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Tracking diminishing showers before a Saturday night cooldown

Today: Showers and storms will continue to push through the northern half of Central Missouri this afternoon slowly losing moisture and energy. Light showers and possible spotty lighting will be possible. The southern half of Central mainly south of I-70 looks to remain mostly dry. This afternoon a isolated strong storm or two is possibly near Macon and Chariton counties but looks to remain short lived. temperatures for the southern half of the viewing area look to remain warmer into the 90's without help of showers to cool as the northern half remains in the mid-80's.

Tonight: Skies return to partly cloudy tonight as overnight lows bottom out into the lower 70's.

Extended: Scattered chances of showers and storms pull through Mid-Missouri for Saturday as highs soar into the mid to upper 90's with the heat index surpassing 100 degrees. Saturday night into Sunday morning, showers and storms develop along an incoming cold front leading to more widespread chances of rainfall. Temperatures will dramatically cool to the lower 80's for the afternoon highs throughout the first half of the week before slowly heating up to the lower 90's by the late part of the week.

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Chance Gotsch

Chance Gotsch grew up just south of St. Louis and moved to Columbia to attend the University of Missouri to pursue a degree in Atmospheric Sciences.

His interest in weather begin as a child when he used to be afraid of storms.

Chance joined the ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Team in February 2021. He is currently the weekday noon meteorologist.

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