Hot & humid today ahead of rainy weekend

Happy Friday! Yesterday marked the first 90° in two weeks. We’ll tack on another 90 ° day today ahead of our next rain chance developing tonight through the weekend.

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Today will be a typical hot and humid summer day. Temperatures will be in the low 90s with a breezy south wind. The stronger south wind today will help bring up the humidity. This means heat index values will be a little sticky in the upper 90s this afternoon. Maybe a pop-up afternoon shower, but we vastly stay dry.

A cold front will spark scattered thunderstorms across Northeast Kansas and Northwest Missouri this evening. These thunderstorms will steadily work their way south towards the Ozarks tonight, weakening as they do. A lingering strong thunderstorm after midnight tonight but before sunrise on Saturday could produce wind gusts of 50+ MPH.

Lingering showers north of I-44 will briefly fade away Saturday morning. The front will be in the Ozarks Saturday afternoon and will ignite another round of scattered storms during the day. The afternoon round of storms is most likely near and south of the interstate. A few heavy downpours, some lightning, and gusty winds are possible.

The soggy trend continues into Sunday. Scattered showers are expected during the afternoon and early evening, with temperatures stuck in the 80s.

Looking ahead to next week, the wet pattern sticks around. Much like last week, no single day looks like a complete washout, but we’ll have daily chances for rain and thunderstorms as we head through the workweek.

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