Warm weather continues with well-above normal temperatures. Clouds will increase later today, with a chance of light rain Wednesday into Wednesday night. Here’s the 7-day forecast from the National Weather Service: 

Today: Sunny, with a high near 55. Light south southeast wind becoming south 5 to 9 mph in the morning.

Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 40. South wind around 8 mph.

Wednesday: A slight chance of showers after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 53. South southwest wind 8 to 11 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Wednesday Night: A chance of showers before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 36. North northwest wind 9 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 45. North northwest wind 14 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 29.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 43.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 28.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 46.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 26.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 43.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 25.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 43.

Here’s the 7-day forecast from the National Weather Service:

Today: Patchy freezing fog before 9 a.m. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 53. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 30. Southeast wind around 6 mph.

Tuesday: Increasing clouds, with a high near 53. South wind 5 to 8 mph.

Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 39. South southwest wind around 6 mph.

Wednesday: A chance of showers, mainly after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 51. South wind 6 to 8 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Wednesday Night: A chance of showers, mainly before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 36. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high near 45.

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 27.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 42.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 28.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 45.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 25.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 41.

Cloudy skies with occasional light rain or drizzle will prevail most of the day. Light winds this morning will pick up out of the north this afternoon and become breezy with gusts 20 to 30 mph. Light rain/drizzle will come to an end tonight. Beyond today the next week looks dry with above normal temperatures! Here’s the 7-day forecast from the National Weather Service:

Today: A chance of rain, mainly between 9 a.m. and noon, then a chance of drizzle after noon. Cloudy, with a high near 39. Light north wind increasing to 11 to 16 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tonight: A slight chance of drizzle before 9 p.m. Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 29. North wind 10 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 46. North wind 8 to 10 mph.

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 23. North wind 3 to 7 mph.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 50. Light and variable wind becoming northwest around 5 mph.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 27.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 49.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 25.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 47.

Monday Night: Clear, with a low around 27.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 48.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 33.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 49.

Another mild day is expected today with highs in the mid 40s to the north to mid 50s to the south. However, tonight drizzle or light rain will overspread the region from south to north. Areas across northern Missouri may drop below freezing as this moisture moves in making freezing drizzle or light freezing rain possible. If temperatures do drop below freezing expect slick roadways and use extreme caution when driving. Here’s the 7-day forecast from the National Weather Service:

Today: Sunny, with a high near 50. West southwest wind around 7 mph becoming south southeast in the afternoon.

Tonight: A chance of drizzle, mainly after 3 a.m. Increasing clouds, with a low around 30. South southeast wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Thursday: A chance of freezing drizzle before 9 a.m., then a chance of drizzle between 9 a.m. and noon, then a chance of rain after noon. Cloudy, with a high near 39. North wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Thursday Night: A slight chance of drizzle before midnight. Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 28. North wind 11 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 45. North wind 8 to 11 mph.

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 25.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 49.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 29.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 48.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 27.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 46.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 27.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 47.

Temperatures today will finally move above normal with highs in the upper 40s to mid 50s although it will be breezy. Temperatures on Wednesday will be a little cooler but still above normal with highs in the 40s to near 50. Precipitation will move into the area after midnight Wednesday night and there will be a chance for freezing drizzle or freezing rain along and north of the Highway 36 on Thursday morning. Here’s the 7-day forecast from the National Weather Service:

Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 52. South southwest wind 7 to 11 mph.

Tonight: Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 26. South southwest wind 6 to 8 mph becoming west northwest after midnight.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 47. West wind around 7 mph becoming south southeast in the afternoon.

Wednesday Night: A chance of drizzle between midnight and 5 a.m., then a chance of freezing drizzle after 5 a.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 31. South southeast wind 5 to 7 mph becoming light and variable after midnight.

Thursday: A chance of rain or freezing rain before 11 a.m., then a chance of rain and snow between 11 a.m. and noon, then a chance of rain after noon. Cloudy, with a high near 39. North wind 5 to 10 mph increasing to 11 to 16 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Thursday Night: A chance of rain, snow, and freezing rain before 1 a.m., then a slight chance of snow and freezing drizzle between 1 a.m. and 4 a.m., then a slight chance of freezing drizzle after 4 a.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 42.

