Good morning! I'm Aaron Jolly. And welcome to the Missouri Weather Podcast — it's Sunday, February 22nd. If you stepped outside earlier, you felt that wind bite. We're talking 28 degrees that feels like the teens, thanks to northwest gusts hitting 30 miles an hour. Western Missouri, you're climbing to 33 degrees by 4 P.M., then crashing to 16 overnight with wind chills near 14 degrees. Eastern Missouri? Even colder — highs barely touch 32, lows drop to 17. And it'll feel like 14 degrees. Southwest Missouri gets a slight break at 38 today, but you're still falling to 17 tonight. Here's the thing: those wind chills mean exposed skin can freeze in minutes after sunset. And with bone-dry air and gusty winds, the National Weather Service is flagging elevated fire danger today. Not the day to burn leaves or toss cigarettes out the window. But here's wh ...