Hot weekend, rain chances next week

TONIGHT: With mostly clear skies, temperatures will bottom out close to 70, with winds out of the south up to 9 mph.

SATURDAY: Mostly sunny skies will boost temperatures into the low to mid 90s. We’ll have a breezy afternoon with southerly winds at 8-16 mph, gusting to 25 mph at times. Some high clouds will move in from the west during the afternoon.

EXTENDED: Late Saturday night, showers and t-storms in far west-northwestern Missouri will move east and fall apart. It’s possible that a few of these will make it into our western counties by Sunday mroning. Otherwise, the weekend looks dry with our next chance of rain Monday night and Tuesday of next week, with possible scattered storms. Monday will reach the low 90s but we’ll cool to the upper 80s to near 90 from Tuesday through the work week as northwesterly winds aloft bring in slightly cooler air. Another cold front will move in Thursay into Friday, bringing another slgiht chance of storms, keeping temperatures in the upper 80s for the end of the week. Watch ABC 17 News for the latest forecast and check back here for updates.