Tracking weak rain chances ahead of a dry pattern

TODAY: We're partly cloudy today, with low clouds retreating east, and high clouds moving in from the west. We'll reach highs near 70 with enough sunshine. It's a largely dry day today, until a cold front approaches from the west. Even then, activity is weak as it arrives, bringing spotty shower activity from west to east from about 7 p.m. tonight through the overnight hours.

TONIGHT: The dying cold front is slow to pass through, but this won't mean a lot of rain as most activity with this front dies on arrival in mid-Missouri. Spotty light showers are possible overnight.

EXTENDED: This all pushes east early Saturday, and we'll enjoy another partly cloudy day with temperatures in the mid-to-upper 60s. Low pressure associated with the rain from Friday night will wrap itself up and spin back in from the north. This will bring another chance for spotty showers Saturday night. From here, it's dry weather with sunshine daily. Fair weather clouds will pepper the sky each day, but no rain chances are expected until at the very soonest Thursday. Temperatures will slowly climb from the low 60s on Sunday, into the 70s by the end of the work week.