It will feel like 100 degrees this afternoon, as heat and humidity returns to the forecast.
The National Weather Service said temperatures will rise into the lower and middle 90s today, with a high near 94 in Wyandotte County. With humidity, the heat index will be as high as 98 here.
At 9 a.m. the temperature was 76 degrees. A south-southwest wind will be 11 to 14 mph today, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
A cold front will drop southward on Saturday, and a few storms may become severe over northern Missouri and extreme northeast Kansas, producing damaging winds and large hail. However, Wyandotte County is south of that area expected to have severe storms; there is a slighter chance of some non-severe storms and precipitation here.
The chance of rain and thunderstorms increases to 50 percent on Monday.
After the rain on Monday, Tuesday’s high is expected to be an unseasonably cool 73 degrees.