Tracking strong storms ahead of a quiet weekend

TODAY: Thursday is an ABC17 Stormtrack Weather Alert Day. We'll have a chance for severe storms including the chance for hail, damaging winds, and a possible tornado from 3 p.m. to around midnight. Additionally, it will be hot and humid, with highs ranging from high 80s in the north to mid-90s in the south. Some may feel like low 100s south of highway 50.

TONIGHT: Storms will wane after midnight, and we'll become mostly clear by sunrise. The cold front is slow to clear our heat and humidity. We'll drop temperatures to near 70 through sunrise.

EXTENDED: Under partly cloudy skies, we'll be warm and muggy. Many will feel like mid-to-high 90s through Friday afternoon. Most will be dry, but we'll be watching a wave from the west along the slow moving boundary. This may just clip our southern communities on Friday. Still, a slow cooldown will be afoot. Temperatures fall into the upper 60s Saturday ahead of a high in the mid-80s under partly cloudy skies, so don't expect a big cooldown. We'll stay mostly dry and mild through the first half of next week.