Expect a mostly sunny and warm day with highs around 90.

Scattered strong thunderstorms are expected to move across southwest and south central Kansas mainly this evening and overnight as an upper air disturbance moves across the High Plains. Highs rebound into the mid and upper 90s with a warm front on Wednesday. A strong cold front will bring another chance for thunderstorms from Wednesday night into Thursday.

The cold front will bring a substantial cool down across the Plains from Thursday into the Weekend with highs only in the 80s.

Last Year’s Temps/Record

2011 High: 88
2011 Low: 67
Record High: 115 (1936)
Record Low: 49 (1920, 2004)

Today:  Sunny, with a high near 87. North wind 6 to 11 mph becoming east northeast in the afternoon.

Tonight: Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly after midnight. Increasing clouds, with a low around 60. East wind 5 to 9 mph becoming south after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Tuesday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8am. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 90. South southwest wind 9 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 98. South wind 10 to 15 mph.

Thursday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 80.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 80.