STL to AK and Back Again

  High pressure is in control in the St. Louis region and that means lots of sunshine and pretty nice temperatures for Friday and through the weekend! Our Song of the Day is “Beautiful Day” by U2.
  It’s a big Song of the Day give away today! Register to win a four pack of tickets to see Dolly Parton at the Fox Theatre! She is currently on tour to promote her latest album, Backwoods Barbie.  Tickets are good for the one night only show: Thursday, August 14th at 8pm. Enter as often as you like but you must enter by 9 a.m. this morning! A total of five winners will be randomly drawn. Good luck!

  Glenn's back next week. It's been fun all!

-Angela

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 Happy Thursday! Weather word of the day is “improving”. Clouds will be clearing out and temperatures will only top out in the upper 80s. Nice! So our Song of the Day is “Mr. Bluesky” by ELO.

   I have a Song of the Day give away today! Register to win a family four pack of tickets to the 79th Annual Washington Town & Country Fair going on now through Sunday! Tickets are good for the entire week. You can enter as often as you’d like, but you must enter by 9am. A total of 5 winners will be drawn! Good luck!
-Angela
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  A cloudy to mostly cloudy sky for the St. Louis area on Wednesday. Still a chance of storms as our slow moving cold front sags south. Some storms may be strong to severe through the afternoon. So our Song of the Day today is "Get Off Of My Cloud" by the Rolling Stones. 
  I do have a Song of the Day give away today!  Register to win one of 5 Family Four packs of tickets to see Fiddler on the Roof at The Muny this Saturday Night! You can register as many times as you like until 9am this morning! Good luck!

--Angela
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Another hot day in St. Louis, but relief is in sight! Our high Monday was 98 but,  with the humidity, the Heat Index was above 110 is most spots. Clouds will keep our temps below 100 again today, but highs in the upper 90s are plenty warm enough.  Heat Index reading again about 105.

  Our Song of the Day is "110 In The Shade" by John Fogerty.

  Stay cool all!  Rain moves in tonight and will break the heat!

-Angela

 Dangerously hot times in the St. Louis region on Monday with highs in the upper 90's and heat index values at or above 105 degrees. Take it easy today and stay cool and hydrated.  Today's Song of the Day is "Summer In The City" by The Lovin' Spoonful.
  What are you going to do today to beat the heat? I was thinking of hitting the pool, but it might be too hot for that.

 --Angela

  Warm front moving east Sunday morning is helping to fire some rain and thunderstorms primarily right along the Mississippi and points east. That is keeping Sunday temperatures in St. Louis and Illinois on the cooler side. Once the front lifts away and the storms move on, sunshine will return and so will the heat.

    Dangerous heat and humidity for St. Louis this Monday and Tuesday as a strong ridge of high pressure builds across the region.  Temps will climb into the mid to upper 90s with some places hitting 100 degrees. With dewpoints in the upper 70s, heat index values will be very high, with some readings near 110 degrees.  Please, please be careful if you have to be outside. Drink plenty of water, wear light colored clothes, and take frequent breaks. If you have outside pets, bring them inside if you can.

  In anticipation of the urban heat island effect, an excessive heat warning has been issued for St. Louis County and the City of St. Louis from Noon Monday into Tuesday. A heat advisory has been issued for the rest of the region.

  Tuesday evening we’ll watch for storms to move in and break up our heat. Could see some severe weather as a cold front that dives into our stifling summer airmass.  Rain and storm chance continues into early Wednesday. Temps will be more bearable as we finish out the work week.

 As for the tropics, NHC is watching an area of  low pressure area that has formed in the northern Gulf of Mexico, Conditions appear to be favorable for a tropical depression to  form early in the week.

 Hot times on Friday, right through the weekend, and into next week so our Song of the Day is ‘Summertime” by Paul McCartney.  Pure summer in St. Louis.

  I do have a Song of the Day give away today!  You can register to win 4 tickets to the St. Louis Rams-New York Giants game on Sept. 14!  Register as many times as you’d like until 9am this morning! Only one winner will be drawn.

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 Drying out in St. Louis on Thursday.  Partly cloudy skies and temp in the upper 80’s. More extreme heat is on the way for the weekend so today’s Song of the Day is "Summer Wind" sung by Frank Sinatra.

  Now, I know I said this was Wednesday’s give away, but I was wrong.  Today (Thursday) you can register to win a four pack of tickets to Raging Rivers Water Park in Grafton, Illinois.  Tickets are good through the 2008 Season. Enter as often as you like but all entries must be received by 9 a.m. A total of ten winners will be randomly drawn.

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  Heavy Rain has been falling north of St. Louis since Tuesday evening. This area does not need the rain. They’ve seen 5-10” of precip in the last week and flooding concerns are high. Rain and some storms will drop south and east through St. Louis Wednesday afternoon through Wednesday night. Due to the rain, our Song of the Day is “Still Raining, Still Dreaming" by Jimi Hendrix. We're rocking out today!

   Register for a four pack of tickets to see “My One & Only” at The Muny A tap-dancing, barn-storming pilot and a beautiful, singing swimming star meet, fall in love and find true happiness in thefun musical.  Tickets are good for Saturday, August 2nd 8:15pm. Enter as often as you like but all entries must be received by 9 a.m.  A total of five winners will be randomly drawn.

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Dangerous heat in the St. Louis area Tuesday with highs in the mid-90’s and heat index values in the 100’s. Stay hydrated and find some shade if you have to be outside today. Our Song of the Day is “The Heat Is On” by Glenn Fry.

