Tracking weekend sunshine, warming trend ahead

After a gray end to the work week sunshine has returned to Northwest Missouri and Northeast Kansas just in time for the weekend. Mostly sunny skies and afternoon highs in the mid 50s Saturday afternoon will give way to a chilly night with mainly clear skies, light winds, and lows in the upper 30s after midnight. Sunshine continues Sunday promoting a mild afternoon with highs in the low to mid 60s and light winds. The warming trend continues early next week as high temperatures rise into the upper 60s with dry skies and no good chance of precipitation for several days in a row.