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 24.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 45.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 27.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 44.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 24.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 43.

Temperatures will start out chilly this morning with readings in the teens and lower 20s and wind chill values in the mid single digits to mid teens. By afternoon, temperatures will have warmed into the 30s with temperatures climbing into the 40s and 50s by Tuesday. Two systems later in the week will bring chances for rain and snow generally south of Interstate 70 and east of Interstate 35. Here’s the 7-day forecast from the National Weather Service:

Today: Patchy fog before 10 a.m. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 39. Calm wind becoming southwest 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon.

Tonight: Clear, with a low around 25. South southwest wind 5 to 7 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 49. South southwest wind 6 to 10 mph.

Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29. South wind 7 to 9 mph becoming west after midnight.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 41. West wind 5 to 8 mph.

Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 29.

Thursday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 40.

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 25.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 42.

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 25.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 47.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 31.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 43.

A quiet but chilly weekend ahead as high temperatures are only expected to reach the 30s across eastern Kansas and western Missouri. Nighttime temperatures will fall back into the lower teens across northern Missouri and mid-teens to lower 20s further to the south. Skies will be mostly sunny for much of northern Missouri with a bit more cloud cover working northward into central Missouri as a storm system passes to the south over the weekend. Here’s the 7-day forecast from the National Weather Service:

Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 31. Light and variable wind.

Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 18. East northeast wind 3 to 5 mph.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 35. East wind 5 to 7 mph.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 17. East northeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 36. Light and variable wind.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 18.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 36.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 21.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 45.

Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 32.

Wednesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 44.

Wednesday Night: A chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Thursday: A chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 41. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

A cold front is sweeping across the region, which will bring a little light rain and snow to parts of eastern Kansas and Missouri. Temperatures this morning will start above freezing in many locations, but the cold north wind behind the front will push those temperatures down as well as helping generate some light snow across the region this morning. Highest accumulations –of one to two inches– will be in central Missouri later this morning, with a dusting to a few tenths of an inch of snow farther west; including the Kansas City area. This may making the morning, or early afternoon, drive a bit slick. Otherwise, expect it to remain cool and cloudy going into and through the weekend, with the sun returning late Sunday or Monday, which will help support afternoon highs next work week in the upper 30s and 40s. Here’s the 7-day forecast from the National Weather Service:

Today: A chance of snow showers, mainly before 9 a.m. Cloudy through mid morning, then gradual clearing, with a high near 30. North wind 7 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 13. North northeast wind 3 to 8 mph.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 30. Light and variable wind.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 18. East northeast wind 3 to 5 mph.

Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 33. East northeast wind around 7 mph.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 18.

Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 34.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 15.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 36.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 22.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 43.

Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29.

Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 43.

The sun makes a return today. A cold front will sweep across the Plains States tonight, likely bringing an inch, or less, of snow to areas of west central and central Missouri Thursday morning. This snow might make the morning commute a bit tricky Thursday; especially in areas to the east and to the south of Kansas City. The front will take the snow east with it by Thursday afternoon, but cloud cover and cold temperatures will linger to start the weekend as a significant winter storm system moves across the southern Missouri. But, there is hope. The sun may poke it’s head out from behind the clouds late this weekend, which will help with a modest warm up as we start next work week. Here’s the 7-day forecast from the National Weather Service:

Today: Sunny, with a high near 42. South southwest wind around 7 mph.

Tonight: Increasing clouds, with a low around 26. South southwest wind 5 to 8 mph becoming north northwest after midnight.

Thursday: A slight chance of snow showers before noon. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 29. North wind 8 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 12. North wind 3 to 7 mph.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 28. Northeast wind 3 to 5 mph.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 16.

Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 30.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 15.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 33.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 15.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 36.

Monday Night: Clear, with a low around 17.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 40.