Today will start out mostly sunny and will warm up quickly.

High temperatures will climb into the middle to upper 90s. A cold front moving through Wyoming will dive southeast and be in northwest Kansas by late this afternoon. As the front moves through southwestern Kansas this evening and tonight, there is a chance of severe thunderstorms with golfball hail, winds to 65 mph, and locally heavy rain.

Showers and storms will linger in the Pratt and Medicine Lodge areas early Friday morning, before moving eastward into central Kansas.

Last Year’s Temps/Records

2011 High: 84
2011 Low: 44
Record High: 106 (1931, 1939)
Record Low: 37 (1956)

• Today: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 5pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 97. Breezy, with a east southeast wind 8 to 13 mph becoming south 17 to 22 mph in the afternoon.
• Tonight: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 1am. Some storms could be severe, with large hail and damaging winds. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 60. South wind 8 to 17 mph becoming west after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
• Friday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 75. Windy, with a north wind 22 to 29 mph.
• Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 76. North wind 9 to 17 mph.
• Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 85.
• Monday: Sunny, with a high near 90.