Tracking afternoon showers and storms with more chance throughout the week

TODAY: Scattered showers and storms remaing through the afternoon hours before clearing into the evening hours. Highs remain into the mid-60s as winds switch out of the northwest following the passing of a cold front.

TONIGHT: Temperatures remain fairly steady overnight, in the 50s. This is as a warm front lifts north into Wednesday morning, bringing clouds and showers.

EXTENDED: The warm front lifts, takes our highs into the 70s by the afternoon Wednesday, but also increases instability in the atmosphere. Right now, it looks like we'll have ingredients for isolated strong to severe storms amongst more scattered precipitation. Wednesday afternoon and evening, the best environment for severe storms gets close, but generally stays south of I-44. We'll continue to watch for a shift in this pattern, but for now the severe threat looks low in mid-Missouri. Some showers and rumbles of thunder return in a scattered manner on Thursday, as we watch this wet pattern finally shift east. This leaves us sunny and mild, with highs in the low-to-mid 70s over the weekend. Some may stand to pick up another inch of rain through this by the weekend.