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Tracking dangerous heat returning Friday with scattered showers and storms into the weekend.

Tonight: Overnight lows cool to the upper 70s with partly cloudy skies. Winds remain out of the west at 5-10 mph.

Tomorrow: Temperatures rise once again to dangerous levels with the actual air temperature up to 100 degrees as the heat index reaches potentially up to 106. There are two separate chances of scattered storms Friday. The first exists from 4AM-12PM with chances of some stronger storms in northern portions of Mid-Missouri including areas such as Moberly and Macon. The second round begins overnight Friday. The main impacts for both events looks to be brief downpours, strong winds, and isolated hail.

Extended: A Weather Alert Day has been issued for Saturday afternoon lasting through Saturday night as strong to severe storms are expected with the primary impacts being strong winds up to 70 mph and hail up to 1" in diameter. Sunday sees scattered showers and storms below severe parameters lasting throughout the first half of the day.

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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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