The Springfield National Weather Service (NWS) office has announced that its local radar will be out of service through September 9 due to scheduled maintenance.

Crews will be replacing deteriorating panels on the radar dome, along with conducting exterior cleaning and painting. While these upgrades are necessary to maintain long-term functionality, the outage comes at a time when weather activity is picking up.

Another cold front is expected to move through the Ozarks tomorrow, bringing rain chances back to the area. Without local radar coverage, it will be difficult to monitor storms and rainfall with the same level of precision.

Local radar provides the closest and highest resolution view of weather conditions in real time. While the radar is offline, forecasters will have to rely on

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