It's FOX 2's last Free Trip Tuesday of the summer and we want to send you and the family on a getaway to Branson, Missouri.  You'll enjoy some much needed family fun before the kids go back to school.  Your adventure will include:  

•  Hilton Promenade at Branson Landing -three night stay 

   

• All New Sight & Sound Theaters - 4 passes to Noah- The Musical

   

• Branson Variety Theatre - 4 passes featuring Broadway, 12 Irish Tenors and Spirit of the Dance

   

• Baldknobbers Jamboree - 4 passes

   

• Silver Dollar City Theme Park - 4 passes

   

• Plus Bommarito Volkswagen is giving you a $500 American Express gift card to cover your gas and treats.

   

Enter as often as you like.
All entries must be received by 9 a.m. on Tuesday, July 29th.
 One winner will be randomly drawn.
Winner will be notified via email or phone call and
will have two hours to respond or forfeit their prize.

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  Strong to severe thunderstorms rumbled across St. Louis overnight and continue this morning. Our Song of the Day is “Stormy Weather” performed by Dinah Washington. Heavy rains, high winds, lots of lightning with these storms…quite a show.  Stay safe in weather like this…

  I do have a Song of the Day give away today! You can register to win a Family 4-Pack of passes to Six Flags for Thursday, July 31!  Your tickets include the STARBURST Thursday Night Concert Series as it welcomes High School Musical star Vanessa Hudgens performing at the Old Glory Amphitheatre at 7:00 p.m.   
   Remember: Tickets are good for the one night only show Thursday, July 31st 7pm.

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A slow moving warm front across the Plains slides eastward Sunday and will serve as the focus line Sunday evening for thunderstorms and possibly an MCS as it hits our hot and humid air. Some of the storms could be strong or severe. Strongest storms look to hit in the early morning hours of Monday and primarily St. Louis Metro and points east.

Temperatures will stay in the 90s throughout the week with high humidity levels. Tuesday should be the hottest day of the week with metro St. Louis high temps at or above 96 and heat index values above 105.

Thunderstorm chances return Wednesday as the moisture from former Hurricane Dolly heads back across the U.S. after getting picked up by the Jet Stream. We should see scattered thunderstorms through Thursday.

All is quiet in the tropics, both Atlantic and Pacific,  as I type this on Sunday morning. We’ll have to keep an eye on the African coast to see if anything develops.

  People have been asking “Where’s Summer” since the start of June and now the heat is really settling in over the St. Louis region. Sunday and Monday of this week will see the   hottest weather so far this season, though actual temperatures do look like they will stay below 100 degrees officially.  The impact of the urban heat island will result in high temperatures in the upper 90s in the city of St. Louis and mid-90’s in the metropolitan area.  Combine the hot temperatures with our nasty humidity levels and St. Louis will see heat index values topping out around 105 degrees. A Heat Advisory is in effect for the city of St. Louis until late Monday. The surrounding metropolitan area will also experience extreme heat Sunday and Monday and should exercise caution.

  As for the rest of the week, isolated storms Sunday and Monday afternoon around the area, the pop, summer time variety. Good chance of an MCS along the MO-IA border Sunday night which could send a few early morning showers and storm in the direction of St. Louis, especially North. The wobbly stationary front that’s bee up in Iowa for the last bunch of days is starts to drop south as a cool front on Monday. Should see some thunderstorm development Monday night ahead of this front and those storms could continue to affect St. Louis into Tuesday. Behind the front, not a huge break from the heat, though high temps should be a few degrees cooler. But there will be a short break from the high humidity Wednesday into Thursday as High Pressure from around the Great Lakes drops south.

 To the Tropics: Tropical Storm Bertha refuses to die. Now an extropical storm, it still has sustained winds of 70 mph. Tropical Storm Cristobal is hugging the Carolina coastline, about 15 miles ESE of Cape Lookout, N.C. This is that former Tropical Wave that sat off the coast of Florida for a few days. It’s moving slowly, 7 mph to the NE. Winds, as I type on Sunday morning, at sustained at 50 mph. Lots of rain for the East Coast from this storm, along with storm surge of 2-3 ft.  Shall we all sing… “Well, Hello Dolly.” We also now have Tropical Storm Dolly in the Western Caribbean. Warnings are out for the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. As I type, the storm is about 230 miles SE of Cozumel moving at about 17 mph. Sustained winds are at 45 mph. The center of Dolly could move across the Yucatan Peninsula Sunday night and into the Gulf of Mexico. This will be a big rain maker for the Y.P.

 Hello! I hope you all had a great Fourth of July weekend. Sorry, about last week. Posting the blog completely slipped my mind.

  Weather-wise, a great weekend around town. Thanks to a surface high pressure system we enjoyed lower temperatures, lower humidity, cool easterly winds. Hard to believe it was July in St. Louis.

  This week, a fast zonal flow takes hold to our north. High pressure is moving away, so that will allow a warm front to cross the St. Louis area on Sunday night. That means higher temps and humidity on the way.  Frontal passage will increase moisture in that atmosphere. So look for scattered thunderstorms the next few days.  

  A cool front slowly moves east and crosses St. Louis Tuesday night into Wednesday. That will mean a better chance at organized thunderstorm activity.

Happy Independence! Day! Our Song of the Day today is “America” by the great Ray Charles. Skies will slowly clear across the St. Louis region today. Still a few rain showers and storms south of St. Louis throughout the morning. By fireworks time tonight (9pm), look for partly cloudy skies and 72 degrees. I hope you all have a wonderful holiday weekend.