Tracking Thanksgiving showers that end our warm stretch

TODAY: The last in our series of warmer than normal days this week, Wednesday should mirror Tuesday fairly well. One exception will be a mid-to-high layer deck of clouds that shouldn't be enough to render your sunglasses useless. Go ahead and grab the shades as you head out this morning, you'll have enough sun to want them. The south flow continues, which is truly what's keeping us warm. Expect highs near 60 again this afternoon, thanks in large part to our southerly breeze of around 10 mph.

TONIGHT: We'll stay dry through most of the evening, but as clouds thicken, spotty showers will likely develop near the lake area into the overnight hours. Spreading north into the morning, we'll likely wake to some scattered showers reaching all corners of the area. Temperatures overnight stay somewhat warm, with the floor somewhere in the mid-40s.

EXTENDED: Showers will be widely scattered, but very spotty and light. Expect more steady rain to fill in later in the day, but primarily for those southeast of a line from Warsaw (lake area) to Mexico. This is where greatest chances for rain lie, and where our highest totals will fall. For Thanksgiving, we'll pick up anywhere from a tenth of an inch to a quarter of an inch from Columbia to Rolla respectively, with amounts quickly tapering off to the north and west. Temperatures are moderated, and kept to near 50 for a high. On Friday, we'll see a chance at sunshine with partly cloudy skies and dry weather, but temperatures struggle to get to 50 degrees. Another surface low pressure system approaches from the southern plains on Saturday to bring a better shot at widespread rainfall. This rain may linger through much of Saturday, adding as much as another half inch of rainfall to our totals. We'll expect some clearing later in the day on Sunday, with temperatures still mild. We'll have temperatures climbing to near 50 both Sunday and Monday, with increasing sunshine. Our next system approaches by the middle of next week, hinting at growing chances for rain.