Friday afternoon, September 23
TODAY: The dry, warm weather continues with mostly sunny skies and highs in the upper 80s. Winds will come out of the south at 3-6 mph. Evening high school football games will start off with warm temperatures in the low 80s, falling to the mid 70s by 10 PM.
TONIGHT: It looks to stay mostly clear overnight with temperatures staying mild in the mid 60s. Winds will be from the south/southeast at 5 mph.
EXTENDED: We’ll start off Saturday with a mostly clear sky with clouds increasing in the afternoon. There is an isolated storm chance west of HWY 63 Saturday mainly after 3PM, but most areas will stay dry and warm. Storms will increase from the west Saturday night into Sunday morning as a cold front approaches. Timing looks to be mainly after 2AM early Sunday moving into northwest Mid-Missouri. At this time, rain could produce high rainfall rates. Showers and t-storms are likely Sunday, slowly moving east and out of the area Monday morning. There is a small chance rain could stall for areas east of US 63 in the morning next Monday. There will be a slight rain chance next Tuesday if this system slows down. Next week looks cooler with more typical late September temperatures with highs returning to the mid to upper 70s, with nights falling to the low to mid 50s. For additional weather updates follow @ABC17Stormtrack on Twitter.
