Forecast and Conditions for Portage Des Sioux, Missouri

Updated: 8:54 PM CST on November 08, 2009
Observed at St. Charles, Missouri
Temperature 61 °F
Humidity 64%
Dew Point 49 °F
Wind SSE at 8 mph
Pressure 30.13 in (Rising)
Conditions Clear
Visibility 10.0 miles
Clouds Clear (CLR) : -
Yesterday's Maximum 78 °F
Yesterday's Minimum 56 °F
Normal high 57 °F
Normal low 40 °F
Record high 82 °F (2005)
Record low 8 °F (1991)
Yesterday's Heating Degree Days 0
Yesterday's Cooling Degree Days 2
Sunrise06:36 AM (CST)
Sunset04:53 PM (CST)
Moon Rise10:45 PM (CST)
Moon Set12:16 PM (CST)
Moon Phase
Flood Warning
Statement as of 8:11 PM CST on November 08, 2009


The Flood Warning continues for
the Mississippi River at Grafton.
* At 7:00 PM Sunday the stage was 19.8 feet.
* Flood stage is 18.0 feet.
* Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
* Forecast... the river will continue to fall... and will drop below
flood stage early Wednesday morning.
* Impact... at 18.0 feet... flood stage. Right bank begins to over
flow... flooding farmland.
* Impact... at 16.2 feet... for navigational purposes through Alton lock
and dam control, the corps will not allow the river to exceed this
level, if at all possible. Above this level, water inundates land
not owned by the usace.
* Impact... at 14.2 feet... for safe navigation of barge traffic, the
corps will try to keep the river above this level.




Forecast as of 8:20 PM CST on November 8, 2009

Tonight
Mostly cloudy. Low in the mid 50s. South wind around 10 mph.
Monday
Mostly cloudy. High around 70. Southwest wind around 10 mph in the morning becoming light in the afternoon.
Monday Night
Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers. Low around 50. Light wind.
Tuesday
Mostly cloudy early in the morning then becoming partly sunny. A 30 percent chance of showers. High in the lower 60s. Northeast wind around 10 mph.
Tuesday Night
Colder. Mostly clear. Low around 40. Northeast wind around 10 mph.
Veterans Day
Mostly sunny. High around 60.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear. Low around 40.
Thursday
Mostly sunny. High in the mid 60s.
Thursday Night through Saturday
Partly cloudy. Low in the upper 40s. High in the lower 60s.
Saturday Night and Sunday
Mostly cloudy. Low in the mid 40s. High in the upper 50s.
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