Cooler Temperatures Heading Toward Mid-Missouri

TODAY: Showers and thunderstorms have made their way off toward the east this morning and all that is left is the lingering cloud cover behind them. The cold front will make its way across Mid-Missouri today bringing with it a slight chance of showers when it does. Most of us will stay dry today, however. Skies will try to clear up as we head toward the afternoon with temperatures hovering in the low to middle 50s. Winds will be a little breezy, gusting at times up to 25 mph.

TONIGHT: Clouds will be increasing this evening ahead of this final punch from this strong system. Winds will gradually be turning toward a more westerly direction behind the cold front, and beginning to usher in colder air into Mid-Missouri, with lows bottoming out in the middle 30s. We’ll have a chance of showers returning, but will hold off until the overnight hours.

EXTENDED: A chance of showers will continue into the morning hours on Sunday as well. As this system filters in colder air back into the region, a change over to snow is still possible before exiting in the afternoon hours. Best chance of seeing snow is going to be north of I-70. It will be a blustery day to end the weekend with highs struggling to get back to 40 and northwest winds gusting up to 25 mph. Temperatures look to drop below freezing Sunday night as we head into the work week. Temperatures will only top out in the low 50s on Monday, but we’ll see plenty of sunshine. Sunny skies will continue throughout most of the week, even with the passing of a cold front Tuesday, setting our temperatures back closer to 60 for the remainder of the week. Stay tuned to ABC 17 for the latest forecast and updates.