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.