The weather today and tomorrow will continue to be beautiful and benign, but by Saturday, showers and thunderstorms will creep back into the area. There is a potential for some storms late Saturday afternoon into the evening to become strong to severe, especially in the Kansas City metro area and locations to the south and west. Lingering showers will move out Sunday morning, with more seasonable temperatures moving back in behind a cold front. Here’s the 7-day forecast from the National Weather Service:

Today: Sunny, with a high near 78. Light south wind increasing to 5 to 10 mph in the morning.

Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 54. South wind around 8 mph.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 77. Breezy, with a south wind 8 to 13 mph increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph.

Friday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1 a.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 64. South wind 15 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Saturday: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 1 p.m. Cloudy, with a high near 74. South wind 14 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Saturday Night: Showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 1 a.m. Low around 49. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 65.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 44.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 69.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 46.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 62.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 40.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 60.