 were hit with major delays in some … Read more

Cold and Dry This First Week of 2022 in Texarkana

Cold and Dry This First Week of 2022 in Texarkana

Happy New Year! By the way, if you’re keeping score, last week’s long-term forecast said we’d have snowfall on January 2nd, right? Let the log show that it did, snow and sleet actually, but very little made it to the ground as it blew in very cold temperatures over the weekend. The tipsters weren’t wrong, … Read more

A Double Weather Whammy For Southern Minnesota Motorists

A Double Weather Whammy For Southern Minnesota Motorists

Rochester, MN (KROC AM News) – Residents of southern Minnesota are facing a double weather blow. A dense fog has developed across the region as warmer air enters during the night hours. A dense fog warning will be in effect until mid-morning. And then a very powerful storm system will come in Wednesday afternoon and … Read more