Severe storm chances increasing for Thursday

RAINY DAY KIND OF OFF AND ONRAINY DAY BUT THERE IS SOME HOPEIN SIGHT.THERE ARE SOME DRIERAY DS TOCOME.HANG IN THERE IF YOU WANT SOMESUNSHINE BA.CK24 HOURS FROM NOW WE'LL GET INON THE SUNSHINE.FOR NOW, THOUGH, IT'S CLOYUD OUTTHERE.WE'RE LOOKING FROM OUR CAMERAHERE LOOKING TOWARD DOTOWNWN.WE'RE CURRENTLY AT 76 DEGREESWITH THAT CLOYUD SKY.HUMIDITY AT 71%.YOU SEE THAT WIND THERE OUT OFTHE SOUTH AT 13 MIL PESER HOURBRINGING IN THAT WARM AIR, THATHUMID AIR.TEMPERURATES ARE MAINLY IN THE70s ACROSS THE BOARD HERE.73 IN LIBERTY.74 FOR OLATHE.75 IN LAWRENCE.LOW 70sOR F WARRENSBURG AND LEESUMMIT.MOST OF US ARE DRY.THERE IS A LITTLEIT B OF RAIN.YOURE IS A LITTLEIT B OF RAIN.SEE HOW SHOWERS AREBEGINNING TO POP UP.A FEW THUNDERSTOR A LMSITTLECLOSER TO EMPORIA, KANSAS.ALL IN ALL, LOOKING AT FUTURESCAN THROUGHHE T REMAINDER OF -YOUR DAY, YOU SEE IT HERE, OF -SCATTERED RAIN, A FEWTHUNDERSTORMS.THIS IS 5:00 P.M.WE'LL HEAD TOWARDS 9:00 IN THEEVENING.STILL MORE OF THE SAME AND THENAS WE GET CLOSER TO MIDNIGHT ITHINK WE DRY THINGS OUT.SO TODAY IS NOT A WASHOUT BUT IFYOU HAVE PLANS, YOU'LL BEUT OAND ABOUT, I WOULD JUST TAKE THEUMBRELLA WITH YOU.30% RAIN CHANCE THROUGH THEAFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING.STILL LOTS OF DRY TIME.LOOK FOR THOSE TEMPERATURES INTHE UPPER 70s IN THE AFTERNOON.LOWER TO MIDDLE 70s HEADING INTOLATE EVENING.THREE-DAY FORECAST.TODAY,HA CNCE FOR ISOLATEDSHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70s.TOMORROW, WE GETUR O SUNSHINEBACK.SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THATDAY TO GET OUTSIDE IT WILL B EWARM.THE HUMIDITY WILL COME DOWN JUSTA LITTLE BIT.84 FOR A HIGH TEMPERATURE.DAN THEN ON THURSDAY, THAT'S OURSEVERE RISK DAY THAT WE'LL BEWATCHING FOR.WEATRHE ALERT ON THURSDAY AND WECOULD SEE A COUPLE OF ROUNDS OFSTORMS.THAT CONCERN FOR THE SECONDROUND THAT COMES IN ON THURSDAYAFTERNOON INTOHE T EVENING, ANDUYO SEE WE HAVE THIS AREA OFORANGE WHICH INCLUDES THE METROAREA,O S WE'REN I THAT MEDIUMCATEGORY AS FAR AS OUR SEVERETHREAT GOES AND TNHE LOWERTHREAT TO THE NORTH AS YOU HEADTOWARD 36 HIGHWAY.STILL, FOR THE ENTIRE AREABEWARE OF WHAT'SOI GNG ON WITHTHE WEATHER THAT DAY WITH THATWORTH ALT.ERTHURSDAY, WE'LLEE S TWO ROUNDSOF THUNDERSTORMS.ONE IN THE MORNING FOR NORTHERNMISSOURIND A KANS.ASTHAT COULD HAVE SOME STRONG WINDGUSTS.THE SECOND ONE IS MEORASSOCIATED WITH THE MAP YOU JUSTSAW.THE KANSAS CITY METRO AND UTSOH.THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENINGAND WE DO HAVE THE THREAT FORDAMAGING WIND, LARGE HAIL ANDEVEN THE POSSIBILITIES OFTORNADOS.WE'LL BE MONITORING THAT FORTHURSDAY, ESPECIALLY THAT SECONDROUND THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTOTHE EVENING.AFTER THAT COOL,ER QUIETER,DRIER WEATHER ROLLS IN FOR THEWEEKEND.HIGHS NEAR 70 DEGREES THROUGHTHE WEEKEND.OVERNIGHT LOWS MUCH COOLER, DOWNIN THE 50s.STORM CHANCES M