Happy Meteorological Fall! The holiday weekend will start off with below normal temperatures, but they will slowly creep to above normal by Labor Day. Most of the weekend should be dry with storms possible this evening, mainly in NW MO/NE KS, and late Monday night, mainly along/south of HWY 36. No severe weather is expected right now with these storms. Here’s the 7-day forecast from the National Weather Service:  

Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 78. East wind 3 to 5 mph.

Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 60. East southeast wind 3 to 5 mph.

Saturday: Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 83. Calm wind becoming south southwest around 6 mph in the morning.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 62. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 90. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 67.

Labor Day: Sunny, with a high near 91.

Monday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1 a.m. Partly cloudy, with a low around 59. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 76.

Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 51.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 74.

Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 51.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 77.