Spotty rain chances for the second half of the week

WEDNESDAY: Sunny skies and a light southerly breeze will up to 8 mph will boost temperatures to near 90 in the afternoon. It will start to feel a bit humid as dew points climb into the lower 60s.

TONIGHT: Temperatures will remain in the upper 60s tonight with winds out of the south from 3-5 mph making for a bit of a milder night. Skies will remain mostly clear.

EXTENDED: We are watching a series of upper level disturbances developing along a growing ridge of high pressure aloft over the central plains. With the growing ridge we are going to continue to see days reaching 90 degrees with increasing humidity. As one of these disturbances passes to our north, there is a slight chance a cluster of storms could track into northwestern mid-Missouri Wednesday night mainly affecting areas north of HWY 24 as they fall apart. There is also a chance of afternoon storms Thursday with the best chance north of I-70, the better chance looks overnight. Storm chances increases by Friday night and Saturday as a weak front wavers across the area. There is also a slight storm chance Sunday as high temperatures reach the upper 80s to near 90 this weekend with heat indices as high as the mid 90s. With spotty storm chances through the day, rainfall totals look less than impressive. Most of mid-Missouri will see up to .25″ of rain, with areas north of I-70 potentially racking up .75″. We’ll continue to track any thunderstorm risks headed into the weekend. Watch ABC 17 News for the latest forecast and check back here for updates.