Cooler, dry weather ahead for Kansas City

NINE-DAY FORECAST SO YOU'LL KNOW FIRST. THIS IS FIRST ALERT WEATHER. WELL, YOU KNOW, EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE THE SUN WOULD LIKE TRY AND COME OUT AND THEN THE RAINDROPS WOULD BE LIKE, NOPE, NOPE NOPE. NOT YET, NOT YET, NOT QUITE. WELL, I GUESS YEAH, EVENTUALLY THE SUN IS NOT GOING TO TAKE A HOLIDAY. HOW'S THAT? GOOD. VERY GOOD. EVENTUALLY WE'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT MORE SUNSHINE, BUT STILL PESKY SHOWERS AND A COUPLE OF THUNDERSTORMS AS WELL. BUT IT'S A THIN LINE, SO MOST OF US ARE DRYING OUT. JUST DON'T HAVE THAT BLUE SKY YET. BUT THAT'S GOING TO CHANGE AS WELL. TAKE A LOOK AT FIRST ALERT LIVE RADAR ALONG WITH ME. AS YOU SEE, EVEN IN REPLAY MODE, THIS STUFF IS JUST SLOWLY MOVING OFF TO THE EAST FROM CHILLICOTHE DOWN TOWARD KANSAS CITY, AND ALSO DOWN TOWARD MARSHALL SEDALIA. THEN IT GETS HEAVIER DOWN TOWARD WARSAW, FARTHER TO THE SOUTH. THAT'S CLOSER TO THE FRONT. THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO SEE MORE LIGHTNING STRIKES. NOT MANY LIGHTNING STRIKES WITH THIS. SO IT'S MORE RAIN SHOWERS THAN ANYTHING ELSE. AS OPPOSED TO THUNDERSTORMS PER SE. BUT ACCORDING TO FIRST ALERT FUTURESCAN, LET'S CHAT. THERE YOU SEE WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, RIGHT NOW. NOT REALLY GOING TO ORGANIZE IF ANYTHING, BY 7 OR 8:00. WE'RE DONE WITH THAT, BUT STILL WANT TO FOCUS MY ATTENTION FARTHER TO THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST TOWARD THE OZARKS. IN CASE YOU'RE HEADING DOWN THAT WAY, IT MAY TAKE A LITTLE LONGER FOR YOU TO CLEAR OUT, AT LEAST FROM THE RAIN. EVENTUALLY, EVERYBODY'S GOING TO CLEAR OUT FROM THE SKY. THIS IS WHAT LAURA IS TALKING ABOUT. YEAH, LET'S CALL IT RELUCTANT SUNSHINE. HOW IS THAT? WE HAVE A CURRENT TEMPERATURE OF 76 DEGREES WITH A HEAT INDEX OF 77. NICE TO TALK ABOUT THE HEAT INDEX OF 77. SO FOR THIS EVENING, SHOWERS ARE LEAVING. THE CLOUDS ARE STARTING TO THIN OUT MIDDLE SECONDS FOR TEMPERATURES TONIGHT. SLOW CLEARING FOR EVERYBODY. WE'LL DROP TO 60 FOR THE OVERNIGHT LOW. THEN TOMORROW TO START OUR WEEKEND OFF. I GUESS WE CAN START OFF TODAY, BUT WE'RE TALKING ON SATURDAY ITSELF OUT ADORABLE. I LOVE THAT WORD. HIGH TEMPERATURE. THEN OF 82 DEGREES CLOSE TO NORMAL, IF NOT A LITTLE BELOW NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. THAT'S THE WAY THE NEXT 24 HOURS ARE GOING TO SHAPE UP. BUT TO LOOK AT IT IN GREATER DETAIL ON YOUR SATURDAY TO BREAK IT DOWN FOR YOU, TAKE A LOOK AT THE EXCLUSIVE FIRST ALERT NINE DAY FORECAST 60 IN THE MORNING. AS YOU SAW 64 BY SIX BY TEN WILL BE AT 72 DEGREES BY THE AFTERNOON 82. AND THAT'S GOING TO BE OUR HIGH BETWEEN THAT AND ABOUT 84 DEGREES WITH A LOT OF SUNSHINE AND A LIGHT NORTHERLY WIND. THEN THE REST OF THE WEEKEND, 82 ALSO ON SUNDAY, LABOR DAY ITSELF, A HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 76. A FEW MORE CLOUDS AND THE PUSH OF COOLER AIR TRIES TO MOVE IN. TUESDAY, 7880 ON WEDNESDAY. AND THEN OF COURSE YOU HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THE CHIEFS GAME THAT'S ON THURSDAY. SO WHAT CAN EXPECT FOR THE OPENER. LOOKS GOOD FOR THAT. PROBABLY MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES FOR TAILGATING. MILD AND DRY FOR THE KICKOFF. FEELING LIKE FALL HEADING INTO THE FOURTH QUARTER BY THEN WILL BE DOWN TO 69 DEGREES. SO NOT A BAD DAY AT ALL. THEN ROUNDING OUT NEXT WEEKEND SINCE IT WILL BE SEPTEMBER. OBVIOUSLY 60 TO 82 DEGREES ON FRIDAY. SATURDAY'S HIGH TEMPERATURE RIGHT AT 80 DEGREES WITH PARTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS, AND ALSO ABOUT THE SAME ON SUNDAY, PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, A HIGH OF ABOUT 84. NORMAL HIGH TEMPERATURES 85. SO IT DOES LOOK PRETTY NICE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE CAN EXPECT THROUGH NEXT THURSDAY. THAT IS THIS ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURE GOES AWAY AND THEN NEXT WEEK WE SEE THE BELOW NORMAL READINGS THAT ARE GOING